Vingt ans de surréalisme, 1939-1959
Paris: Denoël, 1961. First edition. Wrappers, slight wear, unopened copy. 325 pages, illustrated. 21 cm. One of 25 copies on Alfa d'Avignon paper (including 5 h.c.). More
Paris: Denoël, 1961. First edition. Wrappers, slight wear, unopened copy. 325 pages, illustrated. 21 cm. One of 25 copies on Alfa d'Avignon paper (including 5 h.c.). More
Paris: Pauvert, 1965. Black cloth, fine, original clear plastic jacket worn. First edition, extensively illustrated. More
15 pages. An extensive and detailed correspondence between fellow editors, on Surrealism and politics, with copies of Schwartz's lengthy replies. More
[Paris]: Le Sagittaire, 1955. Cloth, labels, 121 p. 21 cm. Slight fading. Extensively illustrated, complete with the loupe on a ribbon. More
[Paris: Fontaine, 1947. Kiesler,Frederick J. First edition. 41 p. illus. 28 cm. Collection "L'Age d'or." Original wrappers, tanning at the edges, but a fine copy. Copy 223 of 750 numbered copies on vélin paper. Designed and illustrated by Frederick Kiesler, the Romanian emigre, whose architectural projects, including the "Endless House"..... More
Paris: Gallimard, 1948. First edition. 271 p. 21 cm.; Boards, copy number 97 of 540 on Alfa paper, cover design by Mario Prassinos. Faint wear to extremities. Contents: Mont de piété.--Les champs magnétiques.--Clair de terre.--Poisson soluble.--L'union libre.--Le revolver à cheveux blancs.--Violette Nozières.--L'air de l'eau.--1935-1940.--Pleine marge.--Fata morgana.--1940-1948.--Les états généraux.--Xénophiles.--Ode à Charles..... More
[Paris]: Gallimard, 1937. First edition, on "chataignier" paper, one of 1900. [137] p. 19 cm., original white wrappers, usual browning to text but a nice copy. Illustrated with photographs by Man Ray, Cartier-Bresson, Dora Maar, and Brassai. More
[New York: The Gemor Press, 1942. Masson, André. First edition. [49] p. mounted illus. 26 cm. Wrappers, spine and cover labels. One of 500 copies. Faint wear to spine, else fine. More
1963. One page, with two fine color drawings of fantastic creatures. Washington, 13 August 1963. Fine condition. Accompanied by a special leather-bound copy of Piazza's book "Los hombres y las cosas sólo querían jugar", Mexico, 1963, which Cuevas illustrated. The Metropolitan Museum of Art owns a large collection of Cuevas's..... More
Buenos Aires: Botella al Mar, (1947). First Argentine edition. Printed wrappers, 32 pp, three drawings by de Chirico. This is an h.c. copy (ejemplar fuera de comercio); the edition contained also 100 numbered copies. Wrappers, a bit darkened, contents fine; ownership stamp. More
Collection of ten letters to San Francisco journalist Stephen Schwartz, 1975-76. Concerning articles on European art for City Magazine, and Stephen Schwartz's appointment as agent for sales of some collections of art works. With some additional ephemera, and a typewritten catalogue of the Dada photography collection that was one of..... More
On Schwartz's surrealist review "Antinarcissus", Schwarz's translations of his own works, mentions of various other writers. More
Paris: Terrain vague, 1982. Two volumes, 541, 462 pp. Boards, fine, dust jacket on v. 1 . ( Tome 1. précédés d'un texte d'André Breton ; [suivis d'un texte de Jean Schuster et de compléments au tome I] ; présentation et commentaires de José Pierre. Tracts surréalistes et déclarations collectives..... More
Paris: La Soleil Noir, (1968). Alechinsky, Pierre. First edition. Wrappers, spine faded, otherwise fine. One of 1900 numbered copies. More
1967-1975. The letters, to Stephen Schwartz, then editor of the surrealist review "Antinarcissus," 1967-75. touch on her personal life, habits, health, with discussion of surrealism and various surrealists, politics, poetry, etc. Joyce Mansour (1928-1986), born in England to Egyptian-Jewish parents, spent her childhood in Cairo, and moved to Paris in..... More
1967-68. On surrealist activities, publications, and translations. More
Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1946 - 1948. Second, revised edition of the first volume, first edition of the second. Original wrappers, low quality paper browned otherwise well preserved. Ill., ports. ; 20 cm. Collection "Pierres vives" Volume 2 is titled Documents surréalistes (1st ed. c1948). Yellowed pages with sun changes..... More
[New York]: Editions Surréalistes, 1943. First edition. 47 p. 1 port. ; 18 cm. Original wrappers, very good. Unnumbered copy from the edition of 660. More
Paris: Eric Losfeld, (1967). Wrappers, fine. More
Los Angeles, CA: Artforum, September 1966. Wrappers, fine. Issue focuses on surrealism. More
Paris: Gallimard, (1964). First edition. First combined edition, limited and numbered. Wrappers, near fine. Stephen Schwartz bookplate after Victor Brauner. More
Paris: Eric Losfeld, (1969). First edition. Wrappers, spine faded, very good. Five line presentation inscription from Schuster. More