Surrealism
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Conversations avec Dieu. "Ni Peur, ni Espoir" Frontispiece de Max Jacob
by Bettencourt, Pierre
Paris: [published by the author], 1948. First edition, one of a limited edition of 110 on grand velin d'Arches printed on the author's private press. 8vo. Handsomely bound in 3/4 maroon morocco and marbled paste-paper boards, gilt fillets, author and title gilt, top edge gilt, marbled paste-paper doublures, original wrappers and spine bound in, near fine. "Conversations with God" in prose form, by Pierre Bettencourt (1917 - 2006). Color frontispiece, entitled "L'Annociation" by Max Jacob.
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£406.45
Cahiers, G.L.M. Four Volumes Bound in One
by Prevert et al
[Paris: GLM]: Cahiers G.L.M., 1956. Trade edition. 4to. Handsomely bound in 3/4 maroon morocco, teg, title and date in gilt on spine, fine. Four consecutive issues of this important literary journal with contributions by Rene Char, Jacques Prevert, and graphic contributions by Miro, Villon and Giacometti.
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£284.52
MAGRITTE: THE TRUE ART OF PAINTING
by Harry Torczyner
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 9 x 12 in. Blue cloth boards. Lavish color plates. Condition is FINE ; covers like new, binding tight, text spotless. DJ is VERY GOOD ; extremely clean, delaminating at edges, toned at edges and flaps. Art. Stax.
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£12.19
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Arthur Tress [signed by Dennis High]
by Tress, Arthur, introduction by Michel Tournier
Carmel: Center for Photographic Art, 1993. unpaginated, 9x9 inches, 26 b&w plates from photographs, very good in cardboard covers. Signed by the director of the Center, Dennis High. Lux Two.
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£28.45
The Irish Rebellion: Here & Now
by The Surrealist Movement in the United States
Mountain View, CA: SRAFprint Co-op, 1972. Pamphlet. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet, folded twice for mailing, sticker shadow, pen notation, and postage stamp on rear, several small shadows from tape used to hold shut for mailing on both sides. On the situation in Northern Ireland.
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£28.45
Driving my scoot through the asteroid field, coming down over Venus "hallo Baba
by Jetsun, Sunny
n.pl: Self-published by the author, 2007. Pamphlet. 103p., 5x7 inch wraps; illus., pictorial wrappers slightly toned along spine and back wrap, slight edgewear, mild soil to rear wrap, in good condition. The author also wrote as "Ciel Rose" and "Sunny Revareva.
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£13.82
Angoisse: Le Fantastique Dans L'Art
by Cocteau, Jean
Paris: Laboratoires Robert & Carriere, 1958. Consists of a [12]p. pamphlet titled "L'angoisse des poetes" with text and illustrations by Jean Cocteau alongside 16 [4]p. pamphlets, each one with a reproduction of a work of art with explanatory text on the facing page, all contained in a 6.25 x 9.5 inch folder, very good condition in a slightly worn slipcase. Text in French. Selection of artwork featured in the exhibition "Bosch, Goya et le fantastique", held in May 1957 in Bordeaux. Apparently created to...
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£16.26
Islam Bomb: poems
by Denner, Richard, collage by Luis Garcia
Sebastopol: Self-published by the author as dPress, 1998. Pamphlet. [28p] 5.5x8.25 inches,cut-up poetry, playful typography, puns, yoga and zen, very good chapbook in sewn decorative wraps. Self-publisher Denner was a Berkeley Street Poet and bookseller at Moe's.
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£12.19
Naville, La Passion de la Connaissance
by Naville, Pierre; compiled by Michel Éliard
Toulouse: Presses Universitaires du Mirail, 1996. Paperback. 213p., french-fold wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, illus., gift inscription on front blank, else very good condition. Text in French.
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£24.39
Surrealism; a celebration. Exhibition of Surrealist Art, November 7-23, 1974
Philadelphia: Pennsylvania State University, 1974. Pamphlet. [24p.],8x8 inch wraps; b&w photos., in very good condition.
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£9.75
Max Ernst
by Ernst, Max
npl: The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1961. Paperback. 71p., wraps, 8.5x9 inches, profusely illus., wraps lightly worn else very good exhibition catalog. Second edition.
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£12.19
Max Ernst : Perturbations : Delices et Orgues
by Ernst, Max
Paris: Alexandre Iolas, 1973. Edition of 1000. Paperback. Fine contents. Never used but with some cover soiling and a tiny bump to front corner of spine head. Unbroken spine.. Cream card wraps with grey lettering and bw drawing. [54] with 15 color and 5 bw plates. Includes a series of low reliefs in sterling silver (pictured in bw). Annotations in French.
