Eluard, Paul — A Toute Epreuve

New York, George Braziller, 1984. First Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A superior copy inside and out that is bound in large quarto format and with a facsimile signature of Joan Miro at the page of limitation of the 75th copy of the original. The texts are signature-sewn and bound into an As New condition set of wraps in gate-fold, illustrated beautifully in Miro's signature black, red, blue and white. As New condition slip-case, with 94 pp., illustrated with color woodcuts by Joan Miro. Enclosed together with the 22-page Publisher's Preface bound in softcover, also in gate-fold, enclosed in chemise covered in tan linen paper, and slipcase comprised of stiff paper boards. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Gravures sur bois de Joan Miro. Introduction by Anne Hyde Greet. Published in facsimile reprint edition in New York by George Braziller, 1984. An ambitious creation of the renowned Surrealist Joan Miro (1893-1983) in cahoots with Paul Eluard and the Swiss publisher Gerald Cramer, who proposed the project in 1947. The Introduction notes a planned completion date of 1958, fully six years after Eluard's death. The slipcase is simple, covered in tan linen paper.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,