DEYROLLE, Jean, Paris: (Les Éditions de Minuit) 1970. First edition. Beckett's text consists of the opening paragraph of Le Depeupleur. One of only 25 numbered deluxe copies printed on d'Auvergne paper with an original drawing initialed by Deyrolle and an extra suite of prints on Chine paper (out of a total edition of 175 copies printed). Signed by Beckett, and with a facsimile signature of Deyrolle, who died in 1967 before the book was published. Jean Jacques Deyrolle (1911-1967) was an important painter of the school of geometric abstraction. Oblong 8vo, loose signatures laid into paper wrappers, in folding cloth case. Fine copy.