DAUMAL (René). - Lot 251

DAUMAL (René). Le Contre ciel. Paris, Université de Paris - Société des Amis de la Bibliothèque littéraire Antoine-Jacques Doucet, 1936. Small in-8° paperback A lie-de-vin lithograph by Étienne COURNAULT. Edition of 315 copies, this one (no. 26), one of 230 on auvergne vélin à la forme. Le Contre ciel, dedicated to Roger Gilbert-Lecomte, won the Jacques-Doucet prize in 1935. A rare and highly sought-after book by one of the founders of the "Grand Jeu". Slight wetness on the first two leaves; heavy traces of adhesive paper. ATTACHED: Copy of the same work, (no. 156) on auvergne vellum à la forme, ENRICHED WITH A SET OF FOUR LITHOGRAPHIES signed and numbered (9/15) by the artist. Uncut copy; discharges on the wine-red lithograph. TWO-VOLUME SET