ION. NR 1. NUMÉRO SPÉCIAL SUR LE CINÉMA. ONLY NUMBER OF THIS LETTERISTE/SITUATIONIST THEORETICAL JOURNAL. WOLMAN’S COPY – WITH HANDWRITTEN NOTE TO HIM BY FILMMAKER CHRISTIAN JAMICOT.

Paris: Centre de création, 1952

22.8 x 17.9cm, 286pp. Original wrappers with a cover design by Gabriel Pomerand. Essentially the manifesto and theoretical basis for all Letteriste and Situationist cinema. Texts include “Esthétique du cinéma” by Isidore Isou, “Cinéma nucléaire” by Marc’O, “Hurlements en faveur de Sade” by  G. E. (Guy) Debord, “Tambours du jugement premier” by Dufrêne, “La légende cruelle” by Gabriel Pomerand, “L’Anticoncept” by Wolman and shorter articles by Y. du Luart, Serge Berna, Poucette, Monique Geoffroy.The plates show portraits of Isou, Poucette, Pomerand, Wolman, Berna, Y. du Luart,  M. Geoffroy. Berréby and the famous first published image of Debord looking louche.

Minor wear to edges and spine with minor tears. Internally pages are browned (as always). The cover is in excellent condition with no fading as the book has been kept in a glassine envelope. The book was lent to the filmmaker Christian Jamicot by Gil Wolman and on the book’s return Jamicot has left a signed note to Wolman in ink thanking him on the glassine envelope. A correspondence copy and in much better condition than usually found. The glassine envelope is somewhat torn but still protects the book.