René CREVEL

First edition printed on alfa paper.

A small tear at the foot of one joint discreetly restored, a pleasant copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Philippe Soupault to René Crevel in pencil.

First edition, one of the advance copies.
Autograph inscription signed by René Crevel to Paul Lombard.

First edition, false statement of seventh edition.
Spine and boards marginally sunned.
Fine autograph inscription signed by René Crevel: "A la belle Juliette sans le secours de la poste, mais avec la décision de mon amitié. Crecre." (To beautiful Juliette without the help of the post, but with the decision of my friendship. Crecre.)

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on R.S. paper.
Handsome copy

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine slightly faded with two tears at head and foot.
Signed autograph inscription from René Crevel to mademoiselle Jacob.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Minor worming to boards.
Autograph inscription signed by René Crevel to Alfred Fabre-Luce and his wife.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Arches, deluxe copy.
Other contributions by Philippe Soupault "Déposition", Ramon Fernandez "Humanisme de l'action" and "Marcel Proust", Jean Prévost, Denis de Rougemont...
Spine lightly sunned, one transverse crease on the front cover, a small repaired tear at foot of the back cover, some light foxing affecting principally the endpapers.

First edition.
Literary contributions by P. Drieu la Rochelle, P. Soupault, D. Ashford, R. Crevel, G. Ribemont-Dessaignes, G. de Chirico.
Issue illustrated with 2 drawings and 6 plates by G. de Chirico.
Spine slightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition. Missing plate.
Literary contributions by G. Apollinaire, T. Tzara, R. Crevel, J. Delteil, E. Berl...
Issue illustrated with 10 drawings by E. Josephson and a calligramme by G. Apollinaire.
Spine slightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition printed in 200 numbered copies on green paper, ours unnumbered.
Half tan box binding, smooth spine, palladium title, marbled paper boards, blue-grey endpapers and pastedowns, original covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
Autograph inscription signed by René Crevel in English to Boom: " For Boom, that book writed in Davos, gived in Paris, with my affections in every part. René."
A handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper, falsely stated the fifth.
Half navy blue morocco over moiré-effect marbled paper boards by Goy & Vilaine, spine in six compartments, gilt date to foot, navy blue endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt (covers and spine (faded) preserved.
Handsome autograph inscription from the author to the photographer and director Marc Allégret : "Pour Marc Allegret en marque d'allégresse à cause de son Tchad et avec toute l'affection de René Crevel [For Marc Allegret as a token of my pleasure at his Chad, and with all good wishes from René Crevel]".
A very good copy nicely bound.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Autograph inscription signed by René Crevel to the Swedish writer and diplomat Kjelle R.S. Stromberg.
Two discreet marginal restorations at head and foot of one joint.

First edition, one of 14 copies on Hollande, tirage de tête after 6 Japon.
Half navy blue morocco over marbled paper boards by P. Goy & C. Vilaine, spine in six compartments, endpapers and pastedowns of blue paper, covers and spine (faded), top edge gilt, by P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
Covers lined, a little spotting mostly to the edge.
A nicely bound copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome autograph inscription from the author to Colette.
Spine faded as usual, two small glued tears to head and to foot of a joint, a leave badly cut by the dedicatee with small marginal lacks.

Louis Broder & Cie, Paris 1965, 21 x 25.5 cm, loose in chemise and slipcase.

First collective edition, one of the 150 numbered copies on vélin cuve de Rives paper, the only printing with a few hors commerce copies reserved for the contributors.
A fine copy published to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of René Crevel.
With 14 original illustrations: 1 woodcut by Jean Arp, 2 drypoints by Hans Bellmer and one by Valentine Hugo, a lithograph by Wols, and 9 etchings by Max Ernst, Camille Bryen, Man Ray, Wifredo Lam, Alberto Giacometti, Oscar Dominguez, André Masson, Joan Miro, and Stanley William Hayter.
Manuscript signatures in pencil of all the illustrators to front of volume, except Wols and Oscar Dominguez, who had died prior to publication.

First edition on current paper.
Small gaps on the margins of the sheets that was poorly cut at the end of the volume.
Binding in the burgundy velvet full velvet, smooth back, piece of morocco burgundy title, guards and contreplats of gold paper, covers and back preserved.
Signed autograph of René Crevel to the princess Lucien Murat: "... because the clavevin Diderot played a music to which we have never been insensitive in the Russia of the Great Catherine."

Leaflet: "Ne visitez pas l'Exposition Coloniale” “Do not visit the Colonial Exhibition”

Rare first edition of this famous leaflet, published by the group of “Surréalistes,” directed against colonialism and, more precisely, the chief of police Jean Chiappe, guilty of having recently deported a Communist Indochinese student.
Rare and beautiful copy despite signs of frequent folding inherent in this type of document.
Text by André Breton, Paul Eluard, Benjamin Péret, Georges Sadoul, Pierre Unik, André Thirion, René Crevel, Louis Aragon, René Char, Maxime Alexandre, Yves Tanguy and Georges Malkine.
This leaflet is an opportunity for the “Surréalistes” to not only denounce the French police, but also the “brigandage” initiative that is colonialism, whose 1931 exhibition glorifies civilizing virtues.

Rare invitation card to attend the exhibition of tunics created by Raymond Duncan, in the theater-gallery he founded at 34, rue du Colisée, from April 25 to June 1, 1922.
Beautiful and rare copy.
Raymond Duncan was fascinated by ancient Greece since his childhood: the aesthetics and fashion of
The life he promoted at the Akademia was marked by this influence.
The press of the time glossed over the clothes worn
by Raymond Duncan and his disciples: "Greek-style" tunics
that he / she was making himself. Behind the supposed ridicule of
this accoutrement, these unisex tunics was a way of abolishing the
differences in gender and class. Raymond Duncan would have
adopted this dress after his coachman was denied access to a
beach because of his livery that betrayed his social status.
The life of the Akademia was organized around many activities: dance,
music, weaving, gymnastics, crafts, spinning, Orphic singing, language and
Greek philosophy. These courses included students from outside - who
paid according to their possibilities - and members of the living community
between its walls for a few days, a few months or a few years.
Housed and fed - according to the vegetarian diet promoted by Duncan - these
last, in return, participated in the community's economy
making sandals, spinning wool, weaving tunics on
primitive crafts. These artifacts were then sold - at high prices
- in the Akademia shop located rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.

First edition, one of 696 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies after 109 re-imposed.
Autograph inscription signed by René Crevel to Henri Bidou.
Two small stains on the covers.

First edition, one of the advance (service de presse) copies.
Autograph inscription from René Crevel to Romain Coolus.
One small marginal tear to the lower cover.

First edition, one of the advance (service de presse) copies.
Autograph inscription from René Crevel à Paul Lombard.

First edition.
Contributions by René Char, René Crevel, Salvado Dali, Paul Eluard, Max Ernst, Benjamin Peret, Yves Tanguy, André Thirion and Tristan Tzara.
A good and rare copy.