The Manifestos of Surrealism followed by Prolegomena to a Third Manifesto of Surrealism or Not

BRETON, André. The Manifestos of Surrealism followed by Prolegomena to a Third Manifesto of Surrealism or Not. Paris, Éditions du Sagittaire, 1947. 8vo, publisher's illustrated wrappers with blood-red woodcut on front board. First collective edition bringing together the foundational texts of the Surrealist movement: the First Manifesto (1924), the Second Manifesto (1930) and the Prolegomena (1942). Copy in good general condition, with the characteristic avant-garde cover well preserved. Essential document for the history of twentieth-century avant-gardes, direct testimony of Bretonian thought at the moment of the movement's reorganization after the Second World War. Printed at St-Amand by the Imprimerie Ch.-A. Bédu.