21 x 16.8cm, 190pp plus original card wrappers plus printed dustjacket (with a tipped on 'puppe' vignette) and original transparent pvc cover.

The last of the published versions of Bellmer's classic surrealist book which displays the erotic possibilities of his modified dolls - this version was comprised of the contents of Die Puppe; Die Spiele der Puppe and Die Anatomie des Bildes. Illustrated throughout with b/w line drawings this additionally has ten b/w tipped in reproductions of photographs and sixteen in colours - all after the original publications - of Bellmer's flexible doll-scullture in various poses and situations (some with an air of menace, others sexuality and others still seemingly innocent).

One of 2,000 numbered copies, this is still a desirable and much sought after publication. This is a near fine copy. Very scarce.

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21 x 16cm, 1pp b/w statement for the purchaser to sign and date and have stamped by the bookseller to prove that the book was sold to someone over the age of 21 to avoid prosecution for obscenity. This is usually missing from the books as the certificate was to be retained by the bookseller.

10.5 x 15cm, 1pp typographic design listing the 60 artists represented by the gallery. Verso blank and unposted. Sadly someone has made a small sketch on the front in blue ink. Priced thus.

This represents one of the latter's earliest contributions to a Surrealist  bookwork. This example is number 125 from a total issue of some 205 + a handful of hors commerce  examples.  This copy additionally has a lengthy dedication on the half-title from Prassinos. Fine estate. Rare.

18 x 14.5cm. 76pp. Cloth covered green boards. Three full-page b/w images after works by Hans Bellmer. First edition of this elusive prose work by Zurn, accompanied by illustrations by her long-time companion Hans Bellmer. A fine copy. Uncommon.

17 x 21cm. 16pp.+ printed transparent overlays and gallery notices. Ten full-page images in two colours by Bellmer. Pictorial wrappers. First book edition of this cycle of typically complex erotic designs by Bellmer as inspired by Sade's work of the title. A fine example. Scarce.

28 x 19cm. 96pp plus card covers. Exhibition catalogue and mongraph on the occasion of a major retrospective of the artist's drawings and paintings. Texts by Paul Eluard, Nora Mitrani, Bernard Noel, Marielle Crete and Bellmer. Illustrated throughout in b/w with many full pages. Minor bumping and some minor scratches to wraps otherwise VG.

11 x 15.5cm printed envelope content of 6 postcard works printed in colours with designs after Hans Bellmer, Salvador Dali, Arshile Gorky, Miro, Svanberg,  and Clovis Trouille.

Exemplary of the (then) extremist and retrospective erotic researches that characterizsed so much of Surrealist group activity from its inception.

All elements in fine estate in a sadly torn printed envelope.

These cards were usually found in the deluxe edition of the exhibition catalogue Boite Alert that was issued at the time in an edition of only 200 copies. Scarce.