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473 - A collection of 12 G.L.M. notebooks, 8vo, paperbacked, with …
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A collection of 12 G.L.M. notebooks, 8vo, paperbacked, with covers in different colours, First series: Published from May 1936 to March 1939. First edition of 10 copies on Pannekeok Holland vellum and 25 on Normandy Vellum. Booklet 7 is missing. - No. 1 (pale blue), 39 pp. with 4 drawings by Belmer on pink paper, [5 pp.], copy 30/25 - No. 2 (salmon pink), 67 pp., with 5 drawings by André Masson, [1 p.], [8 pp. catalogue on green paper], copy 1/10 - No. 3 (pale almond green), 59 pp., with 8 photographs by Man Ray, [1 p.], [8 pp. catalogue on pale red paper], unbound (copy 1/10?) - No. 4 (almond green), 67 pp., with 5 drawings by Prassinos on bluish paper, [1 p.], copy 24/25 - No. 5 (cream), 55 pp., with 4 drawings by Seligmann, [1 p.], copy 26/25 - No. 6 (ivory white), 71 pp., printed on pink paper, including 6 drawings by L. Coutaud, [1 p.], [16 pp. catalogue on green paper], copy not numbered (/ 10?) - No. 8 (pale blue), 63 pp., with 4 collages by M. Bucaille, [1 p.], [12 pp. catalogue on salmon-coloured paper], copy not numbered (/10?) - No. 9 (cream), 91 pp., with 5 drawings by Varbanesco, [1 p.], [20 pp. catalogue, 16 on salmon-coloured paper and 4 on green], unnumbered copy (/10?). New complete series in 4 issues published from June 1954 to November 1956. Printed in a run of 345 copies, of which 20 were on Renage vellum (1 to 20), 300 on vellum (21 to 320) and 25 on vellum (A to Z). No. 1 (blue), 65 pp., including 4 drawings by J. Miro, [1 p. and 1 blank folio], [8 folios of catalogue on sea-green paper], copy no. 260/300 - No. 2 (cream), 69 pp., including 4 drawings by Fernandez, [1 p. and 1 f. blank], [16 pp. catalogue on pink paper], copy 154/300 - No. 3 (almond green), 65 pp., including 4 drawings by J. Villon, [1 p. and 1 blank folio], [8 ff. catalogue on pale green paper], copy 30/300 - No. 4 (cream), 77 pp., including 4 previously unpublished drawings by Giacometti, [1 p. and 1 f. blc], copy no. 57/300. The set is in fine condition. Included: *Le Temps de la poésie*. Paris, GLM, from No. 1, July 1948, to No. 6, March 1952. Print run of 1,105 (30 on Renage vellum, 1,050 on lfama, 25 on Alfama (A to Z)). In-8 format, paperback. Complete set of 6 booklets. No. 1, 53 pp., including 4 drawings by M. Prassinos, [1 p.], copy no. 130/1050 - No. 2, 53 pp., including 4 previously unpublished drawings by F. G. Lorca, [1 p.], copy no. 788/1050 - No. 3, (stained cover), 55 pp., including 4 drawings by Labisse, [1 p.], copy no. 213/1050 - No. 4, 55 pp., including 4 drawings by Javier Vilato, [1 p.], copy no. 1065/1050 - No. 5, 57 pp., including 4 drawings by Varbanesco, [1 p.], copy no. 355/1050 - No. 6, 74 pp., [2 ff.], including 6 unsigned drawings by various artists.
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