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£29.26
Impetuous sleeper
by Morrill, Donald
Minneapolis: Mid-List Press, 2009. Paperback. 182p., first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps, half-title is a bit crimped from a clumsy erasure, else very good copy.
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£8.13
Kurt Seligmann: His Graphic Work
by Seligmann, Kurt
New York: Helen Serger, La Boetie, 1973. Pamphlet. [36]p., stapled wraps, 8x8 inches, illus., wraps lightly worn else very good condition. Price list laid in. Swiss immigrant Surrealist artist.
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£20.32
The poetical alphabet. Introduction by Stephen Schwartz
by Blood, Benjamin Paul
Cambridge, MA: Published by Radical America under the direction of the Surrealist Group, 1972. Pamphlet. 22p., wraps, first edition, 6.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. Surrealist research & development, monograph series no. 3.
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£16.26
Revealed to Me
by Alm, Helen
Valencia CA: artist / School of Design, California Institute of the Arts, 1974. Spiral_bound. 10p. artist's book, cardstock leaves printed recto only, b&w collaged images under metallic silver wraps comb-bound, 12x11 inches; the black plastic comb is in good shape, the cover card-leaves are edgeworn with a little silver flaked away and on back wrap an adhesion scar measuring 1.5x.5 inches. Internally the first card-weight leaf is quite toned, the rest are slightly toned. Inscribed and signed "To Nancy";...
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£20.32
Sam Dunn is dead; futurist novel
by Corra, Bruno; John Walker, intro., trans.,; Rosa Rosà, illus
London: Atlas Press, 2015. Paperback. 92p., wraps; illus., in very good condition.
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£12.19
Surrealism & Madness: Compiled by the Surrealist Group for the Conference on Madness, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 1972
by Rosemont, Franklin, compiler
Chicago: The Surrealist Group, 1972. Pamphlet. 9p., stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches, wraps lightly toned along edges, front wrap creased, large stain on rear wrap else good condition.
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£32.52
Hydrolith; surrealist research & investigations
Berkeley: Oyster Moon Press, 2010. Paperback. 239p., 8.5x11 inch wraps; illus., wraps slightly creased on front, small tear on tail of spine, slight shelfwear, good condition.
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£12.19
Le Surréalisme: Sources - Histoire - Affinités
Paris: Galerie Charpentier, 1964. Pamphlet. [100]p., stapled wraps, 6x9.5 inches, illus., lightly worn else very good condition in a lightly worn and soiled dj; the previous owner, the artist and author Miriam Wornum, has printed her name in block letters on the front flap. Text in French.
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£9.75
Gergedan - Buyuk Kufur Kitabi. Oyku. Resimler Bahadir Baruter
by Sogut, Mine
Istanbul: Yapi Kredi Yayinlari, 2019. Paperback. 114p., illustrated with seven doublespread color reproductions of weird artwork all involving a albino rhinoceros. Some of these paintings are frightening, all are expert. The language is Turkish, untranslated. Softbound in 8x5 inch color pictorial wraps with damage; the terminal leaf has been torn out, perhaps with loss to publisher's menu. Back cover bears an electronic theft-protection sticker. Worst, is that the bottom margins of more than half of all...
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£12.19
Modern Painters: A Quarterly Journal of the Fine Arts. Vol. 2 No. 1, Spring 1989
by Fuller, Peter, editor
London: Fine Arts Journals Ltd, 1989. Paperback. 129p., wraps, 8.25x11.75 inches, illus., wraps lightly worn and soiled, spine chipped, else very good condition. Articles on Joan Miro, Paul Cézanne, and more, plus exhibition and book reviews, Ralph Steadman on cartooning, and more.
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£9.75
New Masses, Volume 62 Number 2, January 7, 1947
by North, Joseph, editor
New York: Weekly Masses Co., Inc, 1947. Magazine. 31p., stapled wraps, 8.5x11.5 inches, paper browned, pen notation and 1.5 inch closed tear on front wrap, pp9-13 stained, else good condition. Contributors include Paul Eluard, Louis Harap, Isidor Schneider, and A.B. Magil.
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£14.63
Magritte
by Gablik, Suzi
Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth. Fine in slightly rubbed dust wrapper. Magritte, Rene. 208 pages. 25 x 19 cm. 216 illustrations, twenty-one in color. Index. FREITAG 5873.
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£44.71
The Real Moon of Poetry, and other poems
by Celona, Tina Brown
New York: Fencebooks, 2002. Paperback. 57p., trade-size frenchfold wraps. A very good copy. Celona is the daughter of "an American foreign service officer and his Vietnamese wife," per jacket flap, and "winner of the 2002 Alberta prize.
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£9.75
