MARCEL DUCHAMP
first edition
1959 · NY
by LEBEL, Robert
NY: Paragraphic Books, 1959. First American edn. 4to, pp. 201. Bound in illustrated boards. Catalogue raisonne, bibliography, index. With chapters by Marcel Duchamp, Andre Breton, and H. P. Roche. Translated by George Heard Hamilton. Illustrated in black and white. Pictorial paper over boards. Cover little scuffed, o/w a VG tight copy. The first full scale study of Duchamp published in Paris by Trianon in 1959 and here translated into English. Also the first catalogue raisonne of Duchamp. Design and layout by Duchamp and Arnold Fawcus. Endpapers after notes by Duchamp for the Large Glass. Contributors include Breton, H.P.Roche, Duchamp, et al. (Inventory #: 44661)