Genet: A Biography by White, Edmund

1st/1st. H. 252 Near fine in near fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page (signature only). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket is fine in a protective mylar sleeve. Book is fine except for mild dusting to the edges of the pageblock. A biography of the French poet, playwright, and novelist (‘Our Lady of the Flowers’; ‘The Maids’) by the PEN/Saul Bellow Award-, National Book Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award-, Edith Wharton Citation of Merit-, Stonewall Book Award-, National Book Critics Circle Award-, Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres-, Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement-, Lambda Literary Award-, and Guggenheim Fellowship-winning author of ‘A Boy's Own Story’ and ‘The Beautiful Room Is Empty’. Signed first printings of the American edition are rare.