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Max ERNST.. Le poème de la femme 100 têtes.. Jean Hugues., 1959.
Price: US$445.91 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: pp. (8), 40, (4). With a double frontispiece by Max Ernst. Edition limited to 365 stamp-numbered copies. Published as Volume II of the series 'Le Cri de la F eÕ. This copy from the collection of Joe Tilson, inscribed by him in pencil on initial blank, and with his ink-stamp address.
Seller: Tim Byers Art Books, Richmond, United Kingdom
Ernst Max. Le poème de la femme 100 têtes.. Jean Hugues, Paris, 1959.
Price: US$509.04 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 15 x 10,5 cm. Dos carré, broché, couverture souple à rabats. L'un des 350 exemplaires numérotés sur vergé de pur chiffon. Collection Le cri de la fée. Avec un double frontispice de Max Ernst. Très rare édition originale. Trace de brunissement sur la 4e de couverture sinon bon état.
Seller: Librairie Poids Plume, Lausanne, Switzerland
Price: US$966.34 + shipping
Description: With a double frontispiece by Max Ernst. First edition. Limited, numbered, one of 298 (of the total edition of 365) copies. In publisher's wrappers, with the symbol of the series on rear cover. (24), (2 [frontispiece]) leaves. The legend of Ernst's 1926 collage novel "La femme 100 têtes" illustrated with a double frontispiece also by him. Each page of 'La femme 100 têtes' (1926), Ernst's first collage novel, contains a printed image with a brief subtitle, the legend. In this book Ernst published merely the legends and created a double frontispiece as illustration for the book. Issued by Jean Hugues as Volume II of the series 'Le Cri de la Fée', the other two volumes were illustrated by Alberto Giacometti (Volume I: 'La Folie Tristan') and Hans Bellmer (Volume III: 'Mon arrestation du 26 août. Lettre inédite suivie des Etrennes philosophique' by Marquis de Sade), and the series was edited by Gilbert Lely. All of the volumes were published in 1959. . Uncut. Protected with tracing paper. In fine condition. In publisher's wrappers, with the symbol of the series on rear cover First edition. Limited, numbered, one of 298 (of the total edition of 365) copies.
Seller: Földvári Books, Budapest, Hungary
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of 298 numbered copies (of a total edition of 365) with a double frontispiece by Max Ernst. Softcover, bound in wraps with tissue overlay.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$3167.35 + shipping
Description: Brosch. m. OU. Kl.8° (15,2 x 10,3 cm), o. P.: 1 Vakatblatt, 2 Bl. Titelei, 1 Doppelblatt mit 2 Originalgrafiken, 21 Bl., 1 Bl. Impressum, 1 Vakatblatt. Vorderdeckel min. unsauber, etw. schiefgelesen, das Doppelblatt mit der Originalgrafik am Seitensteg (aufgrund des etwas grösseren Formats) min. randknittrig, das hintere Vakatblatt mit Randriss (1 cm); gutes Ex. EA. (= Le Cri de la Fée, Bd. 2). Ex. Nr. 34 der 52 Ex. der Vorzugsausgabe «[qui] contiennent une double eau-forte de Max Ernst, signée par lui» (dies in Bleistift unten rechts) (bei einer Gesamtauflage von 365 Ex.). Mit einer Vorbemerkung von Gilbert Lely (1 S.).
Seller: Antiquariat Uhlmann, Zürich, Switzerland
Price: US$7007.23 + shipping
Description: 8vo. (152 x 104 mm). [34 leaves including inserted bifolium with Giacometti's engraving; pp. 57, (i)]. Half-title, title, 'Préface', original etching by Alberto Giacometti as frontispiece (double page printed on a single sheet) signed in pencil and Chant I - Chant III of Lely's translation printed in italic throughout, 'Envoi' and final leaf with justification recto. Sheet size: c.150 x 104 mm; engraving sheet size: 152 x 204 mm. Original publisher's printed wrappers with titles in black to front cover and spine and vignette to rear cover. The édition de tête with Giacometti's signed etching in the original wrappers. From the edition limited to 277 numbered copies on vélin de pur chiffon, with this one of the first 50 édition de tête copies with Giacometti's signed engraved frontispiece and the colophon signed by Gilbert Lely; a further 12 hors commerce 'de présent' copies were issued as well as the 215 copies without Lely's signature or Giacometti's frontispiece. Issued by Jean Hugues as Volume I of the series 'Le Cri de la Fée', the other two volumes were illustrated by Max Ernst (Volume II: 'Le Poème de la Femme 100 Têtes' with text by Ernst) and Hans Bellmer (Volume III: 'Mon Arrestation du 26 Août' with text by de Sade), and the series was edited by Gilbert Lely. All of the volumes were published in 1959. [Lust 103].
Seller: Sims Reed Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom