TWO CITIES: La Revue Bilingue de Paris

(Paris): (Librarie Mistral / Shakespeare and Company), 1964. First editions. Very good plus.. Complete set of first printings for all nine issues (in eight volumes) of the Paris-based bilingual literary revue founded by Anais Nin and Jean Fanchette — with original subscription renewal notice, signed by Fanchette, laid in. Other notable contributors over the journal's five-year run included Ted Hughes, Richard Wright, Octavio Paz, Romain Rolland, Richard Aldington, Elisabeth Janvier, Colin Wilson, William Golding, C.P. Snow, Aldous Huxley, Rainer Maria Rilke, Gregory Corso, and H.D. 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original blue printed wrappers. Winter 1961 issue in original publisher's band. Black and white illustrations. Publisher's folded one-sheet printed advertisement laid in to Autumn 1960 issue, with original printed subscription renewal notice hand-corrected and signed "J.F."in pen by Fanchette. Mild to moderate edgewear, light soil, occasional small closed tears and minor creasing. Toning to text block edges of first four volumes. (Inventory #: 52678)