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1935004581Paris: Éditions G. L. M. 1935. 4to original photographic wrappers unbound folded sheets as issued. Small creases on front cover slight edge wear lightly toned as usual. Near fine. One of 1200 copies on thick vélin paper there were also 25 copies with an original print signed by Man Ray . With twelve images by the American photographer Man Ray born Emmanuel Radnitzky in collaboration with the poet Paul Éluard whose wife known as Nusch inspired the poems and posed for the photographs. Beautiful Surrealist photographic book with the images interwoven in and around the poems. Parr and Badger The Photobook a History Volume 1 page 105:". one of the iconic French photobooks of the 1930s.Though ethereal rather than earthy the pictures exude an elegant eroticism especially when printed in photogravure so luscious that one just wants to touch it." Blank Peter Four Works by Man Ray Stanford Libraries 2013: The photographic techniques include negative imagery solarization and double exposures." . Photographic Wrappers. Fine. Illus. by MAN RAY. 4to. Éditions G. L. M. Paperback books
19352044Éluard Paul and André Breton. <b>A Postcard Signed by Both Surrealists.</b> 1935.<br /><br />Postcard measuring 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches 88 x 140 mm.<br /><br />Postcard signed by the two leading Surrealists Paul Éluard and André Breton to Brussels music publisher Georges Vriamont. Éluard has addressed the card in black ink and written: "Très amical souvenir" signing it underneath. Breton added his signature in green ink under Éluard's signature. The verso is a black-and-white photograph of four bridges in Prague; the postcard was issued by Z. Broz of Prague.<br /><br />Éluard and Breton traveled to Prague from March 27 to April 10 1935 following the opening of the first Czech Surrealist group exhibition. Breton gave four talks on Surrealist art while Éluard spoke on Surrealist poetry. Gérard Durozoi History of the Surrealist Movement The University of Chicago Press 2002 page 294.<br /><br />An interesting bit of Surrealist ephemera signed by the two leading Surrealists. <b>RARE</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light soiling. Near Fine. books
195226014Paris: GLM 1952. First edition. Hugo Valentine. Wrappers 65 pages illustrated with full-page black-and-white plates reproducing art by Valentine Hugo. One of 135 on velin de renage second paper total edition of 1425 numbered copies. Fine copy. <br/><br/> GLM unknown books
1949168826Paris: Louis Carre 1949. paperback. fine. Illustrated with 7 lithographic plates and 8 pen & ink drawings printed by Mourlot Freres 4to stiff printed wrappers original glassine beige board slipcase slightly soiled. Paris: Louis Carre 1948. Very Fine.<br/><br/> Number 94 of 800.<br/><br/> Louis Carre unknown books
194722040Paris: Pierre Seghers 1947. First edition. One of 600 copies; there were also 10 special signed copies. A fine copy in a custom-made slipcase. 8vo illustrated by Max Ernst original wrappers. A fine copy in a custom-made slipcase. (Pierre Seghers) unknown books
1982164488Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou Bibliotheque publique d'information Musee national d'art moderne 1982. Softcover. 255 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 4 1982 through January 17 1983. Text in French with contributions by Jean-Claude Groshens Germain Viatte Roland Penrose Pierre Daix Jean-Charles Gateau Werner Spies Annick Lionel-Marie Bernard Noel Raymond Jean Lucien Scheler Jean Marcenac and Francois Lachenal. Includes black and white illustrations and information about Balthus Bellmer Braque Chagall Dali Duchamp Ernst Giacometti Gilot Picasso and others. A near fine copy in French style wrappers that are very lightly soiled but internally a clean copy. Centre Georges Pompidou, Bibliotheque publique d'information Musee national d'art moderne unknown books
1984WRCLIT83556New York: Braziller 1984. Quarto. Two volumes. Printed wrappers. Bookplate on inner chemise pastedown else fine in chemise and lightly sunned slipcase. Facsimile of the 1948 original edition illustrated with color woodcuts by Joan Miro. Separate commentary by Anne Hyde Greet. Braziller unknown books
