Versatile French poet, playwright, film director, and artist (1889–1963); among his best-known works are the novel Les Enfants Terrible and the film La Belle et la Bête. Signed book: La Machine a Ecrire. No place: Gallimard. Softcover, 4.75 x 7.5, 212 pages. Signed and inscribed in black ink on the half-title page, “A Madeleine K— en souvenir amical de Jean Cocteau, 1941,” Cocteau adding his characteristic sketch of a figure in profile. A hint of mild soiling to covers and typical light, even toning to interior, otherwise fine, clean condition. R&R COA.
