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N.p.: N.p., 1963. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1963 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Jean Genet's 1957 play, about the madam of a brothel who is drawn into a political plot to help stop a revolution. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1958. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (21cm); orange cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-112pp. Touch of dust-soil to upper edge of textblock, minor wear to one lower corner, else internally clean; Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, lightly edgeworn, sunned at spine and wrapper extremities, with mild dust-soil, and a few tiny nicks and small tears; Very Good. First translation into English of Genet's play set in a brothel, original published in 1957 as Le Balcon.