Manuscript of La trousi-millième promenade [with] Europe No. 179, 15 Novembre 1937

4to, 30 pp, carbon typescript with extensive holograph corrections and deletions, with a handwritten cover sheet presenting the manuscript to a bibliophile. Housed in a dossier clip folder titled in the author's hand. The manuscript for Durtain's beautiful text, an account of his daily walk through Paris, and which was published in Europe No. 179, 15 Novembre 1937 [a copy of that issue is included]. That issue includes a note describing how the text was written according to the prompt of Maxime Gorki, who had urged writers to document September 27 of that year for a proposed book that would show a day in the life of the world from different viewpoints. Durtain - born André Robert Gustave Nepveu - was a physician and writer who became a member of the Abbaye de Créteil group, after being discovered by Jules Romain. Durtain served as a doctor in WWI, and later became known for his travel writing, especially the 40th Floor. Durtain visited Borges in Buenos Aires in 1932, and is mentioned in the Borge story Pierre Menard, Author of Quixote, in the list of Menard's works, as well as Beyond Good and Evil. A charming, conceptual contribution to the literature of walking and flanerie, and a beautiful street level description of Paris just before the Second World War.…