Item #162 1929. Benjamin Péret, Aragon, Man Ray, Louis.

1929

Paris/London: Alyscamps Press, 1996. Scarce first edition in English of one of the great underground books of twentieth-century French erotica, featuring verse by Péret and Aragon and four photographs by Man Ray (featuring Kiki of Montparnasse). Originally printed clandestinely in an edition of 215 copies in Belgium, most copies were seized at the border and never reached France. The Alyscamps edition of 1996 is the first edition in English. Translated and signed by "Zoltan Lizot-Picon," actually a collaboration between Christopher Sawyer-Laucanno and Mark Polizzotti. A fine copy in wrappers, as issued. Item #162

Price: $175.00

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