Surrealism. Edited by Herbert Read. Faber & Faber London, 1936 (second impression)
First edition, second impression. The scarce monograph on the 1936 London Surrealist exhibition held at the New Burlington Galleries London 11 June to 4 July 1936, with essays by André Breton, Hugh Sykes Davies, Paul Éluard and Georges Hugnet. With the uncommon iconic dust jacket designed by Roland Penrose comprised of a photo-montage design including a nautilus shell and skeleton key on a typographic background. Original publisher's grey cloth, lettered in black and red. 96 b/w plates. The first published appearance of many of the works illustrated. 251 pages. Including: Eileen Agar, Hans Arp, John Banting, Hans Bellmer, Constanin Brancusi, Victor Brauner, Edward Burra, Alexander Calder, Giorgio de Chirico, Cecil Collins, Salvador Dalí, Oscar Dominguez, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Mervyn Evans, Leonor Fini, David Gascoyne, Alberto Giacometti, S. W. Hayter, Humphrey Jennings, Paul Klee, Len Lye, Dora Maar, René Magritte, André Masson, Robert Medley, Reuben Mednikoff, E. L. T. Mesens, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Paul Nash, Meret Oppenheim, Wolfgang Paalen, G. W. Pailthorpe, Roland Penrose, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, Graham Sutherland, Yves Tanguy, S. H. Tauber-arp, Julian Trevelyan.
Title: Surrealism
Author: Herbert Read (ed.), André Breton, Hugh Skyes Davies, Paul Éluard and Georges Hugnet.
Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
Publication date: 1936 (second Impression)
Format: Cloth-bound hardcover with dust jacket
Pages: 251pp.
Images: 96 black and white plates
Condition: Light shelf-wear, cloth darkened, dustwrapper priceclipped, chipped and lightly soiled, short tears to lower panel and head of spine. Booksellers ticket of F. Bauermeister, Edinburgh and inked ownership inscription to front end paper. Still a very good copy.
Stock Number: RB01261
First edition, second impression. The scarce monograph on the 1936 London Surrealist exhibition held at the New Burlington Galleries London 11 June to 4 July 1936, with essays by André Breton, Hugh Sykes Davies, Paul Éluard and Georges Hugnet. With the uncommon iconic dust jacket designed by Roland Penrose comprised of a photo-montage design including a nautilus shell and skeleton key on a typographic background. Original publisher's grey cloth, lettered in black and red. 96 b/w plates. The first published appearance of many of the works illustrated. 251 pages. Including: Eileen Agar, Hans Arp, John Banting, Hans Bellmer, Constanin Brancusi, Victor Brauner, Edward Burra, Alexander Calder, Giorgio de Chirico, Cecil Collins, Salvador Dalí, Oscar Dominguez, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Mervyn Evans, Leonor Fini, David Gascoyne, Alberto Giacometti, S. W. Hayter, Humphrey Jennings, Paul Klee, Len Lye, Dora Maar, René Magritte, André Masson, Robert Medley, Reuben Mednikoff, E. L. T. Mesens, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Paul Nash, Meret Oppenheim, Wolfgang Paalen, G. W. Pailthorpe, Roland Penrose, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, Graham Sutherland, Yves Tanguy, S. H. Tauber-arp, Julian Trevelyan.
Title: Surrealism
Author: Herbert Read (ed.), André Breton, Hugh Skyes Davies, Paul Éluard and Georges Hugnet.
Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
Publication date: 1936 (second Impression)
Format: Cloth-bound hardcover with dust jacket
Pages: 251pp.
Images: 96 black and white plates
Condition: Light shelf-wear, cloth darkened, dustwrapper priceclipped, chipped and lightly soiled, short tears to lower panel and head of spine. Booksellers ticket of F. Bauermeister, Edinburgh and inked ownership inscription to front end paper. Still a very good copy.
Stock Number: RB01261
First edition, second impression. The scarce monograph on the 1936 London Surrealist exhibition held at the New Burlington Galleries London 11 June to 4 July 1936, with essays by André Breton, Hugh Sykes Davies, Paul Éluard and Georges Hugnet. With the uncommon iconic dust jacket designed by Roland Penrose comprised of a photo-montage design including a nautilus shell and skeleton key on a typographic background. Original publisher's grey cloth, lettered in black and red. 96 b/w plates. The first published appearance of many of the works illustrated. 251 pages. Including: Eileen Agar, Hans Arp, John Banting, Hans Bellmer, Constanin Brancusi, Victor Brauner, Edward Burra, Alexander Calder, Giorgio de Chirico, Cecil Collins, Salvador Dalí, Oscar Dominguez, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Mervyn Evans, Leonor Fini, David Gascoyne, Alberto Giacometti, S. W. Hayter, Humphrey Jennings, Paul Klee, Len Lye, Dora Maar, René Magritte, André Masson, Robert Medley, Reuben Mednikoff, E. L. T. Mesens, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Paul Nash, Meret Oppenheim, Wolfgang Paalen, G. W. Pailthorpe, Roland Penrose, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, Graham Sutherland, Yves Tanguy, S. H. Tauber-arp, Julian Trevelyan.
Title: Surrealism
Author: Herbert Read (ed.), André Breton, Hugh Skyes Davies, Paul Éluard and Georges Hugnet.
Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
Publication date: 1936 (second Impression)
Format: Cloth-bound hardcover with dust jacket
Pages: 251pp.
Images: 96 black and white plates
Condition: Light shelf-wear, cloth darkened, dustwrapper priceclipped, chipped and lightly soiled, short tears to lower panel and head of spine. Booksellers ticket of F. Bauermeister, Edinburgh and inked ownership inscription to front end paper. Still a very good copy.
Stock Number: RB01261
