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Library of Congress #56-13365.

Not sure if it's going to be available, but I'd reccomend it. It has an English Translation (by Louise Varese) alongside the French.

Edit: There's a preview on Google books...can't be that impossible to find.

Edit 2: Found a modern version on Amazon, with a Translation by John Ashbery, but it doesn't have the original French text.

I emailed the Special Collections and Rare Books division of the Library of Congress...they should be back to me in 5 business days, they say.
Oh, goodness! Thank you so much! You really didn't have to go through so much trouble, but I really am grateful. I've done a little bit of reading on Arthur Rimbaud, and the idea of reading his works in both English and French is really exciting. I do expect that a lot of it will go over my head, but it's something to work towards.

From the preview page on Google books, I clicked on "Get Print Book" and then "Find in a Library," and it's apparently available in a library really close to me! At least, according to this page. It looks like it's the same version, with the translation being done by Louise Varèse. Thank you so much for recommending this! I'll check it out as soon as I can. =) Having both English and French available should be really helpful in understanding it, too.