La Revolution Surrealiste No. 1 December 1924

Paris, Naville and Péret, 1924. Printed orange wrapper, staple-bound, 29.4 x 20 cm, 32 pp. Rear wrapper missing. Front wrapper loose, with tape remnants and edge wear. Interior sheets with soft vertical fold throughout, light rust to staples, central pages loose, some edge wear and one tear on lower edge of p.25. Rare copy.

La Révolution Surréaliste became the official organ of the Surrealist movement, twelve issues were published from 1924 to 1929. The first three issues were edited by Pierre Naville and Benjamin Péret, after which André Breton took over. This inaugural issue was hosted by the Parisian Gallimard bookstore (which took half the issues on deposit) and contains texs by Louis Aragon, André Breton, Simone Kahn, Paul Eluard, Philippe Soupault et al; photographs by Man Ray; drawings by Giorgio De Chirico, Max Morise, Pierre Naville, Robert Desnos, Max Ernst, André Masson, and Pablo Picasso.