CREVEL (René). The Spirit Against Reason. Marseille: Les Cahiers du Sud, 1927. — In-12, 203 x 150: 56 pp., (4 blank leaves at the beginning and end), printed cover. Paperback. First edition of this essay by René Crevel, part of the debate that divided literary circles in the 1920s with the emergence of Surrealism. It is illustrated with a portrait of the author based on a work by the Russian Surrealist painter Pavel Tchelitchew (1898–1957). One of the first 14 copies printed on Rives Holland paper (no. VIII). A very well-preserved copy despite some stains on the endpapers.