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$35.00Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press (1999). First printing of this edition (originally published in 1934). xvii + 146 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a short tear and two wrinkles along the top edge of the rear panel. Essays translated from the original French by Mark Polizzotti and Mary Ann Caws, with Polizzotti’s preface.$35.00NY: Paragon House (1993). First US edition. xvii + 264 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Translated from the original French by Mark Polizzotti, with his introduction. “Of all the writings on Surrealism, ‘Conversations’ is the only book to chronicle its entire history as lived from within by its founder.” - from the jacket.$50.00Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press (1987). First printing of this edition. xvii + 129 pp w/notes. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with sunned spine. Translated from the original French by Mary Ann Caws, with her introduction. Review slip laid in.$125.00London & NY: Cape Goliard Press/Grossman, 1970. First US edition. Small 4to. [64 pp]. Bumps to upper corners, inked owner’s name to first leaf. In all, very good plus in like dust jacket with a few short tears along top edge, and some trivial soiling. Breton’s original French text with facing English translation by Kenneth White, who also contributed an introduction.$25.00Berkeley: University of California (2003). First trade paperback printing. 176 pp w/selected bibliography. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Edited, with an introduction by Mark Polizzotti. All texts in English translation.$1,000.00NY: View Editions, 1946. First US edition. [56 pp]. Wear along the extrems, else very good plus in like dust jacket with chipping to base and crown of spine, two edge tears, and slight loss to tips of flap folds. Cover art by Marcel Duchamp. Internal drawings by Arshile Gorky. Original French poems with facing English translations by Edouard Roditi.
$350.00London: Gollancz (1965). First UK edition. 192 pp. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket. Though not credited, the Burgesses translated this novel, which won the Le Prix International du Premier Roman. Uncommon.
$125.00Durham & London: Duke University Press, 2003. First US edition. 423 pp w/notes, bibliography, & index. Small publisher’s sticker inside front board, else fine in full black cloth with yellow stamping to spine and front panel. No dust jacket, as issued. Edited by Claudine Frank, with her introduction. Translated from the original French by Frank and Camille Naish.$150.00NY: Clarkson N. Potter (1964). First US edition. 127 pp. Slight lean to spine, toning to extrems, else near fine in like dust jacket with a short tear and light edgewear. Translated from the original French by George Ordish.$35.00NY: Knopf, 1961. First US edition. 272 pp. Some light offsetting along base of front free and fixed endpapers, else near fine in near fine dust jacket that is toned along the upper third. Translated from the original French by Justin O’Brien.
$125.00Norfolk: New Directions (1954). First US edition. 287 pp. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear to crown and some light rubbing. Translated from the original French by Bernard Frechtman and Jack T. Nile. Wormwood Review editor Marvin Malone’s copy, dated (’55) and signed by him on the first leaf.$25.00Normal: Dalkey Archive (1995). Advance excerpt. Fine in printed yellow wrappers. Translated from the French by Dominic Di Bernardi. Celine's last major work to be translated into English. Printed exclusively for Borders Inc is emblazoned across the top of this copy, and a letter from Dalkey to Borders Booksellers on the front panel.$125.00NY: Delacorte (1972). Uncorrected proof. Narrow small 4to. 301 pp. A few light stains to front cover, two gentle reading creases to spine; in all, very good plus in printed red wrappers. Translated from the original French by Ralph Manheim (though not credited in the proof).$75.00Santa Cruz: Green Horse (1973). First US edition. [32 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and printed integral dust jacket. Text in French with facing translations by Paul Mann. One of 1000 copies printed by Wesley Tanner at the Arif Press. Green Horse One. Dated (3.74) and INSCRIBED by Tanner on the front free endpaper, “For Jack Shoemaker from his printer / Wesley Tanner.” This copy is wrapped in a sheet of makeready, that has the cover printing over a previously-published sheet.$75.00NY: Sun, 1979. Second revised and corrected edition. x +163 pp. Very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Edited and translated from the original French by Irving Weiss, with his introduction.$45.00NY: Macaulay (1956). First US edition. 88 pp. Pages browned (acidic paper), else near fine in near fine dust jacket that is lightly rubbed overall. Preface and illustrations by Cocteau. Young 709* (uk ed).
