Persécuté Persécuteur
Paris: Editions surrealistes [Les Editions Denoel et Steele], 1931. Hardcover. Fine. Item #49605
4to, pp. 83, [5], errata leaf tipped in at end. Full leather design binding with original wrappers bound in, with cancel slip over publisher's imprint on the title page and upper cover of the original red paper wrapper. The work is a collection of poems by Louis Aragon, published in 1931. A radical turning point in his career, marking the end of his Surrealist phase and his full commitment to communist political engagement. The collection comprises thirteen long poems characterized by violent imagery and destruction. It opens with the well known and highly politicized poem Front rouge, which calls for the violent overthrow of capitalism and celebrates proletarian revolution. A couple of pamphlets relating to "Front Rouge" are loosely inserted. Finely bound by Georges Leroux in full grey morocco, with gilt spine lettering, and thick sculpted black leather onlays depicting oppressive figures, marked with red inlays to their heads above figures without red inlays. A striking design binding in fine condition. Housed in a red card chemise with a felt-lined interior, together within a matching red card slipcase. From a total edition of 1,015 copies, this being no. 675.
Price (CAD): $6,500.00