Paris: The Olympia Press, 1953. 120pp [110 pp + x]. Reportedly translated by Richard Seaver, from Les Exploits d'un jeune Don Juan, an erotic novel first published at Paris in 1905 or 1906 by Elias Gaucher, a fly-by-night publisher who hawked his wares round the booksellers in a suitcase. Although..... More

Kent, UK: Transgravity, 1978. 8vo. 39 pp. Translated by Chris and George Tysh. Dual language edition. Introduction by Ron Padgett. Biblio., notes. First English translation of these erotic poems. More

Paris: Au Cercle du Livre Precieux [Claude Tchou], 1963. 12mo. pp. xxii+222. Silk boards, gilt, in clear acetate wrappers and card slipcase, as issued. With a Preface, unsigned, but generally considered to be by Louis Aragon. Vol. 1 of the collection 'Les Bijoux Indiscrets.' Limited to 2500 numbered copies, this..... More

Paris: Gallimard, 2005. 8vo. 466 pp. Some b/w illustrations. Edition revue et augmentéee par Laurence Campa. First integral edition. Fragments were published secretly in 1949 as Poèmes secrets à Madeleine by Georges Blaizot. Progressively more complete editions, as Tendre comme le souvenir, appeared in 1952 and 1966. More

Paris: Tchou, 1980. 8vo. xi+246+cxx pp. Traduction de Guillaume Apollinaire [and Blaise Cendrars]. Appareil critique de Pascal Pia. From the library of Patrick J. Kearney, with his small name sticker at the bottom of the front pastedown. More