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Photo SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine (de). 

SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine (de). 

Lettre à un Otage. 

New York, Brentano's, 1946.
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950 €

Very beautiful binding executed by Jean Paul Miguet (1925-2019) one of the greatest French bookbinders of the 20th century.

Photo VERLAINE, Paul. 

VERLAINE, Paul. 

Choix de Poésies. 

Paris, Fasquelle, 1928.
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800 €

Beautiful copy of this famous industrial binding produced between 1933 and 1955 by Joseph Taupin, under the pseudonym Jotau. The boards and the back are molded in a mass-dyed resin, close to bakelite, pollopas. Flats and backs are articulated by a rod. This particularly brittle resin was quickly abandoned and few copies reach us without damage, as is the case with the book we are offering.

Photo RAMEAU, Jean. 

RAMEAU, Jean. 

Poèmes Fantasques. 

Paris, Ed. Monnier et Cie, 1883.
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320 €

First edition.
illustrated by Ary Gambard.
One of 400 copies on laid paper signed by the editor, ours n°248.

Photo SOULAGES, Gabriel || CARLEGLE (ill.). 

SOULAGES, Gabriel || CARLEGLE (ill.). 

Des riens. 

Paris, Editions Mornay, 1926.
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450 €

Edition illustrated by Carlègle.
Gabriel Soulages is a French author of novels, stories and light collections. In his romantic work, inspired by a pleasant eroticism, he demonstrated an in-depth Greek and Latin culture.

One of 37 copies on Japon, ours n°18 accompanied by two original watercolors signed by Carlègle.

Editions Mornay was a French publishing house founded in 1919 by Georges and Antoinette Mornay. The company was particularly known for its exquisitely designed and illustrated books, which featured the work of some of the leading illustrators of the time.

Photo FLAUBERT, Gustave. 

FLAUBERT, Gustave. 

Madame Bovary. 

Paris, Editions Mornay, 1930.
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350 €

Edition illustrated by Christian Jacques Boullaire.

One of the 60 copies on Japan paper, ours n°62.

Editions Mornay was a French publishing house founded in 1919 by Georges and Antoinette Mornay. The company was particularly known for its exquisitely designed and illustrated books, which featured the work of some of the leading illustrators of the time.

Photo BATAILLE, George. 

BATAILLE, George. 

Un Cadavre. 

Paris, imp. Sp. du Cadavre, [15 janvier 1930].
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First edition.
Pamphlet of incredible violence orchestrated by Georges Bataille against André Breton, taking up the idea of the pamphlet that the surrealist group itself had written in 1924 upon the death of Anatole France.
Bataille will say, when returning to this episode a few years later, that he had 500 copies printed, of which he would have thrown away 200 copies during a move.
Among the contributors we find Michel Leiris, Raymond Queneau, Jacques Prévert, Robert Desnos...Bataille wrote a virulent text entitled "The Chatré Lion" in which he wrote: "Here lies the Breton beef, the old esthete, false revolutionary with the head of Christ"
On the first page a photomontage by Boiffard shows a Breton "enchristed", his forehead surrounded by a crown of thorns.

Photo ARAGON, Louis. 

ARAGON, Louis. 

Le Front rouge. 

s.l., s.n., n°1 juillet 1931.
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2500 €

First edition of the poem Le Front Rouge.
Following the publication of Aragon's poem "Red Front" in the first issue of the journal "La Littérature de la Révolution mondiale", the government prosecuted the poet for provocation to assassination. Aragon in this poem indeed called for "getting down the cops" and "sweeping the Elysée". The copies of the magazine were therefore seized and destroyed by the courts.
The surrealists immediately took to the defense of their comrade and published a series of pamphlets and leaflets. André Breton notably defends the total freedom of poetry. However, Aragon did not recognize himself in Breton's texts and announced his break with the surrealist movement in March 1932. An important episode in French literary history during which each of the actors of the surrealist movement was able to express their position on the place poetry in society.
Rare copy of this magazine having escaped judicial seizure, absent from most collections devoted to surrealism.

André Vasseur, scholar and great collector of literary journals, has here supplemented the copy of the journal with 8 other pieces (brochures and leaflets) published by surrealist circles about this affair. On a page bringing together bibliographical notes in his hand, he notices that most collections of this type do not have number 1 of "La Littérature de la Révolution mondiale"

1- Le Surréalisme son autonomie, L'Affaire Aragon
(10 pages, extract).

3- BRETON, Misère de la poésie, l'Affaire Aragon devant l'opinion publique, Paris,éditions surréalistes, 1932
31 pages.
4- L'Affaire Aragon, [v. 1932]
(4) pages.