19841339454New York: George Braziller 1984. First edition thus Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto; Originally published G. Cramer Genève 1958; First edition thus; Limited edition 75/130; G; Hardcover; Spine cream with gold print; Book in portfolio portfolio in slipcase; Slipcase in tan paper clean and strong; Portfolio in cream and tan paper slight blemish to spine slight surface tear to front else clean and strong; Boards in cream illustrated paper cover with black print clean and strong; Text block pages mostly loose unglued from binding else clean; Signed in ink by Miró on limited edition page; Accompanied by pamphlet containing the introduction by Anne Hyde Greet 22 pages; unpaged illustrated color. Shelf: Spanish & Latin American Art <br /> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. 1339454. FP New Rockville Stock. George Braziller hardcover books
196759444Paris: Tchou 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. illustrations xi 249p. Original illustrated cloth. Clear acetate protector/jacket. 25cm. Front cover slightly warped. French text. <br/><br/> Tchou hardcover books
194413475Geneva Switzerland: Editions des Trois Collines 1944. Softcover. VG unopened pages. Orange wraps. 178 pp. 1 color 34 text illus 97 bw plates. A tribute to Picasso in poetry and prose full of his paintings. Text in French. Editions des Trois Collines paperback books
1945160821Geneva: Trois Collines 1945. paperback. very good-. Illustrated with one mounted color plate 97 b/w plates on coated paper and numerous drawings in the text. 177pp. Short 4to original orange paper wrappers; spine damaged text beginning to separate but still intact some lose of paper at spine ends. Geneve-Paris: Editions des Trois Collines 1945. Text in French. Internally clean near fine overall a very good - copy.<br/><br/> Trois Collines unknown books
1984237412New York: Braziller 1984. Reprint. hardcover. near fine. Miro Joan. Illustrated throughout with colored wood engravings by Joan Miro. 4to pictorial d.w. covering stiff boards scuffed spot on spine; additional 22 page new introduction by Anne Hyde Greet in grey wrappers together housed in a faux woodgrain board slipcase. New York: Braziller 1984. A near fine copy in a very good slipcase.<br/><br/> Facsimile reprint of No. 75 of 80 originally published by Gerald Cramer of Geneva.<br/><br/> Braziller unknown books
1949151439New York: Buchholz Gallery 1949. Softcover. Clean tight interior but with age toning to spine edge of front cover and dust of the ages on back cover. Cream stapled wraps with green line drawaing and black lettering. 5x7 inches. 9 pp. with 8 bw plates and 2 bw line drawings. Catalogue of 40 works exhibited May - June 1949. Included were oils drawings bronzes lithographs and etchings. With an essay by Paul Eluard and bibliography by Hannah Muller. Buchholz Gallery paperback books
1972182676Paris: Éditions Cercle d'art 1972. Hardcover. G covers have wear and rubbing spine is worn. Pages have yellowing on edges and slight foxing throughout. Orange cloth covers. xiv 300 pages illustrations some color. Volume 1: Les Freres Voyants. Preface de Jean Marcenac. Éditions Cercle d'art hardcover books
1944WRCLIT53005Paris: Aux Éditions de Minuit 1944. Printed wrappers. Frontis portrait by Picasso. First edition ordinary issue after 120 numbered copies. Crown of spine browned otherwise a very good copy. Aux Éditions de Minuit unknown books
197318113NY: Grossman 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Spine just lightly sunned otherwise a very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. <br/><br/> Grossman hardcover books
36620Paris: Editions de la Galerie Charpentier. 1945. Softcover. Limited edition #6 of 43 copies on rag paper with additional suite of plates from total edition of 1028. 11.5" x 8.5". 28 pp. Loose in printed wraps with 7 pochoir illustrations after gouaches by Hugo accompanying the facsimile of Eluard's manuscript poem duplicate suite of illustrations on individual plates in enclosed folder. Wraps show wear and chipping at edges and spine scattered foxing and staining; light scattered foxing to text and additional plates. Lacking original glassine jacket. A lovely edition of Eluard's poem celebrating France's liberation illustrated with Hugo's serene and colorful paintings . VeryGood. Paperback . Editions de la Galerie Charpentier. 1945 paperback books
