(BELLMER). Hugnet, Georges (Intro.) & Various Surrealists: André Breton, Paul Eluard, Benjamin Péret, René Char, René Crevel &c.

Petite Anthologie Poétique de Surréalisme.

Paris. Editions Jeanne Bucher. 1934. 8vo. pp. 166, (4, table), (1 blank leaf). 8 leaves, printed ... (more)

From the edition limited to 2,228 copies, with this one of 2,000 on 'papier alfa bouffant' and ... (more)

£4,750

ref: 32573

(DALI). Deharme, Lise.

Cahier de Curieuse Personne.

Paris. Editions de Cahiers Libres. 1933. 8vo. pp. 93, (5). Illustrated with monochrome frontispiece portrait by Valentine Hugo. Original publisher's pink printed wrappers.

From the first edition limited to 310 copies, with this one of 300 on 'Ingres rose' paper and with a ... (more)

£3,500

ref: 32705

(DALI). Paalen, Alice.

A Mème la Terre.

Paris. Editions Surréalistes. 1936. 12mo. pp. 98, (4). Original publisher's blue-printed wrappers with red text to upper wrapper.

From the edition limited to 235 copies, with this uncut copy one of 200 on 'vergé' and with a ... (more)

£3,600

ref: 33033

(DALI). Penrose, Valentine.

Herbe à la Lune. Avec une Préface de Paul Eluard.

Paris. Editions G[uy]. L[évis]. M[ano]. 1935. 8vo. pp. 73, (3). Original publisher's cream printed wrappers.

From the edition limited to 320 copies, with this uncut copy one of 300 on 'Hélio' and with a ... (more)

£3,600

ref: 33031

(UBAC). Bryen, Camille.

L'Aventure des Objets.

Paris. Collection Orbes chez José Corti. 1937. 8vo. pp. 16. Eight pages of hors-texte plates ... (more)

From the edition limited to 300 copies, this copy with a presentation from Bryen to Salvador Dalí on ... (more)

£4,500

ref: 32604

591.

(Alès). P[ierre]. A[ndré]. B[enoit]. 21st January, 1952. Folio. [12 leaves]. Contents: blank ... (more)

From the edition limited to 74 copies. [Livres Réalisés par P. A. Benoit 161].

£1,000

ref: 34645

ARP, Hans.

Der Pyramidenrock.

Zurich and Munich. Eugen Rentsch Verlag. (1924). 4to. pp. 70. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Arp by Modigliani. Original publisher's printed wrappers with the repetitive motif of 'Der Pyramidenrock' printed across the front and rear wrappers three times and downward forty-one times.

Written in German in four-line stanzas with varying meters, 'Der Pyramidenrock' ('the Pyramid ... (more)

£3,000

ref: 24622

ARP. Tzara, Tristan.

Vingt-cinq poèmes. Dix gravures sur bois de Hans Arp.

Zürich. Collection Dada (chez j heuberger). 1918. 8vo. [26 unnumbered leaves]. Printed title with ... (more)

First edition of this superb Dada collaboration in a variant full gilt cover with hand-painted ... (more)

£18,000

ref: 37172

BANTING, John.

A Blue Book of Conversation.

London. Editions Poetry. 1946. 8vo. pp. v, 57. Illustrated with decorative title and twenty-five plates, of which one is double-page. All of the plates are printed in blue after designs by Banting. Original cloth with yellow printed dust-jacket.

First edition, from the library of André Breton. 'A Blue Book of Conversation is a series of ... (more)

£900

ref: 22768

BELLMER.

Petit Traité de Morale. Dix Gravures en Deux Couleurs de Hans Bellmer.

Paris. Editions Georges Visat. 1968. Folio. Illustrated with ten coloured etchings by Bellmer, each signed and in pencil and with printed title and number. Loose as issued in original publisher's wrappers with title in blind, purple silk moiré chemise and slipcase.

From the edition limited to 150 copies on vélin d'Arches (with an additional 20 copies numbered in ... (more)

£8,500

ref: 40545

BRETON, André.

Manifeste du Surréalisme. Poisson Soluble.

Paris. Aux Editions du Sagittaire. 1924. 8vo. pp. 190, (6). Cloth-backed marbled boards, leather title label to spine, original orange publisher's wrappers and backstrip retained.

First edition, limited to 19 large paper copies, of the first Surrealist manifesto with a ... (more)

£30,000

ref: 30587

BRETON, André.

Manifeste du Surréalisme. Poisson Soluble.

Paris. 'Les Documentaires', Editions Kra. 1929. 8vo. (188 x 122 mm). pp. 206, (ii, 'Table' with ... (more)

Second edition - with a frontispiece, preface and the 'Lettre aux Voyants' of 1925 - of the first ... (more)

£250

ref: 40761

BRETON, André.

Nadja.

Paris. Librairie Gallimard / Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise. 1928. 8vo. pp. 218 ... (more)

Later edition of Breton's famous novel featuring photographic illustrations by Man Ray.

£50

ref: 40742

BRETON, André.

Position Politique du Surréalisme.

Paris. Editions du Sagittaire. 1935. 8vo. pp. 174, (blank leaf), leaf with 'Table' recto, leaf with 'achevé d'imprimer' recto. Original publisher's red wrappers with printed title in black to front wrapper and spine, advertisements to rear wrapper.

First edition. A collection of speeches and interviews concerning the politics of Surrealism. The ... (more)

£150

ref: 40748

CHIRICO. Cocteau, J.

Le Mystère Laïc. Essai d'Etude Indirecte (Giorgio de Chirico).

Paris. Editions des Quatre Chemins. 1928. 4to. pp. (blank leaf), 80, (v), (2 blank leaves). With 5 illustrations by de Chirico. Original publisher's cream printed wrappers with red printed title and black printed text to upper cover and spine, later decorative tricolour paper-covered box by Thérèse Treille with her signature.

One of 10 édition de tête copies with de Chirico's original etchings and corrected proofs by Jean ... (more)

£20,000

ref: 40513