Raymond ROUSSEL

First edition of Raymond Roussel's first book, of which there were no deluxe copies, stating "second edition".
A small tear to the spine at the center of which a label has been pasted.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper, stating "third edition".
Two small tears at head and foot of spine at the center of which a label has been pasted.
Work illustrated with 59 drawings by H.A. Zo.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated with a photographic portrait of Raymond Roussel as frontispiece.
A small stain on the front board, a tear without loss at foot of the last endpaper.
Rare and handsome copy presented in original wrappers as issued.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Work decorated with 17 color illustrations.
Handsome copy despite small foxing mainly affecting the edges.

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies ("grands papiers"), statement of second edition on the first cover and no statement of edition on the title page.
Binding in half morocco, signed by Goy & Vilaine.
Rare handwritten inscription dated and signed by Raymond Roussel to Monsieur Pally.

First edition, one of 979 numbered copies on châtaignier paper, the only deluxe copies with 1 alfa flower and 20 alfa mousse.
Interesting study preceded by 'Fronton virage' by André Breton.
Work illustrated with drawings by A.P. Sault.

New edition, stated tenth edition.
Spine lightly sunned with small tears and splits, two marginal lacks to front cover.
Complete with its rare wraparound band.

New edition, statement of 10th edition.
spine sunned.

New edition, mention of tenth edition.
Two tears at the head and at the bottom of the spine, soiled boards.
Rare handwritten signed inscription by Raymond Roussel to Mr. Pally.

Rare original prospectus of the play "Impressions of Africa", adapted for the theater by its author Raymond Roussel. It was performed during three evenings at the Théâtre Antoine in the spring of 1912, and counted among its spectators the artists Guillaume Apollinaire, Francis Picabia, Gabrielle Buffet and Marcel Duchamp.
The flyer printed in black and red contains two reproductions of posters of the play on the first and the last dish. Inside, we find its complete distribution and the title of the main scenes, including "The one-legged Lelgoualch playing the flute on his own tibia", "the evocative wall of a priest" ...
"Will the theatrical performance of the Impressions of Africa at the Antoine Theater, May 11, 1912, be hooted, whistled, as they say?" But it had at least two spectators on whom the session has produced a major influence: Michel Leiris, a child of eleven, who because of this piece will become an ethnologist in Africa, and Marcel Duchamp, a cubist painter, who because of this piece will kick off the whole twentieth aesthetic century. " (Anne Larue, "Africa at the time of Raymond Roussel", 2014)