5- La Poésie Transfigurée, 30 janvier 1932.
(4) pages.

6- Protestation, Bruxelles 2 mars 1932
(1) page.

7- Paul ELUARD, Certificat,
(1) page.

8- Paillasse! (Fin de "L'Affaire Aragon"), mars 1932
12 pages.

9- Autour d'un poème, 5 avril 1932
4 pages.

Photo [COMITE NATIONAL DES ECRIVAINS] MALHERBE, Henry || CLAUDEL, Paul || ARAGON, Louis. 

[COMITE NATIONAL DES ECRIVAINS] MALHERBE, Henry || CLAUDEL, Paul || ARAGON, Louis. 

Un Village de France. 

Paris, La Bibliothèque française, [1945].
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350 €

First edition.
Presentation copy signed by Aragon to Jacques Faizant.
The National Writers' Committee is an organ of the literary resistance, an emanation of the National Writers' Front, close to the French Communist Party.
Led by Aragon, the committee brings together many great French authors.
This publication in the aftermath of the war aims, through the example of an “ordinary” French village, at the abuses committed by the Nazis. Thus, Plomion in Aisne, where on August 31, 1944 fourteen inhabitants aged 16 to 72 were shot by the SS.
The photos of the victims are accompanied by a text by Henry Malherbe and a poem by Paul Claudel. Amusing send-off from one of the most fervent communist writers to the one who was on the front page of Le Figaro for decades.

Photo BRETON, André. 

BRETON, André. 

Les Manifestes du surréalisme avec le supplément des manifestes. 

Paris, Editions du Sagittaire, 1955.
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1000 €

New augmented edition of the surrealist manifestos by André Breton.
Documents and numerous photographic illustrations by Man Ray, Denise Bellon, Dora Maar, Stieglitz, etc. Model by Pierre Faucheux.
One of 300 copies numbered and signed by André Breton, ours n°97.

Complete with its magnifying glass held by a ribbon and embedded in the last leaves as well as the rare supplement containing the 6 "original butterflies of Surrealism" (in a numbered envelope with the heading of the Sagittaire editions).

Photo MAYA, Tristan. 

MAYA, Tristan. 

Morceaux choisis suivis des Poèmes à Ré. 

Paris, Vent debout, 1948.
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200 €

First edition.
Tristan Maya is the ghost name of Jean Maton (1926-2000), French writer, poet, novelist, literary critic and bookseller in Orléans. The work is published by “Vent Debout”, a literary and artistic review published in occupied Germany, but with its headquarters in Mattaincourt (Vosges).
Presentation copy.
One of 200 numbered copies, ours n°17.

Photo JACOB, Max. 

JACOB, Max. 

Phanérogame. 

Paris, Imprimerie Levé, 1918.
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150 €

First edition.

Photo JACOB, Max. 

JACOB, Max. 

Carte postale adressée à Jean Cassou. 

St Benoit sur Loire, s.n., 1er juin 1927.
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350 €

Autograph card from the poet Max Jacob (1876-1944) to the literary critic Jean Cassou (1897-1986) asking him if he received "Fond de l'eau" booklet which has just been published.
The card is sent from St Benoit sur Loire, the poet's retirement place.

Photo PAULHAN, Jean. 

PAULHAN, Jean. 

Clef de la Poésie. 

Paris, Gallimard NRF, 1944.
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350 €

First edition.
Work by the very influential editor-in-chief of the NRF in which he proposes "to finally identify some method or key, which will allow us to separate the true from the false".

Pasted on the guard is a handwritten letter signed by Jean Paulhan addressed to Aimé Blanc-Dufour.
Aimé Blanc-Dufour had signed an article "Reflections on Jean Paulhan and rhetoric" in September 1946 in Cahiers du sud, Jean Paulhan responded to it on his relationship to rhetoric.
“Secret society, no doubt. And I believe, in this sense also, that Rhéto holds a secret, touching the relationships between language and thought…”.

Photo [COLLECTIF]. 

[COLLECTIF]. 

La Révolution d'abord et toujours !. 

s.l., s.n., 1925.
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250 €

First edition.

Photo BRETON, André. 

BRETON, André. 

Qu'est ce que le Surréalisme ?. 

Bruxelles, René Henriquez, 1934.
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500 €

First edition.
1 of 1000 copies on edition paper.
Cover and title page illustrated by Magritte.

Photo ELUARD, Paul. 

ELUARD, Paul. 

Poésie et Vérité 1942. 

