GENET (JEAN) Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 292 OF 350 COPIES, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATI...

GENET (JEAN) Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 292 OF 350 COPIES, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO BORIS KOCHNO, with 2 lengthy inscriptions filling front free endpaper and half-title, morocco-backed floral boards by Semet et Plumelle, original wrappers bound in, t.e.g, 4to, Monte-Carlo, au depens de l'auteur, [1942] Footnotes: PRESENTATION COPY TO BORIS KOCHNO OF GENET'S DEBUT NOVEL, HIS SECOND PUBLICATION, WRITTEN WHILST IN PRISON. Like Le condamné à Mort, Genet's poetic and autobiographical account of a man's journey through the Parisian underworld was written in 1942 whilst he was in prison for various offences (see previous lot). Jean-Paul Sartre defined this elegantly transgressive and explicitly sexual novel as 'the epic of masturbation'. Provenance: Boris Kochno, lengthy inscriptions to him by Genet on front free endpaper and half-title. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing