Four numbers, uniformly 27 x 21cm, 88pp, 96pp, 108pp and 132pp respectively. The penultimate surrealist journal which received Breton's approval (and arguably the last as  L'Archibras was published posthumously to Breton despite the latter's assent to the publication). Contributors include Alechinsky, Auduin, Benayoun, Bedouin, Dax, Ivsec, Luca, Mansour (the contributions), Mayoux, Nouge, Svanberg amongst others. Illustrated throughout in b/w by the likes of Toyen, Parent, Camancho, Klapheck and others. All in very good condition although nr 6 has some minor chipping to the wrappers.

Price is for all four numbers - we may sell individual numbers from the set do enquire.

12 numbers in 6 issues including the double number 10/11. Directeur Gerard Legrand.  Uniformly 25 x 30 cm. 3 to 7 pages per. All illustrated with numerous b/w drawings and reproductions of paintings and photographs. Photographic wrappers bound into printed publisher's paper over boards.

A complete run of this revue as bound into boards by the publisher at the end of the entire run. Bief was conceived as a supplement to "Surrealisme Meme" however it took on a life of its own given that Bief became more of a polemic vehicle than the former publication. Strident and wickedly funny at times. Contributions by Breton, Bedouin, Dax, Toyen, Paalen, Arp, Pierre, Peret, Lebel, Mayoux, Schuster, Mitrani, et. al. A near fine copy.

18 x 11.8cm, 94pp. Original card covers. Preface by Jehan Mayoux. First edition thus of these two political texts originally published in 1952 (Peret over several issues in Libertaire) and in Milan (Munis) 1960, and here re-published with Mayoux's foreword attempting to argue their relevance in in the aftermath of May '68. One diagonal crease bottom right to front cover otherwise VG.<br /><br />

27 x 21cm, 1pp black and yellow on white. Surrealist tract attacking de Gaulle for his attitude to Spanish republicans. Signed in print by Audouin, Bedoin, Benayoun, Breton, Dax, Jaguer, Mayoux, Schuster amongst others. Near fine.

22.5 x 14.5cm, 8pp black on yellow. Collective tract creating a public feud between the "left" of the group and the new artistic journal Planete published by Louise Pauwels and Jacques Bergiers. The debate did Planete no harm - it thrived. Signed by Bedouin, Benayoun, Breton, Dax, Jaguer, Revel amongst others. Fine.

20. x 20. 5 cm. 4pp tract black on green. A political leaflet distributed as one of the last hurrahs of the most politicised section of the surrealists. The text is a diatribe against the atomic bomb. Signed by (amongst others) Mesens, Toyen, Mansour, Peret, Breton and Lebel. Very good apart form a few small closed tears around the extremities and some unavoidable fading of the green.

This copy was previously owned by Toyen and is stamped "Toyen Succession".

44 x 13cm, 1pp. Political tract and manifesto printed, unusually for such tracts, black on red crepe paper and rolled up for distribution - the leaflet was a call for arms for a new generation of surrealists who gathered around Breton.

Signed in print by Bedouin (who wrote most of the text), Benayoun, Breton, Brun, Dax, Ferry, Mitrani, Peret, Man Ray, Toyen and Trouille amongst others. Very good with some fold marks unavoidable due to the unusual format employed.

27 x 21cm, 1pp black on light blue. Surrealist tract defending Andre Breton from (anonymous) attack within the pages of a revue "La Tour de Feu"which had published a special issue on Artaud.

The title of the tract - "Le Coup de Jarnac" refers to a crippling blow to the back of the opponent's exposed knee or calve as a sneaky mode of attack first utilised by a monsieur Jarnac during duelling.

Signed in print by over 30 surrealists including Lebel, Mayoux and Silva amongst others (but not Breton for obvious reasons). Formerly folded into four and minor fading along those mild creases but a lesser-known public statement from the Surrealist Group.