BONNEFOY, Yves (1923-2016). Pierre Écrite, Paris, Mercure, 1969, 8vo, original wrappers. With 11 other books in French and German, mainly poetry. (12) Please see the full listing below.

BONNEFOY, Yves (1923-2016). Pierre Écrite, Paris, Mercure, 1969, 8vo, original wrappers. With 11 other books in French and German, mainly poetry. (12) Please see the full listing below.

Starting bid£20
Estimate £70 - £100
Absentee deadlineDec 3, 2025, 5:00:00 PM

BONNEFOY, Yves (1923-2016).  Pierre Écrite. Paris: Mercure de France, 1969. Square 8vo (190 x 142mm). Half title. Original wrappers printed in black and blue (narrow rectangular stain along the top of the upper wrapper). Provenance: Clive Wilmer, 14th Jan., 1976 (signature on the front free endpaper). With 11 other books in French and German, mainly poetry, namely, the same author's Le Nuage Rouge. Essais sur la Poétique (Paris, 1977, original wrappers), Ce Qui Fut Sans Lumière (Paris, 1987, original wrappers), Début et Fin de la Neige suivi de là où Retombe la Flèche (Paris, 1991, original wrappers) and The Arrière-pays ... Translated and Introduced by Stephen Romer (London, 2012, original black cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, TRANSLATOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the title page to Clive Wilmer); with Eugenio Montale's Ossi di Seppia (Verona, 1970, original brown cloth, dust-jacket), Le Occasioni (Verona, 1970, original cloth, dust-jacket), Satura 1962-1970 ([?]Vicenza, 1972, stiff wrappers, annotated at the front in pencil by Clive Wilmer), La Buffera e Altro 1940-1954 ([?]Vicenza, 1972, stiff wrappers), Diario del '71 e de '72 ([?]Vicenza, 1973, stiff wrappers); and with Paul Celan's Gedichte in zwei Bänden (Baden-Baden, 1981, 2 volumes, original white paper boards, dust-jackets). Provenance: From the Collection of Clive Wilmer (1945-2025; please see lot 418 for further biographical information. (12)