Breton, André
Anthologie de L'humour Noir.
Paris. Paris: Editions du Sagittaire, 1950. 2nd Edition. Softcover. Faint spine creasing, pages mildly yellowed, top edge of spine is bumped and creased with a tiny tear. All but two gatherings are unopened. Extremely tight and square, pages are clean, book appears unread. The second, expanded edition of this wonderful anthology of 45 pieces of Surrealist writers and their precursers from around the world. Includes 23 plates: photo portraits of the authors. Authors include Swift, de Sade, Fourier, de Quincey, Poe, Baudelaire, Lewis Carroll, Nietzsche, Huysmans, Rimbaud, O. Henry, Dali, and Gide, among others. Text is in French. Published in 1950 by Sagittaire. A beautiful copy of a fragile book. Scarce. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 352 pages. C1. Very Good+ with no dust jacket.
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Keywords: Surrealism Comedy Anthology