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HUELSENBECK, Richard (1892-1974). Dada Almanach. Berlin: Erich Weiss, 1920. 8° (183 x 125mm). 6 half-tone plates. (Margins lightly yellowed.) Original wrappers printed in black and green (chips and short tears at spine ends, evenly yellowed); black morocco clamshell case, by Cambras, the upper side with a large tan morocco onlay after the cover image, protected in a cloth-covered case. Provenance: Richard Huelsenbeck (presentation inscription to:) -- Guillermo de Torre (author, 1900-1971; marginalia, probably in his hand).
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. Dada Almanach is 'ONE OF THE MOST DIZZYING DOCUMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE MOVEMENT' (Dachy). This copy with some marginalia possibly in Torre's hand, and in a fine leather case by Cambras. Dachy, The Dada Movement, p. 111.
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. Dada Almanach is 'ONE OF THE MOST DIZZYING DOCUMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE MOVEMENT' (Dachy). This copy with some marginalia possibly in Torre's hand, and in a fine leather case by Cambras. Dachy, The Dada Movement, p. 111.