19 x 12cm, 223pp. Frontispiece portrait by Cazals. Original wrappers. First edition of this intimate biographical study by the (at times) scandalous author of 'Monsieur Venus'. Rachilde was a close friend to and enthusiastic supporter of Jarry's work her short story 'Le Mortis' (collected in 'Contes et Nouvelles', 1900) was dedicated to Jarry. The title of the work (offered here) refers to his brilliantly absurdist novel 'The Supermale', which concurrently tracks the progress / regress of a cross-country bicycle race, which concludes in an orgiastic contest of sexual endurance.

During the previous year (1927), Rachilde published the volatile 'Why I Am Not a Feminist'. This example from the numbered issue on alfa. (one of 550 copies). Some minor wear to wrappers and some nascent foxing apparent, else a very good copy of this uncommon work.

21 x 1§3cm, 223pp. Frontispiece portrait by Cazals. Original wrappers. First edition of this intimate biographical study by the (at times) scandalous author of 'Monsieur Venus'. Rachilde was a close friend to and enthusiastic supporter of Jarry's work her short story 'Le Mortis' (collected in 'Contes et Nouvelles', 1900) was dedicated to Jarry.

The title of the work (offered here) refers to his brilliantly absurdist novel 'The Supermale', which concurrently tracks the progress / regress of a cross-country bicycle race, which concludes in an orgiastic contest of sexual endurance. During the previous year (1927), Rachilde published the volatile 'Why I Am Not a Feminist'. This example from the numbered issue on alfa. (one of 550 copies). Some minor wear to wrappers and some nascent foxing apparent, else a very good copy of this uncommon work.

21.5 x 13cm, 8pp self wraps. Announcement brochure for the avant garde journal supported by Andre Salmon, Gino Severini, Jean Cocteau, James Joyce, Rachilde and others mostly of the right wing /patriotic persuasion (an extensive list of supporters is reproduced here). The brochure is mostly notable for a reproduced 3pp text of a speech given by Gabriel Boissy in honour and in the presence of the Futurist Marinetti. Elsewhere there is an announcement of a fundraising ball (as the Friends were losing 500 francs a week according to the notice) and also a salon in honour of Alexandre Guinle with the participation of Paul Valery amongst others and a short festival of Czech cinema. Very good and partially uncut if previously horizontally folded.