Paris, Librairie Stock, 1923. First edition of the first novel by the multi-talented French surrealist, whose work ran the gamut from poetry and fiction, to film, art, ballet and opera. Cocteau was close friends with such luminaries as Picasso, Proust, Erik Satie and Serge Diaghilev, among others. His films influenced several generations of filmmakers and laid the groundwork for the French New Wave cinema. One of 575 numbered copies, this copy bearing the owner name of noted scholar and author Helen R. Reese. Offsetting to flyleaf; slight spine-fading and a little corner creasing; at least very good in wrappers. A nice copy of a very fragile volume. [#019158] SOLD