FACILITE CREPUSCULAIRE. 1937. A DEDICATION COPY FROM AN EDITION OF 115

Paris: Rene Debresse editeur (Collection ‘Les Cahiers des Poetes’), 1937

19.5 x 14.5cm, 14pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition of the author’s rare fifth book. This example on ‘velin’ from an unstated total issue (apparently no more than 100 were printed + 15 numbered examples on ‘Hollande’). Prassinos embodied the Surrealist ideal/concept of ‘La Femme Enfant’, quintessentially. In 1934 (at 14), she presented her very advanced and Surrealist-influenced fictions for publication to Andre Breton (one will recall the famous photo of Prassinos dressed in schoolgirl uniform, as she reads to Breton, Eluard, Soupault et al who look on raptured). Her first book ‘La Sauterelle Arthritique’, replete with a preface by Eluard and photo by Man Ray would be published in the following year. Fine condition.

This example has a (later) signed dedication in green ink “A Jean Trubert” where Prassinos alludes to her age when writing the book and apologising for the “late” dedication.