1950124518London: Trianon Press 1950. Softcover. VG Ex-art lib. bookplate inside front cover. Marc Chagall. Plain off-white wraps; Off-white illus. dj. with transparent paper overlay; 92 pp.; Color frontispiece hand reproduced; Profusely illustrated in bw. Text appears in both French and English; English translation by Stephen Spender and Frances Cornford; A collection of poems by Paul Eluard Eugene Emile Paul Grindel one of the founders of the surrealist movement accompanied by illustrations by Marc Chagall; Number 50 of 750 copies reserved for the Trianon Press London numbers 751-1500 reserved for the Grey Falcon Press Philadelphia. Trianon Press paperback books
1950236392Philadelphia: The Gray Falcon Press. London The Trianon Press 1950. Number 1426 of 1500 copies. Illustrated by Marc Chagall with a 2 colour hand-coloured frontispiece and numerous line drawings many full-page. 1 vols. 4to. Pictorial cream wrappers. Fine. Number 1426 of 1500 copies. Illustrated by Marc Chagall with a 2 colour hand-coloured frontispiece and numerous line drawings many full-page. 1 vols. 4to. With two colour frontispiece reproduced by hand in the workshop of Daniel Jacomet under the control of Marc Chagall and black and white illustrations in the text. The Gray Falcon Press. London The Trianon Press unknown books
1946WRCLIT39065Gèneve & Paris: Éditions de Trois Collines 1946. Small quarto. Printed wrappers. Illustrations by Gérard Vulliamy. First illustrated edition. One of one thousand numbered copies from a total edition of 1130. Wrappers a bit darkened at extremities but a very good copy.`. Éditions de Trois Collines unknown books
194418798Geneva: Editions des Trois Collines 1944. First edition. First edition a numbered copy on vergé paper. Bound by Joanne Sonnichsen a coptic-style binding utilizing the most ancient structure as an experimental modern binding with her own paste-paper boards the bottom edges strengthened with leather strips onlays of dyed vellum top edge sprinkled decorated paper endsheets clamshell box. The binding was made for an exhibition at the Museé de la Reliure in Granville France in 1997. The binder's article about her experiments with the coptic structure "Playing with Structure: A 4th-Century Form for a 20th-Century Binding"appeared in Bookways: A Quarterly for the Book Arts Nos. 13 & 14 October 1994-January 1995 pp. 70-72. <br/><br/> Editions des Trois Collines hardcover books
1962579Paris: Seghers 1962. First Edition one of 2532 copies. 8vo; bound in 3/4 dark blue morocco and marbled paste-paper boards five raised bands on spine author and title gilt marbled paste-page doublures original wrappers and spine bound in fine. This book contains early letters and several previously unpublished poems by Eluard and has a cover portrait of the poet by Surrealist painter Francis Picabia 1879-1953. Seghers unknown books
197757029Greensboro NC: Unicorn Press 1977. One of 300 copies. 8vo pp. 5. Paper wraps. Translated from the French by Teo Savory. Paper wraps. Drawing on the cover by Picasso. Fine. Originally written in 1942 when the author was working in the French Resistance. Unicorn Press unknown books
196833270Np: Bibliotheque de la Pleiade Editions Gallimard 1968. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Volume II only. Np: Bibliotheque de la Pleiade Editions Gallimard 1968. Preface by Lucien Scheler. Compiled and annotated by Marcelle Dumas and Lucien Scheler. A few b/w illustrations. 1505 pp. Text in French. Hardcover. 16mo size. Brown limp leatherette. Gilt lettering to spine. Edges very lightly soiled. Dust jacket with worn original mylar lightly edge-worn and toned. Interior clean bright and tight. Very good/Very good. Bibliotheque de la Pleiade, Editions Gallimard hardcover books
199572932Durham:: Oyster River Press. Near Fine. 1995. Paperback. 0961748176 . Bilingual edition: French and English. Translated by Lloyd Alexander and Cicely Buckley. Illustrated. First edition thus paperback. Near fine in illustrated wraps. . Oyster River Press, paperback books
