BRETON (André).
The Lamp in the Clock.
Paris: Robert Marin, [1948]. — In-12, 197 x 230: 71 pp., (1 f.), illustrated cover. Paperback, with double cover, the second one filled in.

First edition published in the “L’Âge d’or” series edited by Henri Parisot. It is illustrated with an original lithograph by TOYEN as the frontispiece and a photograph of André Breton in the grounds of the Château de la Coste, reproduced as an insert.

One of 250 copies with title pages on Arches vellum (not 350 as indicated in the colophon), containing a second proof of the frontispiece, printed in mauve and signed by the artist on the stone (no. 61).

Uncut copy, with the large margins preserved.
Small, light foxing spots on the frontispiece, and numerous pinholes, as is always the case, on the mauve print.
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BRETON (André). The Lamp in the Clock. Paris: Robert Marin, [1948]. — In-12, 197 x 230: 71 pp., (1 f.), illustrated cover. Paperback, with double cover, the second one filled in. First edition published in the “L’Âge d’or” series edited by Henri Parisot. It is illustrated with an original lithograph by TOYEN as the frontispiece and a photograph of André Breton in the grounds of the Château de la Coste, reproduced as an insert. One of 250 copies with title pages on Arches vellum (not 350 as indicated in the colophon), containing a second proof of the frontispiece, printed in mauve and signed by the artist on the stone (no. 61). Uncut copy, with the large margins preserved. Small, light foxing spots on the frontispiece, and numerous pinholes, as is always the case, on the mauve print.

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€150 - €200
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BRETON (André). The Lamp in the Clock. Paris: Robert Marin, [1948]. — In-12, 197 x 230: 71 pp., (1 f.), illustrated cover. Paperback, with double cover, the second one filled in. First edition published in the “L’Âge d’or” series edited by Henri Parisot. It is illustrated with an original lithograph by TOYEN as the frontispiece and a photograph of André Breton in the grounds of the Château de la Coste, reproduced as an insert. One of 250 copies with title pages on Arches vellum (not 350 as indicated in the colophon), containing a second proof of the frontispiece, printed in mauve and signed by the artist on the stone (no. 61). Uncut copy, with the large margins preserved. Small, light foxing spots on the frontispiece, and numerous pinholes, as is always the case, on the mauve print.
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