Rrose Sélavy. [16] pp. Small 8vo., 160 x 115 mm, bound in publisher’s tan printed wrappers. Paris: G.L.M., 1939. WITH:
CARROLL, Lewis. La Canne du Destin. Translated by André Bay. [36] pp. Small 8vo., 160 x 115 mm, bound in publisher’s tan printed wrappers. Paris: G.L.M., 1939.
PRASSINOS, Gisèle. Sondue. [40] pp. Small 8vo., 160 x 115 mm, bound in publisher’s tan printed wrappers. Paris: G.L.M., 1939.
KAFKA, Franz. le chasseur Gracchus. Translated by Henri Parisot. [24] pp. Small 8vo., 160 x 115 mm, bound in publisher’s tan printed wrappers. Paris: G.L.M., 1939. All preserved in the original matching paper chemise with a red printed label. In a new blue cloth chemise and matching slipcase.
Each is one of 500 copies on vélin blanc from a total edition of 515. A complete set of the G.L.M. publication “Bien Nouveaux” edited by Henri Parisot. Most notable is Duchamp’s collection of puns, anagrams, sly double-entendres and cryptic formulations (i.e. Modified Printed Readymades), with the appropriately loaded titled Rrose Selavy. A fine set of these fragile publications, complete with the publisher’s paper chemise.
