BRETON André. - Lot 84

BRETON André. SET DEDICATED TO THE SPECIAL SURREALIST ISSUE OF THIS QUARTER MAGAZINE. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, 2 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED, 1 POSTCARD SIGNED, 1 TELEGRAM. Paris, 1932. - A surrealist handbook in English, autograph manuscript in ink on pink paper. 1 page in-4 ... The extreme dissemination of the works to which Surrealism has given birth... the bitter controversies which have repeatedly pitted those who claimed to be Surrealists against each other now make it necessary to provide a general overview on which historical criticism can be based... The magazine This Quarter, which devotes its issue 8 to an examination of these problems, presents its English-language readers with the first systematic exposition of the Surrealist thesis that continues to hold sway in the field of art and life... - Two autograph letters signed to Mr. E. W. Titus, editor of This Quarter. Paris, July 30 and October 4, 1932. 1 page in-4 and 2 pages in-12 .... I'm sending you the text of the Request to Insert that you asked me for the other day. I can't tell you how impatiently I await the appearance of this issue of This Quarter. Eluard and I are sending you a copy of our latest books by the same post. You know that Tzara is not in Paris... - A postcard to Titus signed by André Breton and Paul Eluard. - An in-4 page draft in André Breton's handwriting. - A subscription form and various typescripts, including a letter from Titus to Breton and a list of works used for the magazine. - A telegram from Eluard and Breton to Titus.