Octavio Paz. Three publications on Marcel Duchamp

(1) Octavio Paz. Marcel Duchamp ou Le Château de la Pureté. Geneva, Éditions Claude Givaudan, 1967. Softcover, glassine wrappers, 24 x 18 cm, 106 pp. Translated from Spanish to French by Monique Fong-Wust. Includes amazing white on white screenprints produced by Jean-Jacques de Broutelles and Pierre Launey. Hand-numbered 291 from an edition of 500 numbered copies of the regular edition. Browning to protective wrapper, glue on spine is loosening, all pages still attached. Very good copy.

(2) Octavio Paz. Marcel Duchamp or the Castle of Purity. London, Cape Goliard Press, 1970. Softcover, 24.5 x 16.5 cm, 54 pp. Thoughts on Marcel Duchamp, written in Delhi in 1966, with one colour image of the Large Glass. First English language edition translated by Donald Gardner. Fine copy. (3) Octavio Paz. Marcel Duchamp: Appearance Stripped Bare. New York, The Viking Press / Richard Seaver, 1978. Hardcover, 21.6 x 14.8 cm, 211 pp. Monograph on the work of Duchamp by Paz. Translated into English by Rachel Phillips and Donald Gardner. With list of illustrations and chronology. Moderate wear to dust-jacket, else very good. (total 3)