Paperbound. Signed by James Kirkup. Stamp on p. [3] of cover: Hand made in Wingland. From the James Kirkup Papers. and Parallel text in English and French.
Bound in lead and issued in a lead slipcase with scelle fils de laiton soude etain., Illustrated with 15 etchings by Didier Mutel., No. 23., One of 40 copies printed., and Translated from the German by A. Hella and O. Bournac. Cf. colophon.
Publisher:
[Didier Mutel],
Subject (Name):
Bournac, Olivier, 1885-, Hella, Alzir, and Mutel, Didier
Unnumbered copy of limited first edition of Jean Cocteau's L'ode à Picasso (Paris: La Belle Edition, 1919), heavly annotated by Cocteau. Laid in: business card of Louis Broder, with autograph manuscript note, signed.
Description:
Formerly owned by Louis Broder. Purchased from John McWhinnie on Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2008., Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), French author and filmmaker., and Title devised by cataloger.
Includes complete 1952 edition of the author's Sistème de notasion pour les lètries, with original title page, colophon and cover (p. 1-101). and Sistème de notasion pour les lètries -- Bouleversement de la science phonétique -- La gamme lettriste intégrale -- Manifeste pour un lettrisme sériel -- La dadalettrie, ou mort concrète du lettrisme -- Prélude à l'hyperphonie, ou art total des moyens de communication sonores -- L'hypergraphologie, ou vers un art intégral.
Publisher:
Richard-Masse,
Subject (Topic):
Language and languages--Phonetic transcriptions, Lettrism, and Musical notation