21 x 15cm, 4pp announcement card for a late solo show of paintings by the Argentinian surrealist. One work in colour ( La Machine a Coudre) on the front, internally gallery details. There is a hand written note in blue ink written to John Collins the photographer from Manuel Burrus else VG.

41.5 x 33cm, black on cream thick paper - offset lithograph with one of Luca's abstract works with most of the image made up of short lines, this is perhaps Luca's first ever lithograph. Signed and numbered in pencil bottom left and right - number 42 out of 50 copies. SOme handling creases and a closed tear about a third down from the right hand side of the paper. Prices thus on condition.

11.2 x 18.2cm, 1pp typographic announcement card for a show of sculptures by Man Ray and a posthumous show of watercolours by  Picabia. Printed in blue, red and green. VG+.

22 x 17cm, 4pp announcement card for a solo show of recent sculptures by Miro. One of his paintings reproduced on the outside in red, green, blue, yellow. Internally gallery details/ VG but there is a clear but flattened vertical crease on both sides of the card and very slight marks near edges.

22 x 6cm (approx) die-cut announcement card with a thumb on the front and a list of the participating artists on the back including Horst Antes, Francis Bacon, Cesar, Giorgio de Chirico, Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, Leonor Fini, Hiquily, Roy Lichtenstein, Rene Magritte, Makowski, Man Ray, Giacomo Manzu, Louise Nevelson, Trova, H.C. Westermann. VG+. Scarce.

Uniformly, 20.2 x 14cm, 32pp plus card covers. Modern board bindings with tape. Three separate numbers in two issues of this Danish art review which includes the rare double number (5/6) devoted to French surrealism with poems in their original language by Paul Eluard, Hugnet, Dali, Peret as well as illustrations by Dali, Valentine Hugo, Magritte, Man Ray, Arp.  Edited by the painter and writer Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen.

Nr 1 has contributions by and on Arp, Kandinsky, Petersen and others and reproductions of works after Man Ray, Sophie Tauber Arp, Kandinsky, Arp, Dali and Max Ernst amongst others. Original wrappers retained, both copies have former owner's signatures on the first inside page and the wrappers of the double issue have some printer's ink stains and a minor water mark reducing what would have been otherwise near fine to very good+. Rare.

18 x 11 cm, 34 pp with original wrappers and dustjacket. A book of poetry which was issued with only 50 du tete copies and then a trade dition - this example inscribed by Hugnet on half title with a note to Nadine, dated summer 1955. VG+.

21 x 16cm, 38pp. original printed wrappers. First edition of this short text work by the authors with illustrations by Valentine Hugo hors texte. An unnumbered copy from the edition. Very good with only some minor browning to paper.

18 x 11cm, 244pp. Bound in period leather binding. First edition thus of this collection of poems (1917 - 1952) from the former surrealist and post-war darling of nationalist France. Frontal photographic portrait of the poet in b/w and other illustrations elsewhere in the text.

This copy is augmented by a nice and extensive dedication in blue ink by the ethnologist and linguist Marcel Cohen: "un souvenir pour Jeannette (the second name is hard to read it may be: Anghel? Tenghel? Terghel?) d'un compagnon de lutte du grand Eluard Marcel Cohen" and then, additionally, signed in blue ink by the dada-ist Tzara and another dedication above in an unknown hand which reads "En souvenir de ces grands jours de lutte, des communards aux resistants, de belles et glorieuses pages de l'histoire proletarienne paris ce 5/6/55" and the hard to read signature of "Muro(?) des Fedines".

This was Eluard's last book published in his lifetime as the poet died in November of 1952 from heart problems. One small area of damage (a minor loss of the binding) to the top of the spine of the leather binding (the missing piece is retained for repair) which is also split down the edge for about 2cm otherwise VG. Unique association copy.

27.5 x 19cm, 86pp plus original wrappers. The reprint of the Marquis de Sade's book exploring incest and the immorality of making one's daughter one's lover. Here Valentine Hugo has provided 8 illustrations hors texte which show the relationship being one of romance rather than exploitation which matches the surrealists' support for the "devine marquis".

This is a service du press copy on velin signed by Hugo on the last page and marked "S.P." in pencil and on the first blank page she has also written an extensive dedication to Guy D'Humeur (?) - Les bonheurs et malheurs d'Eugenie petitte fille modele de la Bibliotheque noire avec l'amitie de Valentine Hugo" and dated 27/1/49.

VG+ example.

18 x 13.5cm, 152pp. card covers. First edition of this clandestinely written (1942) appreciation that was not published until immediately after the war - a dissection of Eluard's surrealist and dada work. There is a reproduction of a Valentine portrait of Eluard as frontispiece and hors text a b/w photograph of the poet. One of numbered 550 copies on velin de Lyon aside from 35 deluxe copies. Very good + with minor fading to spine.