Printed in red and black. 8vo, publisher's wrappers, spine leaning and darkened with small tear at foot; glassine overwrap (also supplied plain brown paper wrapper over glassine signed by recipient, tattered); partly unopened, page edges browned. [Lyon]: L'Arbalete, [1948].
first trade edition, presentation copy inscribed: "A William Miller / mon cher Bill / Je suis heureux d'avoir l'occasion / de te redire mon amitié / et aussi mon amitié pour / Cesare. Je vous aime beaucoup / [?] / Jean Genet." Miller was a model, acquaintance and/or companion of many luminaries of the gay social scene of New York City in the 1940s, including many leading literary figures, among them W.H. Auden, W. Somerset Maugham, Gore Vidal, and Genet.
