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MAN RAY.
Photographs 1920-1934 Paris.
With a portrait by Picasso. Texts by André
Breton, Paul Eluard, Rrose Sélavy, and Tristan
Tzara. Handsomely illustrated with
photogravures after Man Ray’s rayographs,
portraits, nudes, abstractions, and solarized
imagery. 4to, photo-pictorial spiral-bound
wrappers, lightly worn and slightly soiled at the
rear cover. Roth 80;Auer 210.
FIRST EDITION
.
Hartford,Connecticut: JamesThrall Soby, [1934]
[2,500/3,500]
Copies of this book without the ficticious
“Deuxième édition” title page are extremely rare.
The publisher, in an attempt to create demand
where none had existed, recalled a large portion of
the run of this book and replaced the title page with
a stated second edition title page.
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CAHUN, CLAUDE.
Aveux non Avenus.
Preface by Pierre Mac Orlan. Illustrated with 10 reproductions of photo-collages composed by
Marcel Moore (Suzanne Malherbe) after photographs by Cahun, comprising the only self-portraits
Cahun published during her lifetime. 8vo, printed white dust jacket over wrappers, backstrip creased
and wrappers slightly soiled. Roth 62; Hasselblad 92.
ONE OF
500
NUMBERED COPIES
.
Paris: Éditions du Carrefour, (1930)
[4,000/6,000]
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