[SURREALISM]. Almanach surréaliste du demi-siècle. - Lot 113

[SURREALISM]. Almanach surréaliste du demi-siècle. Published in Paris by Editions du Sagittaire in 1950. In octavo / In-8 paperback. 226 pages. Cover stained and yellowed at edges and spine, inside fresh. Ex-libris signature on title page. First edition of this special issue of the journal La NEF, edited by André Breton and published in March 1950, compiling issues 63 and 64. A copy of the current print run, complete with advertising catalog at the end of the book. This volume features a collection of reviews on literature and the arts by André Breton, Péret, Cravan, Artaud, Sade, Carrouges, Pastoureau, Jean Ferry, Marcel Jean, Gracq, Mandiargues, Valorbe, Waldberg, Mitrani, Crastre, Dax, Chazal, Lely, Hérold etc., accompanied by black and white illustrations. with black & white illustrations, in and out of text, by Toyen, Tanning, Seigle, Kopac, Maurice Henry, Heisler, Granell, Falzoni, Ernst, Donati, Aube Breton, Chirico, Dali, Duchamp, Healey, Kubin, Styrsky, etc. Formidable gathering of the great pens of Surrealism.