Anthologie de L'Humour Noir

Paris: Éditions du Sagittaire, 1950. Second Edition. Regular Issue. Octavo (22.75cm); original pictorial wrappers with French flaps; [6],7-352,[4]pp, with 23 plates of illustrations; text is entirely in French. Sunning and a few faint vertical creases to spine, with some toning to front wrapper and rear wrapper extremities, with mild tanning to text eges, and a small closed tear to base of spine; Very Good+. A pleasing copy of Breton's Anthology of Black Humour, originally published in 1940, though it was censored by the Vichy regime. This edition was revised by Breton, issued in a different format, with certain texts and authors deleted or added. 85851.