Pablo NERUDA

First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Two stains to lower right corner of front cover.
Signed and dated autograph inscription from Pablo Neruda to Dr. Pellerin.

First edition and complete run of the 9 G.L.M. cahiers issued between May 1936 and March 1939.

A few spines slightly faded, as is often the case; otherwise a pleasing copy, complete with its original publisher’s slipcase in full grey boards, with red printed title label pasted to the spine.

With numerous contributions by most of the Surrealist poets, writers, and artists, including: André Breton, René Char, Paul Éluard, Philippe Soupault, René Crevel, Valentine Penrose, Federico García Lorca, Pablo Neruda, Michel Leiris, Max Ernst, Man Ray, and André Masson, as well as several spiritual forebears of Surrealism such as Franz Kafka, Lewis Carroll, and Raymond Roussel...

First edition printed in 500 numbered copies, ours being one of the 250 hors commerce copies reserved for the author.
A handsome copy.

First edition of the French translation on ordinary paper.
Spine sunned, one small stain to lower cover.

Second edition.
A small tear glued down to head of spine, nice copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Pablo Neruda, in Spanish, to a friend : "Claudio, qué libro del diablo ! Pablo Neruda 1971."

First edition, in paperback format, of the French translation prepared by Claude Couffon, one of the review copies service.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph signed by Claude Couffon to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski.

First edition of the French translation prepared by Claude Couffon and for which it was not printed from large papers, one of the review copies service.
Back slightly wrinkled and soiled.
Autograph signed by Claude Couffon to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski.

First edition of the French translation on ordinary paper.
Paper yellowed as usual, one vertical fold on the upper cover of the third volume.
Autograph inscription signed by Pablo Neruda, on the first volume, to Catherine Karlin.

Arte de Pájaros
Sociedad de amigos del arte contemporaneo | Santiago de Chile 1966
| 34 x 39.5 cm | original wrappers, custom slipcase
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Pleasant copy despite a small restored snag on the head of the spine.
Illustrations by Nemesio Antunez, Mario Carreno, Hector Herrera and Mario Toral.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Pablo Neruda « à Georges Pompidou, Président de la poésie, hommage. Pablo Neruda. Isla Negra, Chile, 1971.» «to Georges Pompidou, President of poetry, respect. Pablo Neruda. Isla Negra, Chile, 1971.»
Our copy is presented in a half green morocco slipcase, date on the bottom
of the spine, slipcase signed by Thomas Boichot.
Neruda, Ambassador of Chile at the time, met Pompidou in 1971, during a meeting aimed at renegotiating Chilean debt. According to the Mexican poet Carlos Fuentes, they talked for more than three hours, sharing their passion for French poetry, and in particular for Baudelaire. For the occasion the poet offered this copy of Arte de Pájaros to the French President, author of the well-known Anthologie de la poésie française published in 1961.

First edition, one of 470 numbered copies on Papier des Manufactures Miliani de Fabriano, the only printing after 27 Japon.
A nice copy complete with its chemise and slipcase.

Bilingual edition whose French translation was prepared by Alice Gascar.
Binding of the editor in full orange cardboard, smooth back, slightly rubbed caps.
Handwritten ex-libris and biographical details of the dedicatee established by the person to whom this book was subsequently offered.
Pablo Neruda's signed and dated autograph dedication to a friend whom he affectionately calls Nuri.

Bilingual edition with the French translation was made by Jean Marcenac and André Bonhomme.
Signed autograph of Pablo Neruda, the green felt, Hubert Lesigne enriched autograph dedication of the author autograph signed Jean Marcenac and an autograph signing Andre Bonhomme and even his wife.
Publishers'binding with full canvas shimmering purple, smooth back, marginally discolored boards.

First edition.
Publisher's red paper boards.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy with the illustrated dust jacket.