Association Copies

First edition, one of 500 copies, inscribed by Joseph Blumenthal to Harold Corbin; royal 8vo; bookplate to front pastedown, internally fine; publisher's cloth-backed grey paper boards, printed paper title label to spine, fore and bottom edges uncut, housed in grey card slipcase, edges browned, slightly rubbed, further housed in green cloth slipcase, printed paper title label to spine, spine slightly faded; a near-fine example.

Limited edition, one of 58 copies, inscribed by Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning; large 8vo; 11 full-page black and white lithographs by Max Ernst, a further 11 black and white reproductions in appendix, of which one is mounted in-text, light toning to leaves, else unmarked internally; publisher's green pictorial wrappers, unevenly sunned, light creasing to extremities, some loss to spine and corners, rear panel slightly marked, else very good.

First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author; 8vo; 4 small adhesive shadows on front pastedown, otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, hint of sunning to head of spine, with the unclipped pictorial dustjacket, light wear to extremities, small tear at upper front joint, otherwise a near-fine example.

First edition, second issue, 2 vols.; 8vo (19.5 x 13.5 cm); ownership inscription in pen to front free endpaper of vol. I, and half-title vol. II, MS note on music loosely inserted to front endpapers, numerous illustrations, half-titles, ads. to title verso of each vol., 16pp. ads. to rear of vol. I, and 16pp ads. rear vol. II, without the errata to verso of title-page of vol. II, and errors in vol. I corrected, light spotting to endpapers, occasional soiling; publisher's blindstamped green cloth, gilt spine, extremities rubbed, internal hinges cracked but holding; viii, 423, [1], 16; viii, 475, [1], 16pp.

First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author; 8vo; light age-toning, minor offsetting to endpapers, otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's yellow cloth-backed blue boards, black lettering to spine, black topstain, corners slightly rubbed, with the unclipped dustjacket, minor loss to spine ends, slight wear to extremities, front panel slightly rubbed, otherwise a very good copy.

First edition, first impression, presentation copy; 8vo; publisher's burgundy boards, titles to spine gilt, with the pictorial dust jacket, spine a little rolled but a very good copy in the nicked dust jacket with a deal of he endemic fading at the spine.

First edition, first impression, trade issue, inscribed by the author; large 8vo; trivial spotting, otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's green cloth, boards decorated in blind, title to spine gilt, pictorial endpapers, tape stain to front free endpaper, spine very rolled; a bright, sharp copy in the price-clipped dust jacket, with a minor piece of internal repair.

First edition, first impression, one of 100 copies specially bound and signed by the authoR, ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED; publisher's red cloth, titles to spine gilt, with the original plain acetate dust jacket; a fine copy in the lightly chipped acetate.

First edition, 8vo; presentation copy inscribed by the author; double-page frontispiece, one full-page plate, one folding plate, leaves slightly toned; publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper cover, covers ruled in black, spine slightly faded, corners slightly rubbed, blue endpapers; [8], 59, [1], 88 pp. with frontispiece photo-illustration and two charts, one of which folding.

Second edition, 12mo (19 x 11 cm); contemporary gift inscription in sepia ink to upper margin of title, dated 'March 1949'; original brown cloth boards, rubbed, front end leaf partially detached, held by gentle tape repair, ink staining, notes and pencil scribbles to some pages. 278 pp.