Bifur.
Paris: Editions du Carrefour, 1929-1931. First Editions. Large octavos. Complete set (8 volumes) in original wrappers of this modernist journal that emerged from the first great Surrealist schism, under the guidance of Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes. Well-illustrated after heliogravure plates. With contributions from the likes of Giorgio de Chirico, Robert Desnos, Franz Kafka, Martin Heidegger, Ernest Hemingway, Langston Hughes, James Joyce, Paul Klee, Germaine Krull, Michel Leiris, André Malraux, André Masson, Laszlo Moholoy-Nagy, Francis Picabia, Jacques Prévert, Man Ray, Jean-Paul Sartre, Philippe Soupault, Tristan Tzara, and William Carlos Williams. Minor sunning to wrappers, which are preserved in contemporary glassines. Very minor foxing to preliminaries of a handful of issues. Most gatherings unopened. These numbered copies being: 905, 1654, 1148, 1986, 788, 1315, 1493, and 1393. A near fine set.
Item #28276
Price: $1,500.00