COCTEAU, Jean.

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COCTEAU, Jean.
The Blood of a Poet. Film. Photographs by Sacha Masour. Paris, Éditions des Quatre vents, [1947]. In-8 [220 x 162] of 106 pp, (3) ff. the last two blank: paperback, filled cover. FIRST EDITION: RARE COPY OF THE FIRST ISSUE, ONE OF THE FOUR OR FIVE KNOWN, PRINTED IN 1947 AT THE ADDRESS OF THE EDITIONS DES QUATRE VENTS, UNDER BLACK COVER PRINTED IN RED. Copy nº I of the first edition at 45 copies on Arches vellum. Written and directed by Jean Cocteau thanks to the patronage of the Noailles family, Le Sang d'un poète (The Blood of a Poet), shot in 1930, was only screened two years later. The 1947 edition features the script and is illustrated with 50 photographs of the set by Sacha Masour.
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