VALÉRY (Paul). — Works. Vol. II. - Lot 252

VALÉRY (Paul). — Works. Vol. II. Edited and annotated by Jean Hytier. Paris, Gallimard, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, 1962. In-12, publisher’s softcover binding in full brown leather, spine decorated with gold fillets, Rhodoid endpapers, and cardboard slipcase. The second volume of Paul Valéry’s Collected Works, in the definitive edition prepared and annotated by Jean Hytier. It brings together, in particular, the writer’s essays, dialogues, critical texts, and reflections on literature, the arts, and philosophy. Volume No. 148 of the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, printed on October 26, 1962, on Bolloré bible paper by the Darantiere printing house in Dijon. A copy from the 1962 printing, preserved in Rhodoid and a cardboard slipcase, without the illustrated dust jacket. The Rhodoid has several tears and missing sections, particularly at the top and bottom edges and on the covers. The slipcase shows slight wear.

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