Paris, Editions de la main à la plume, 1942.
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First edition.
First publication of "Liberté", Eluard's most famous poem, written during the Second World War in reaction to the German occupation:
"Sur le sable, sur la neige
J’écris ton nom…"

Beautiful copy.

Photo ELUARD, Paul. 

ELUARD, Paul. 

Poésie et Vérité 1942. 

Neuchatel, Editions de la Baconnière, 1943.
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450 €

Second edition.
One of the numbered copies on Vélin (ours n°771).
"Freedom" Eluard's most famous poem, written during the Second World War in reaction to the German occupation:
"On the sand, on the snow
I write your name…"
Presentation copy to Aimé Blanc signed by Eluard.

Photo DALI, Salvador. 

DALI, Salvador. 

La Vie secrète de Salvador Dali. 

Paris, La Table Ronde, 1952.
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900 €

First french edition.

Signed by Dali to Pierre Lhoste (1913-1984) radio journalist and great autograph collector.

Photo GARCIA LORCA, Federico || ELUARD, Paul. 

GARCIA LORCA, Federico || ELUARD, Paul. 

Ode à Salvador Dali. 

Paris, GLM, 1927.
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800 €

First french edition.
Presentation copy signed by Paul Eluard and Louis Parrot.

Photo BRETON, André. 

BRETON, André. 

Le Revolver à cheveux blancs. 

Paris, Editions des cahiers libres, 1932.
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500 €

First edition.
Copy for press.
Presentation copy to Yolande Oliviero.
Yolande Oliviero was a bookseller close to surrealist circles, it is said that all the surrealists dedicated their books to her. Bunuel describes it in “Mon Dernier Soupir” as a “slightly lame but very beautiful bookstore”.

Photo BRETON, André. 

BRETON, André. 

La Brèche - Action surréaliste. 

Paris, Le Terrain vague, 1961-1965.
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First edition.
Complete collection of the 8 published issues of the surrealist magazine "La Brèche". Directed by André Breton, the magazine brings together surrealist texts and illustrations. It only had 8 issues, the last appearing in November 1965.

Photo ELUARD, Paul. 

ELUARD, Paul. 

Poésie ininterrompue. 

Paris, Gallimard NRF, 1946.
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First edition.
One of the numbered copies in Paul Bonnet's cardboard binding (ours n°318).
Beautiful copy of this collection of poems published at the beginning of 1946.
At the end of that same year Eluard lost Nusch, who was his companion and muse for 17 years, who died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage on November 28, 1946.
This disappearance will plunge the poet into great moral distress, and this is perhaps the hidden meaning of this beautiful autograph dedication to the writer Aimé Blanc: "This book in which I did not believe myself to be mortal".

Photo PERET, Benjamin. 

PERET, Benjamin. 

Main forte. 

Paris, Editions de la Revue Fontaine, 1946.
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50 €

First edition.
Collection of the surrealist poet Benjamin Peret (1899-1959) illustrated by Victor Brauner.

Photo ELUARD, Paul. 

ELUARD, Paul. 

A Pablo Picasso. 

Genève, Editions des Trois Collines, 1944.
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First edition.

Photo LANNES, Roger. 

LANNES, Roger. 

Les Voyageurs étrangers. 

Paris, GLM, 1937.
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110 €

First edition.
Numbered copy on Hollande Pannekoek (n°9/30) first luxury paper.

Photo JACOB, Max. 

JACOB, Max. 

Les Pénitents en maillots roses. 

Paris, Editions du Sagittaire, 1925.
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50 €

First edition.
Numbered copy on vélin de Rives (n°732).

Photo CREVEL, René. 

CREVEL, René. 

Temps mêlés. 

Verviers, Temps mêlés, 1954.
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150 €

First edition.
Numbered copy (n°32).

Photo CARROLL, Lewis || ESRNST, Max. 

CARROLL, Lewis || ESRNST, Max. 

La Chasse au Snark. Crise en huit épisodes. 

Paris, "L'Age d'or", 1950.
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120 €

New translation by Henri Parisot with illustrations by Max Ernst.
Copy on Alfama (n°55).

Photo DOMMERGUES, Marcel. 

DOMMERGUES, Marcel. 

Les Après-midi du libraire, réflexions à l'usage des bibliophiles et des Libraires. 

Paris, Librairie Marcel Dommergues, 1949.
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60 €

First edition.
Copy on vellum paper (n°533)
Presentation copy.

Photo BUCAILLE, Max. 

BUCAILLE, Max. 

Le Scaphandrier des Rêves. 

Paris, GLM, 1950.
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200 €

First edition.
Twelve collages by Max Bucaille with a preface by J. Laude
One of 465 copies on vellum paper (No. 228).

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