HOUELLEBECQ, Michel. Les particules élémentaires. Paris, Flammarion,1998.
In-8 (212 x 140 mm), 394 pp, (1) f., covers and spine preserved. Full light aubergine morocco imitating the colour of the title page, smooth spine, gilt author and title (Poupelin).
First edition, of which no large paper was printed, with a dispatch from the author. First print run (legal deposit June 1998), before the name of the L'Espace des possibles campsite was changed to Le Lieu du changement (page 121) following legal action by its owner.
A charming copy, dedicated ‘to a shady admirer, / Michel Houellebecq’.
