A Short Survey of Surrealism

£250.00

GASCOYNE, David SKU: 17856

London: Cobden Sanderson, 1936.

Second printing, following first in 1935. Turquoise cloth with the Max Ernst designed dust-jacket, not price-clipped, but with sizeable chips at both ends of the spine. pp [xv] + 162; twelve photographic plates featuring artworks by many of the Surrealism group including de Chirico, Mirô, Picasso, Man Ray, Dali, Arp, and Ernst. From the library of Cecil Collins (1908-89), English Surrealist painter, with his pencilled signature to front free end paper, with contemp date. An uncommon title.