Margin

André Pieyre de Mandiargues. The Margin. [La marge]. New York: Grove Press, [1969]. First U. S. edition, review copy with slip laid in. Octavo (8 x 5.375 inches; 202 x 135 mm.). [2, half-title leaf (author's works on verso)], [2, title-leaf (copyright page on verso)], 216, [4, blank] pages. Publisher's light yellowish-green cloth, spine lettered in black; all edges of the text block trimmed; plain endpapers; in the original dust jacket, priced $5.95, trimmed slightly shorter than the binding. Spine very slightly askew; spine ends very softly pushed; bottom corner of the rear board barely tapped; just a hint of fading along the board edges. Dust jacket edges somewhat creased; vertical edges slightly curled; short diagonal creases to the corners of the flaps; tiny blemish on the spine panel, just below the crown. Near fine. GP-486. Translated by Richard Howard. Winner of the 1967 Prix Goncourt. Adapted for the screen in 1976 by Walerian Borowczyk, starring Little Joe Dallesandro and Syli