ELUARD (Paul). - Lot 712

ELUARD (Paul). The poetic Evidence. Habit of poetry. P., GLM, 1937, booklet in-16, br. printed cover. First edition. Conference given in London, June 24, 1936, on the occasion of the surrealist exhibition, organized by Roland Penrose / IDEM. Poetry and truth 1942. P., La Main à Plume, Noël Arnaud, 1942, booklet in-16, stapled, text printed in red and black. First edition and first edition published clandestinely. Famous collection of which the first poem is "Liberté, j'écris ton nom" / DU HAUT, Jean [pseudonym of Paul Eluard]. Les Sept poèmes d'amour en guerre. S.l., Bibliothèque française, [1943], 1 plate in-16 of 8 p., in sheets (not cut). First edition of this war poem by Paul Éluard, published in 1943 under the pseudonym of Jean du Haut, printed clandestinely in Saint-Flour by Amarger in the collection "Bibliothèque Française". The second edition published in Cahors in 1944 will bear the name of Paul Éluard. Rare / Set of 3 volumes.