André Breton 'What is Surrealism?' Faber & Faber, London, 1936

André Breton’s What is Surrealism? published by Faber & Faber in 1936. Number 43 in the Criterion Miscellany series edited by T.S. Eliot (Herbert read was unofficial assistant editor). ‘Specially prepared’ by Breton himself to coincide with the first International Surrealist exhibition held at the New Burlington Galleries, London, 11 June – 4 July 1936. As Alan Young writes in Dada and After: Extremist Modernism and English Literature, What is Surrealism “represents the stage in the development of Surrealism when English interest in the movement was at its greatest.”

Author: André Breton (Translated from the French by David Gascoyne)
Title: What is Surrealism?
Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
Publication date: 1936 (second impression of the 1936 English edition. Original French edition published in 1934)
Format: pictorial pale green sewn wraps
Pages: 90
Condition: Very Good. Fading to extreme edges of wraps. Ownership inscription to inside front cover which is concealed behind the dust jacket.
Stock Number: RB01814