Mémorial. V. Le Langage de la Tribu. by Jouhandeau, Marcel, 1888-1979 - mars 1955

Milano: All'insegna del pesce d'oro, La coda di paglia, 1966. Brossura (wrappers). Molto buono (Very Good). Volta in italiano da Caterina Longanesi. 16mo. pp. 28. Molto buono (Very Good). Prima edizione italiana di 1000 es. numerati.

n.p.: Marguerat, 1946. Paperback. Very Good. 292p. Softcover in original wrapper. 21 cm. Lacks glassine overlay. Minor stain sround top of backstrip. Copy No. 470 of 3000 numbered copies. French text. Prolific French writer whose body of work includes an anti-semitic book ("Le Peril Juif" published in 1938). Jouhandeau was a devout Roman Catholic and attracted to men, both of which inhabit at least some of his writing.

NRF Gallimard à Paris,1947, in 12 (18,5 x 12 cm), 89 pages. broché. EDITION ORIGINALE, tirage limité à 1213 exemplaires :10 exemplaires sur Vélin Lafuma numérotés de I à X, 3 exemplaires sur Vélin Lafuma hors-commerce marqués de a à c, 1000 exemplaires sur Alfax Navarre numérotés de 1 à 1000, 200 exemplaires sur Alfax Navarre hors-commerce numérotés de 1001 à 1200. Exemplaire 531 sur papier Alfax Navarre.+++++++ Edition originale de cet essai sur le christianisme - Très bon état..

Milano: Feltrinelli, Biblioteca di Letteratura, 1961. Rilegato (hardback). Molto buono (Very Good). Traduzione e prefazione di Guido Neri. 8vo. pp. 406. Molto buono (Very Good). Manca la sovracoperta(The dust-jacket is missing). Prima edizione italiana (First Italian Edition). Dizionario della letteratura mondiale del 900 [Galati, 1980] Licinio Galati Francesco (a cura di), Dizionario della letteratura mondiale del 900. Roma, Edizioni Paoline, 1980.

Some spot stains to top page edge. Minor wear. Good. French Literature Librairie Gallimard Paris (1933) orig. wrappers 17x11cm, 168 pages "Il a été tiré de la présente édition six cent cinquante exemplaires sur alfa mousse des papeteries Lafunma-Navarre dont cinq cents exemplaires numérotés de 1 á 500 et cent cinquante exemplaires d'auteur hors commerce numé rotés de I á Cl. Exemplaire no. 492."

Paris,: Gallimard, 1955. . Small 8vo. Hallf green roan and marbled boards. . 264 [4] pp. See inscription below in French... Jouhandeau, was born in Guèret and died in Rueil-Malmaison (France). He collaborated with Marie Laurencin on a number of artist books. Among his best known works L'Amateur d'Imprudences, Chaminadour, De l'Abjetction, Scènes de la Vie Conyugale, Chronique d'une Passion, Eloge de la volupté, Contes d'Enfer, Trois Crimes Rituels and Le Pur Amour. He was married from 1929 to 1971 with the dancer Elisabeth (Elyse) Toulemont, known as Caryathis.......- Le langage de la tribu. Paris, Gallimard, 1955. In-12, demi-basane vert vif, dos à 5 nerfs, auteur et titre dorés, couv. conservée. Deuxième édition. Envoi autographe signé de l'auteur à Marie [Laurencin] daté de 1955.

Paris: Gallimard, 1951. 12mo. Qtr.morocco in a reptile style. 212 pp. See inscription below in French... Jouhandeau, was born in Guèret and died in Rueil-Malmaison (France). He collaborated with Marie Laurencin on a number of artist books. Among his best known works L'Amateur d'Imprudences, Chaminadour, De l'Abjetction, Scènes de la Vie Conyugale, Chronique d'une Passion, Eloge de la volupté, Contes d'Enfer, Trois Crimes Rituels and Le Pur Amour. He was married from 1929 to 1971 with the dancer Elisabeth (Elyse) Toulemont, known as Caryathis....Le fils du boucher. Paris, Gallimard, 1951. In-12, demi-maroquin façon "reptile" de tons verts, couv. conservée (coiffes usées). Ex. de service de presse. Envoi autographe signé de l'auteur à Marie [Laurencin] daté de juillet 1951 où il évoque leur amitié "après l'orage douceur de notre amitié de nouveau sereine".

Paris,: Gallimard, 1948. . Small 8vo. Hallf green roan and marbled boards. . 218 [4] pp. See inscription below in French... Jouhandeau, was born in Guèret and died in Rueil-Malmaison (France). He collaborated with Marie Laurencin on a number of artist books. Among his best known works L'Amateur d'Imprudences, Chaminadour, De l'Abjetction, Scènes de la Vie Conyugale, Chronique d'une Passion, Eloge de la volupté, Contes d'Enfer, Trois Crimes Rituels and Le Pur Amour. He was married from 1929 to 1971 with the dancer Elisabeth (Elyse) Toulemont, known as Caryathis.......- Ménagerie domestique. Paris, Gallimard, 1948. In-12, demi-basane vert vif, dos à 5 nerfs, auteur et titre dorés, couv. conservée. Ex. de service de presse. Envoi autographe signé de l'auteur à Marie Laurencin.

Paris: Editions de Flore, 1949.. 12mo. Hallf green roan and marbled boards. . 182, [4] pp. See inscription below in French... Jouhandeau, was born in Guèret and died in Rueil-Malmaison (France). He collaborated with Marie Laurencin on a number of artist books. Among his best known works L'Amateur d'Imprudences, Chaminadour, De l'Abjetction, Scènes de la Vie Conyugale, Chronique d'une Passion, Eloge de la volupté, Contes d'Enfer, Trois Crimes Rituels and Le Pur Amour. He was married from 1929 to 1971 with the dancer Elisabeth (Elyse) Toulemont, known as Caryathis.......- Ma classe de sixième. Paris, Editions de Flore, 1949. Petit in-12, demi-basane vert vif, dos à 5 nerfs, auteur et titre dorés, couv. conservée. Envoi autographe signé de l'auteur à Marie [Laurencin] où il se définit "si piètre professeur de latin qu'elle a renoncé à poursuivre".

Light binding corner bumps. Light cover soil. VG. French Literature Gallimard Paris (1933) First edition. binder's cloth 19x12cm, 250,(4) pp, Light browning to spine. Contemporary binder's cloth with original cover wrappers bound-in. "Édition originale". Copy nr. 10 of 85 published. ("vingt exemplaires ré servés aux Amis de l'Édition Originale numérotés de 1 à 20..,.) ["..,.As a very young man, Marcel Jouhandeau discovered his homosexual feelings which provoked great guilt as offensive to God. Still, his feelings of shame did not prevent him from engaging in numerous homosexual acts and his whole life alternated between a celebration of the male body and mortification of sexuality. In 1914, during a mystical crisis, he burned his manuscripts and attempted suicide. Once the crisis had passed, he turned again to writing and created the village chronicles which brought him his first literary successes. During World War I, he… Read More