FANTASTIC COLLECTOR'S COPY - bodly signed by Lucien Clergue with beautiful silver pen on the rear side of the slipcase. I GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE SIGNATURE. Martin Parr, The Photobook, vol 1, page 219. Very scarce photobook title with the extrem scarce original slipcase (so scarce that it was not shown by Martin Parr) The most beautiful edition of that title ever published, also much more beautiful than the original, first French one (which was published with red linen and with acetate dustjacket and without photo-illustrated slipcase). Welcome to the auction by Anatole Desachy (France) and Ecki Heuser (Germany) - in honor of „French photobooks“. To celebrate the 55th edition of ‘’Les Rencontres d’Arles’’ - we have gathered 110 books (55 each). IF YOU WIN MORE THAN 1 OF MY BOOKS IN THIS AUCTION, YOU WILL PAY ONLY 1 X SHIPPING COSTS - WORLDWIDE. Battenberg, Stuttgart, 1963. First German edition, first printing. Hardback with slipcase. 263 x 263 mm. 52 pages. 30 black and white photographs. Photos: Lucien Clergue. Poem and text by Jean Cocteau. Text by Jean-Marie Magnan. Text in German. Condition: Book inside fresh and flawless; clean with no marks and with no foxing. Book outside fresh with little trace of use; spine yellowed. Slipcase fresh and complete with no tears and with no missing parts; little trace of use, no remarkable defects. Overall fine condition. Very scarce, sought-after photobook - beautifully signed by the artist.