The Wonderful Book: Reflections on Rrose Selavy

(Marcel Duchamp) (Cedric Morris.) Pierre de Massot; Gertrude Stein (epigraph)

Published by Printed by Imprimerie Ravilly, 27, Rue Nicolo, Paris-Passy, 1924

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8vo. Stapled wrappers. Unpaginated (20pp.). A brilliantly Dadaist homage to Duchamp, variously in English and French, including twelve otherwise blank sheets simply headed with the months of the year, a list of puns by Duchamp (as Rrose Selavy) on the back cover, a page-and-a-half 'Introduction by "A Woman of No Importance"' (possibly Massot), and an appropriate epigraph by Gertrude Stein: 'I was looking to see if I could make Marcel out of it but I can't.' Good only, rather creased and handled, the wrappers unevenly faded and somewhat soiled, slightly spotted internally, and the staple rusty, but serviceable nonetheless and extremely rare, this example signed by the author in Paris in Spring 1924 with an inscription to 'Cedric Moriss', no doubt the British artist Cedric Morris, who was a friend of Duchamp's.

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Title: The Wonderful Book: Reflections on Rrose Selavy
Publisher: Printed by Imprimerie Ravilly, 27, Rue Nicolo, Paris-Passy
Publication Date: 1924
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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