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PÉRET (Benjamin). …And the Breasts Were Dying… Marseille: Les Cahiers du Sud, 1918 [1929]. — In-8, 194 x 140: frontispiece, 105 pp., (3 ff., last one blank), printed cover. Paperback. First edition, illustrated with a drawing by Joan MIRÓ, reproduced in black on the frontispiece. The title page indicates the date 1918, but the “printed” date is January 15, 1929. Printed in a run of 423 copies; this one is among the 400 on Alfa (no. 144). A copy belonging to the poet Louis de Gonzague Frick (1883–1958), featuring this autograph dedication signed by the author on the half-title page: To Louis de Gonzague Frick // With best regards. The earth will open up like a suitcase // Benjamin Péret // April 19, 1929 Below this dedication, in another hand, is an address in Rio de Janeiro: “42 Rua Carvalho Monteiro, Casa VII.” The copy also includes an original photograph showing Benjamin Péret with a woman (Remedios Varo?) in front of a country house. Silver gelatin print mounted on a mat (104 x 63 mm, 150 x 100 mm with the mat). Dirty cover, creases on the pages. Provenance: Louis de Gonzague Frick, sent by the author.
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