$125.00(np): Quarter Horse (1965). First printing of this edition, “pirated” from the Autumn 1921 Little Review. 4to. 54 pp. Very near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Cover photograph by Karl Bissinger. Cocteau’s long poem here in English translation by Jean Hugo. Printed dedication to the Living Theatre of New York in exile.$20.00Annandale-on-Hudson: QRL, 1964. First US edition. [82 pp]. Very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Entire issue of The Quarterly Review of Literature, Vol. XII, No. 4, devoted to this work by Cocteau. Translated from the original French by Arno Karlen.$20.00Providence: Burning Deck, 1995. First edition. 106 pp w/notes. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Translated from the original French by Cid Corman. Serie D’Ecriture No. Nine.$20.00London: Secker & Warburg (1956). First printing in the Uniform Edition. 286 pp. Offsetting to front and rear endpapers, inked ownership name to first leaf. In all, near fine in very good plus dust jacket with chipping to base and crown of spine, and some light soiling to rear panel. Translated from the original French by Antonia White.$125.00NY: Albert & Charles Boni 1930. First US edition. 297 pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with light wear to crown, light overall edgewear, and toning to spine.$125.00NY: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930. First US edition. 161 pp. Toning and damp staining to spine, else very good plus in very good only dust jacket with chipping along top edge of rear panel, base and crown of spine, an edges overall. Translated from the original French by Jane Terry.$20.00London: Secker and Warburg, 1955. First printing in the Uniform Edition. 152 pp. Some light offsetting to endpapers, else near fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with wear to base and spine, and tips of flap folds, and a small spot on front panel. Translated from the original French by Roger Senhoouse.![[Poems].](https://www.detritus.com/wp-content/uploads/17422.jpg)
$20.00Santa Barbara: Unicorn Press, 1967. First paperback printing. 46 pp. Fine in printed wrappers with pasted-on cover and spine labels. Teo Savory’s English translations of these poems, followed by the original French works.$250.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1981. First edition, publisher’s copy. 190 pp. Foxing along top edges, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine acetate dust jacket. Translated from the French by Thomas W. Cushing. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Cossery.$75.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1981. First US edition, numbered & signed issue. 190 pp. Taps to upper corners, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine acetate dust jacket. Translated from the original French by Thomas W. Cushing. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Cossery.
$1,250.00North Pomfret: Elysium Press (1996). First US edition. 4to. 32 pp. Fine loose sheets laid into printed wrappers. Very near fine publisher’s silkbound clamshell box with printed spine label. The original French poem with a facing English translation by Keith Waldrop. Illustrated with two hand-colored soft ground etchings by Jonathan Hammer. Portrait of Crevel by George Platt Lynes, printed by photogravure and laid into the text. One of 30 numbered copies on Somerset paper SIGNED by Hammer. Original prospectus accompanies.$20.00San Francisco: North Point, 1985. First US edition. 169 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket with sunning to red spine lettering. Translated with an introduction by Kay Boyle. Illustrated by Max Ernst.$25.00Normal: Dalkey Archive (1992). First US edition. xxvi + 173 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Translated from the original French by Thomas Buckley. Foreword by Ezra Pound. Introduction by Edouard Roditi. First appearance of this key surrealist novel in English translation.$40.00London: Rapp & Carroll (1967). First UK edition, numbered & signed issue. 67 pp. Fine in fine price-clipped dust jacket. Translated from the French by Edward Lucie-Smith, with his introduction. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Lucie-Smith.$20.00Chicago: Swallow Press (1967). First US edition. 67 pp. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Translated from the French by Edward Lucie-Smith, with his introduction.$150.00NY: Braziller (1971). First US edition. 248 pp w/appendices. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with light wrinkles near crown of spine. Deleuze’s text paired with the complete text of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s VENUS IN FURS.