PRASSINOS (Gisèle).
The arthritic grasshopper. 
Paris : GLM, 1935. - In-8, 222 x 161 : (18 ff. first and last blank), printed cover. Paperback. 

First edition prefaced by Paul Éluard and illustrated in frontispiece with a photograph of Man Ray representing Gisèle Prassinos reading her poems in front of the surrealist group composed of Jean-Marie Prassinos, Henri Parisot, Benjamin Péret, René Char, André Breton and Paul Éluard.

This publication is the sixth book of the collection "Douze" directed by Pierre Courthion. Only one hundred and twenty-five copies were printed, plus a few off-price copies.

This one is one of the twenty-five head copies on tinted Norman Vellum, perfectly preserved, uncut.
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PRASSINOS (Gisèle). The arthritic grasshopper. Paris : GLM, 1935. - In-8, 222 x 161 : (18 ff. first and last blank), printed cover. Paperback. First edition prefaced by Paul Éluard and illustrated in frontispiece with a photograph of Man Ray representing Gisèle Prassinos reading her poems in front of the surrealist group composed of Jean-Marie Prassinos, Henri Parisot, Benjamin Péret, René Char, André Breton and Paul Éluard. This publication is the sixth book of the collection "Douze" directed by Pierre Courthion. Only one hundred and twenty-five copies were printed, plus a few off-price copies. This one is one of the twenty-five head copies on tinted Norman Vellum, perfectly preserved, uncut.

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PRASSINOS (Gisèle). The arthritic grasshopper. Paris : GLM, 1935. - In-8, 222 x 161 : (18 ff. first and last blank), printed cover. Paperback. First edition prefaced by Paul Éluard and illustrated in frontispiece with a photograph of Man Ray representing Gisèle Prassinos reading her poems in front of the surrealist group composed of Jean-Marie Prassinos, Henri Parisot, Benjamin Péret, René Char, André Breton and Paul Éluard. This publication is the sixth book of the collection "Douze" directed by Pierre Courthion. Only one hundred and twenty-five copies were printed, plus a few off-price copies. This one is one of the twenty-five head copies on tinted Norman Vellum, perfectly preserved, uncut.
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