Description
For sale is a rare and outstanding first paperback edition, early printing of Nadja by Andre Breton. First Edition unstated, 1960 Grove Press. Fifth printing stated and $1.95 cover price.
The exterior of this trade paperback edition is in Good condition, with lightly soiled covers, no creases and an abrasion from a sticker removal on the front . Also with, soiling on the top page block, mild surface wear, a tight binding with no spine cracks, rubbed spine ends, moderate edge wear, rounded corners and no author’s name visible on the spine. The interior of the book is also in Good condition with moderate to heavy underling and margin notes. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.
Nadja, originally published in France in 1928, is the first and perhaps best Surrealist romance ever written, a book which defined that movement’s attitude toward everyday life. The principal narrative is an account of the author’s relationship with a girl in the city of Paris, the story of an obsessional presence haunting his life. The first-person narrative is supplemented by forty-four photographs which form an integral part of the work — pictures of various “surreal” people, places, and objects which the author visits or is haunted by in naja’s presence and which inspire him to mediate on their reality or lack of it.
