Leonora CARRINGTON

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on vélin bleu, most limited deluxe issue (tirage de tête).

Spine and boards marginally faded as usual, otherwise a handsome copy.

Illustrated with 8 black-and-white photolithographs after collages by Max Ernst.

A rare copy of this collection of surrealist tales by Leonora Carrington, which "recall, through their very 'English' humour, certain adventures of Alice in Wonderland, blended with a more macabre imagination that at times brings to mind the cruel irony of Maldoror" (Susan Rubin Suleiman).

La Maison de la peur [The House of Fear]


Henri Parisot | Paris 1938 | 12.5 x 17.5 cm | original wrappers
First edition, one of 100 copies on Le Roy Louis teinté de Champagne paper, the only printing following 20 on Holland paper.
With a preface and three full-page collages by Max Ernst.
A good and rare copy.

First edition, on current paper, of the French translation prepared by Henri Parisot.
Autograph dedication signed by Henri Parisot to Henri Michaux.