Volontés. Revue mensuelle. Collection quasi complète du N°1 au N°20 contenant la pré-originale "Cahier d'un retour au pays natal" d'Aimé Césaire

An almost complete set from No.1 to No. 20, including the pre-first edition "Cahier d'un retour au pays natal [Notebook on a Return to my Native Land]" by Aime Cesaire

Volontés|Paris Décembre 1937 - Août 1939|14 x 20 cm|20 numéros brochés en 20 volumes

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Volontés. Revue mensuelle. An almost complete set from No.1 to No. 20, including the pre-first edition “Cahier d'un retour au pays natal [Notebook on a Return to my Native Land]” by Aimé Césaire

Volontés | Paris december 1937 – august 1939 | 14 x 20 cm | 20 issues in original wrappers

The first edition of this review headed by Pierre Guégen, Eugène Jolas, Joseph Csaky and Frédéric Joliot.
Numerous contributions, including from Le Corbusier, Henry Miller, Raymond Queneau, Eugène Jolas, Léonce Rosenberg, Jacques Audiberti, Jean Hélion, Armand Robin, Paul Guth, Roger Caillois, Joë Bousquet, Jean Follain, Jules Monnerot, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Pierre Klosssowski, Michel Leiris, Aimé Césaire, and others.
Number 20 of Volontés contains a first edition, the entire “Cahier d'un retour au pays natal [Notebook on a Return to my Native Land]” by Aimé Césaire, a foundational and fundamental text of the “Négritude” movement.
Two plates worn, otherwise a good and rare set, lacking the extremely rare final number, the 21st, printed in April 1940, which is missing from most collections.

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