SURREALISM from Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books

About surrealist activities in France and California.

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, 1922-1969; ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references.

Los Angeles, CA: Artforum, 1966. Wrappers, fine. Issue focuses on surrealism.

San Francisco, CA: Stephen Schwartz, 1970. Wrappers, very good.

Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 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.

Paris: Editions du Carrefour, 1929. Wrappers, very good.

[New York]: Editions Surréalistes, 1943. First edition. 47 p. 1 port. ; 18 cm. Original wrappers, very good. Unnumbered copy from the edition of 660.

Paris: La Soleil Noir, 1968. First edition. Alechinsky, Pierre. Wrappers, spine faded, otherwise fine. One of 1900 numbered copies.

[Paris]: Le Sagittaire, 1955. Cloth, labels, 121 p. 21 cm. Slight fading. Extensively illustrated, complete with the loupe on a ribbon.

[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.

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 Fourier.

[Paris]: N.R.F., 1952. First edition, on ordinary paper. Original wrappers. 317 p. 19 cm. Some yellowing, a very nice copy. S.p. copy. Publication announcement inserted. "Ces entretiens d'André Breton avec André Parinaud ont fait l'objet de seize émissions de la Radiodiffusion française"--.

[New York: The Gemor Press, 1942. First edition. Masson, André. [49] p. mounted illus. 26 cm. Wrappers, spine and cover labels. One of 500 copies. Faint wear to spine, else fine.

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.).

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.

[Paris: Fontaine, 1947. First edition. Kiesler,Frederick J.. 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" and the "Shrine of the Book", built in Jerusalem… Saber más sobre este artículo

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 illustrated letters.

On Schwartz's surrealist review "Antinarcissus", Schwarz's translations of his own works, mentions of various other writers.

Paris: Eric Losfeld, 1967. Wrappers, fine.

Paris: Eric Losfeld, 1969. First edition. Wrappers, spine faded, very good. Five line presentation inscription from Schuster.