Marcel Duchamp & Andre Breton.
First Papers of Surrealism.
New York: Coordinating Council of French Relief Societies, Inc, 1942.
Staple-bound softcover.
52 pages.
English & French text.
Good.
Edgewear and creasing to covers, including a vertical crease to back cover and noticeable for three pages adjacent as well. Chipping to front bottom right corner and back bottom left.
Wear to spine and bottom split just under 1".
Water damage top right corner throughout, unaffecting text, but staining and paper transfer / damage.
An inexpensive reading copy.
Turquoise paper, introductory texts by Breton in English and French, then list of sponsors verso, title page with calligrammatic list of contributors on verso, 'Foreword' by Sidney Janis and contents including monochrome vignettes, reproduction photographs and illustration throughout, printed text in English and French throughout, all on glossy white paper, final leaf of wove turquoise paper.
Perforated glossy wrappers by Marcel Duchamp, stapled as issued.
Front cover: reproduction photograph of a wall and five small circular holes (matching bullet holes in the wall) making visible the turquoise initial leaf and one small circle of red.
Back cover: reproduction photograph of cheese with title and exhibition details in green.
