BEIN 1972 +30: Autograph of the author.

BEIN GEN MSS 1617 Box 2: No VII. Autograph: Jean Genet. Unbound quires in original wrappers. Without slipcase. Author's presentation inscription to Monsieur Girard on sheet attached to a blank leaf at front. Forms part of the collection: Jean Genet page proof and first edition of Journal du voleur, circa 1947-1948.

Quarto unsewn sheets in white wrappers, with glassine, lettered in black; in publisher's paper slipcase.

"Il a été tiré de cet ouvrage dix exemplaires sur vélin teinté a la forme des papeteries d'Arches, numérotés de I à X; quatre cents exemplaires sur vélin à la forme des papeteries de Lana, numérotés de 1 à 400"--Printing statement at end of text.

"Édition originale réservée aux seuls souscripteurs"--Colophon.

"Limited edition available to subscribers only, 400 numbered copies, of which many, possibly all, were signed by the author. Printed on vélin à la forme des papeteries de Lana; also special numbered sub-edition (10 copies) on vélin teinté à la forme des papeteries d'Arches"--Coe, Genet checklist, 14.11.

Genet, Jean, 1910-1986 > Fiction.

Rogues and vagabonds > Europe > Fiction.

Criminals > Europe > Fiction.

Gay men > Europe > Fiction.

Male homosexuality > Europe > Fiction.

Male prostitution > Europe > Fiction.

Autobiographical fiction.

Novels.