Nadja
Breton, André. Grove Press, 1960 (10th Printing). Softbound. First published in Paris in 1928 by Librairie Gallimard. Translated by Richard Howard. 'Who am I?' begins this classic novel of the surrealist movement, and it ends with the unforgettable line, 'Beauty will be CONVULSIVE or will not be at all.' This Evergreen edition features a vibrant cover—smartly stacked square-shouldered lettering with color-blocked counters—created by Roy Kuhlman, who, as a young would-be fine artist, was hired by Grove's Barney Rosset after two abstract pieces accidentally slipped from a side pocket of his portfolio during an otherwise disastrous job interview.
Spine is tight and uncreased, but has some sunning. A blacked-out former owner name to the first leaf, but interior is else clean and unmarked. Very light shelf-wear. 160 pp. Fiction.