Clandestine French Resistance poetry collection 1943-1945

Description

Collection of 15 volumes (in-16 format) published by Éditions de Minuit, Paris, 1943-1945. Authors include AVELINE (Claude), THOMAS (Edith), ADAM (Georges), Elsa Triolet, Debû-Bridel, GUEHENNO (Jean), Thimerais, ARAGON, CASSOU (Jean), and Claude Morgan. Titles include Chroniques Interdites, Nouvelles chroniques, Le Temps mort, les Contes d'Auxois, À l'appel de la liberté, les amants d'Avignon, Angleterre, dans la prison, la pensée patiente, Péguy Péri, l'honneur des poètes, le musée Grévin, 33 sonnets composés au secret, la marche à l'étoile, and la marque de l'homme. Vellum copies, numbered E 1350, published at the expense of literary figures and patriots. Many volumes published clandestinely between 1943-1944. Softbound with reinforced covers (spines browned), otherwise in fine condition. Most authors used pseudonyms; true identities confirmed in 1945 reprints.