Manchester: Carcanet Press, 1985. First edition thus. Hardcover. First complete British edition of Padgett's translations of Apollinaire's stories. Black cloth boards, lettered in gilt on the spine, with the dust jacket. 139 pp. Book near fine with some rubbing at the head of the spine; jacket a bit toned with.....

Meudon-Val-Fleury (Seine et Oise): [privately printed], 1939. First edition. [40] pp. Unprinted heavy wrappers, folded and string-sewn. A bit of surface wear to the wrappers, contents clean. Despite previous periods of intense collaboration dating back to their initial meeting decades earlier during the flowering of Zurich Dada, this is.....

Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2006. First edition. 280 pp. Brown paper boards, lettered in black, with the dust jacket. Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with the show held at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, March 1-May 22, 2006, and later held at the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, Munich, June 29-August 27, 2006.....

Paris: est en vente chez Jean Budry, 1924. First edition. [8] pp. Original blue publisher’s printed sewn paper wrappers, titles in gilt to front cover, advertisements in black to interior of rear cover. The fragile single stitch has come undone, easily repaired professionally. Pierre Albert-Birot’s important and very scarce.....

Aisne: L'Impatiente, 1990. First edition thus. [24] pp. Two sewn gatherings glued into a printed paper wrapper. Very slight wear to spine, else fine. An attractive finely printed edition of Carrington’s “Mexican Fairy Tale,” printed by Christine Brisset at her small press. No limitation given, but certainly printed in.....

Paris: Pierre Seghers, 1948. First edition. 28, [6] pp. Stapled wrappers with French flaps. Some soiling to covers. The second volume in the series “Poésie 1948,” this is the trade edition following 60 copies on chine. Inscribed by Eluard on the half-title, “pour Hans Bellmer, / qui a salué.....

Paris: Editions GLM, 1935. First edition. Unbound folded gatherings laid into publisher’s photographically illustrated wrapper, as issued. Some creasing to the front cover at the spine, as often seen, slight rubbing to head and tail of spine. Interior clean and bright. Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase, with title.....

Paris: Éditions Cahiers d’Art, 1947. First edition. [48] pp. Plain wrappers with attached dust jacket. Some toning to cover extremities, minor handling wear, near fine. One of 500 numbered copies, although Eluard noted that only 258 copies were printed due to a lack of paper. Eluard’s poignant tribute to.....

Paris: [Les Presses du Montparnasse], 1923. First edition. [57] pp. Printed wrappers. Inevitable toning to leaves, else a fine copy of a fragile production. 180 copies were printed; this one of the 100 copies on vergé, unnumbered and unsigned. Frontispiece by Max Ernst, drypoint on chine, mounted, signed in.....

New York: Catchwords Press, 1986. First edition, one of 26 copies in boards, signed by the author and lettered N (250 copies in wrappers were also published). Blue cloth boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Fine copy. An uncommon title, the edition in boards is rare. Late.....

Paris: Editions Sagesse, n.d. [1938]. First edition. [8] pp. Unbound printed wrappers. Minor edgewear and tanning. Housed in a very attractive folding case by Julie Nadot. The second, and last, lifetime publication by Gilbert-Lecomte, dead at age 36 in 1943 of tetanus from a dirty needle. Along with René.....

[Paris]: 1924. “During the 1920s, a number of Russian artists living and working in Paris formed the L’Union des Artistes Russes. To help raise funds they held several spectacular charity balls, organized primarily by Natalie Goncharova (1881-1962) and her husband Mikhail Larionov. These included the Grand Bal des Artists in.....

Paris: Maurice de Brunhoff, 1914. First edition. 24 pp, [4] leaves of plates. Unbound in printed wrappers, as issued. Covers a little dusty, else fine, the prints bright and vibrant. The first work illustrated by Valentine Hugo, then Valentine Gross. Four full-color plates, engraved vignette on the cover reproduced.....