Enriched with a drawing and a double mailing - DOTREMONT (Christian). Moi qui j'avais. P., Girard; [Aux dépens d'un ami], 1961, in-12, full-page illustrations by Alechinsky, softbound with a title label drawn by Alechinsky (original lithograph); this binding made with recycled cardboard is different for each copy. First edition. 1/300 copies on deluxe vellum, the only large paper. This copy is enriched with a letter: "to Roger Blin [French actor and director, 1907-1984] / friends / Dotremont". Enriched with a small drawing and a letter from Pierre Alechinsky written backwards, from right to left: "Bonjour cher / Blin / Alechinsky / (Comité exécutif de / l'Internationale des / Gauchers)" (Alechinsky, The Complete Books, 18; Rivière, 140).

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