Photographies / Photographs 1920-1934 Paris; Avec un portrait par Picasso - textes de André Breton, Paul Éluard, Rrose Sélavy [Marcel Duchamp], Tristan Tzara - Préface par Man Ray

Hartford, Connecticut / Paris: James Thrall Soby / Cahiers d'Art, 1934. First Edition, second issue. Spiral bound. Very good +. Large 4to, 12 1/8 x 9 /14 inches (308 x 235 mm), spiral bound in original stiff color pictorial wrappers with plastic "comb" spine; creasing and generally light wear at edges of wrappers, some dust smudging to back wrapper, top two "fingers" and the bottom most "finger" of plastic "comb" spine defective - otherwise intact. Light internal creasing at corners, very occasional, minor internal finger smudging. Complete. Text in English and French. 104 black and white plates of which 84 photographs and 20 rayographs by Nab Ray. " "Deuxieme Edition [but first edition, second issue]." Man Ray made several different studies for the cover, and finally settling on this image of his own bust looking down on a blue-eyed blonde contemplating a plaster hand cradling a fragile lightbulb that mirrors a catching toy ( a ball on a peg)
[Roth 101 p. 80-81], "First edition; one of an unknown number of copies purportedly recalled by the publisher, who attempted to generate demand... by suggesting the edition had sold out. [He replaced the original title page]... with one stating 'deuxieme edition; second edition'..."The publisher, who attempted to generate demand... by suggesting the edition had sold out. [He replaced the original title page]... with one stating 'deuxieme edition; second edition'...