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LÉGER, Fernand (1881-1955), and Ivan GOLL (1891-1950). Die Chapliniade. Dresden: Rudolf Kaemmerer, 1920. 4° (222 x 190mm). 4 full-page illustrations after Léger. (Margins lightly yellowed, occasional light soiling.) Original illustrated wrappers printed in black, and with pink and green labels (rebacked, extremities repaired, the front wrapper with some spotting); custom-made clamshell case, unsigned but possibly by Cambras, covered with variously coloured and textured papers. Provenance: Ivan Goll (presentation inscription dated December 1921 to:) -- Guillermo de Torre (author, 1900-1971).
LÉGER, Fernand (1881-1955), and Ivan GOLL (1891-1950). Die Chapliniade. Dresden: Rudolf Kaemmerer, 1920. 4° (222 x 190mm). 4 full-page illustrations after Léger. (Margins lightly yellowed, occasional light soiling.) Original illustrated wrappers printed in black, and with pink and green labels (rebacked, extremities repaired, the front wrapper with some spotting); custom-made clamshell case, unsigned but possibly by Cambras, covered with variously coloured and textured papers. Provenance: Ivan Goll (presentation inscription dated December 1921 to:) -- Guillermo de Torre (author, 1900-1971).

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LÉGER, Fernand (1881-1955), and Ivan GOLL (1891-1950). Die Chapliniade. Dresden: Rudolf Kaemmerer, 1920. 4° (222 x 190mm). 4 full-page illustrations after Léger. (Margins lightly yellowed, occasional light soiling.) Original illustrated wrappers printed in black, and with pink and green labels (rebacked, extremities repaired, the front wrapper with some spotting); custom-made clamshell case, unsigned but possibly by Cambras, covered with variously coloured and textured papers. Provenance: Ivan Goll (presentation inscription dated December 1921 to:) -- Guillermo de Torre (author, 1900-1971).

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO GUILLERMO DE TORRE, poet and prominent founding member of Spanish avant-garde movements, including Creacionismo and Ultraismo. This 'screenplay', complete with Léger's four excellent Cubist illustrations, aims to create a new genre combining film and literature.

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