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Auction 28 February 2020 AVANT GARDES SURREALISM BOOKS - Paris

Bid on the lot list Giquello : 28 February 2020 - ART ET LITTÉRATURE DU XXe SIÈCLE : ENSEMBLE IMPORTANT CONSACRÉ À HENRI MICHAUX SURRÉALISME : ENSEMBLE IMPORTANT CONSACRÉ À ANDRÉ BRETON AUTOGRAPHES ET MANUSCRITS - EDITIONS ORIGINALES – LIVRES ILLUSTRÉS - REVUES - GRAVURES – DESSINS ET TABLEAUX - PHOTOGRAPHIES Expositions publiques : jeudi 27 février, 11h-21h vendredi 28 février, 11h-12h EXPOSITION PRIVÉE : À l’étude sur rendez-vous EXPERT : Claude OTERELO Membre de la Chambre Nationale des Experts Spécialisés 5, rue La Boétie - 75008 Paris - Tél. : +33 (0)6 84 36 35 39 <a href="mailto:claudeoterelo@aol.com" target="_blank">claudeoterelo@aol.com</a> Contact : Odile CAULE +33(0)1 47 70 48 90 <a href="mailto:o.caule@betg.fr" target="_blank">o.caule@betg.fr</a> Salle 2 - Hôtel Drouot - Paris

AVANT GARDES SURREALISM BOOKS

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Salle 2 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris

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Lot n° 1

ALBERT-BIROT Pierre MATOUM AND...

ALBERT-BIROT Pierre MATOUM AND TEVIBAR. Edifying and entertaining stories of the true and false poet. Paris, Editions Sic, 1919. In-8 square, broached. First edition of this puppet drama. One of the first 4 copies on china. COPY OF ALBERT-BIROT PRINTED...

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Lot n° 2

ALBERT-BIROT Pierre DAILY POEMS....

ALBERT-BIROT Pierre DAILY POEMS. Paris, Editions Sic, 1919. In-24, 10 x 7 cm, stapled. First edition. One of the first 4 copies on china. COPY OF ALBERT-BIROT PRINTED IN HIS NAME.

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Lot n° 3

ALECHINSKY Pierre VILLERS André....

ALECHINSKY Pierre VILLERS André. PORTRAIT OF THE PAINTER ALECHINSKY. ORIGINAL SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHY. 40.5 x 30.3 cm. Silver print. Photographer's stamp on the back.

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Lot n° 4

ALEJANDRO Ramon TRAVEL NARRATIVE...

ALEJANDRO Ramon TRAVEL NARRATIVE IV (THE OUTLAW). OIL ON CANVAS SIGNED. Paris September 1984. 114 x 114, framed. Oil on canvas signed on the front, signed, dated, titled on the back by Ramon Alejandro. A variation of his famous painting The Outlaw. ONE...

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Lot n° 5

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume AUTOGRAPH...

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume AUTOGRAPH MOCK-UPS FOR THE PUBLISHER EUGÈNE FIGUIÈRE. Circa 1913. 3 pages in-8. Three pages of ink models by Guillaume Apollinaire for the books published by the publisher Eugène Figuière, of which Apollinaire was collection director. In...

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Lot n° 6

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume PAINTINGS...

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume PAINTINGS OF LEOPOLD SURVIVOR. Drawings and watercolours by Irène Lagut. Paris, Madame Bongard, 1917. Leaflet in-4 (Slight snags). First edition of the catalogue of the first exhibition Les Soirées de Paris, including two prefaces...

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Lot n° 7

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume LA CHANSON...

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume LA CHANSON DU MAL AIMÉ Pierre Bettencourt, 1945. In-12, Bradel binding, eel skin metallized, gold, silver or mosaic letters on spine and both covers, gold edges, cover and spine preserved, slipcase (Daniel Mercher). Edition printed...

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Lot n° 8

ARAGO Jacques TRAVEL AROUND THE...

ARAGO Jacques TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD WITHOUT THE LETTER A. Paris, 1853. In-12, pinned. Original edition published without the letter A being printed, printed in small numbers for a few curious people. Robert de Billy's copy, wearing his bookplates. Robert...

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Lot n° 9

ARAGON Louis THE PLEASURES OF THE...

ARAGON Louis THE PLEASURES OF THE CAPITAL. Paris La Nuit ses bas-fonds ses jardins secrets by the author of Libertinage, the Bible stripped of its length, the bad joke etc.. Berlin, Louis Aragon, 1923. In-12 stapled. Original edition limited to 200 copies....

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Lot n° 10

ARAGON Louis A WAVE OF DREAMS....

ARAGON Louis A WAVE OF DREAMS. Paris, 1924. In-4, pinned. Original edition of a small number of the reprint from Commerce magazine.

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Lot n° 11

ARAGON Louis THE ONE WHO STICKS...

ARAGON Louis THE ONE WHO STICKS TO IT. Paris, Galerie Pierre, 1925. In-4, stapled. Original edition of this superb preface by Louis Aragon for the Pierre Roy exhibition at the Galerie Pierre. ARAGON Louis. IRENE'S ASSHOLE, 1948. In-4, pinned. Pirate edition...

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Lot n° 12

ARAGON Louis THE PERPETUAL MOTION....

ARAGON Louis THE PERPETUAL MOTION. Paris, Gallimard, 1928. In-4, pinned. Original edition. One of 170 numbered copies of Arches, numbered on a laid paper, with "I dedicate this book to poetry and shit for those who will read it." Autographed text by Aragon,...

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Lot n° 13

ARAGON Louis François LA COLÈRE THE...

ARAGON Louis François LA COLÈRE THE MUSÉE GRÉVIN. 1943. Special print of the Midnight editions. Leaflet in-4. RARE FIRST EDITION. A SIGNED SELF-LETTER OF JEAN MALAQUAIS RELATING TO LOUIS ARAGON IS ATTACHED: "Don't be fooled by the character, only make...

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Lot n° 14

ARAGON Louis STUPID IRENE. Paris,...

ARAGON Louis STUPID IRENE. Paris, Au Cercle du Livre Précieux, 1962. In-8, Bradel Moiré cardboard box, case. New edition with a preface by André Pieyre de Mandiargues. Copy on Arches vellum, containing in frontispiece an original engraving by Hans Bellmer....

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Lot n° 15

ARNAUD Noël AUTOGRAPH ANSWER TO...

ARNAUD Noël AUTOGRAPH ANSWER TO FRANCIS DUMONT'S QUESTIONNAIRE. 2 pages in-4 in green ink. "In 1938, André Breton, who seems to me to be the highest spirit, the most lucid intelligence of the time and whose exemplary work answers all my anxieties, brings...

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Lot n° 16

ARTAUD Antonin PORTRAIT OF JEANNE...

ARTAUD Antonin PORTRAIT OF JEANNE TOULOUSE. ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING. Circa 1920. 20.4 x 13.6 cm, framed. ORIGINAL DRAWING BY ANTONIN ARTAUD IN PENCIL ON PAPER, PASTED ON A SHEET OF PAPER REPRESENTING MADAME TOULOUSE SITTING. Doctor Toulouse and his wife...

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Lot n° 17

ARTAUD Antonin. MASSON André. PORTRAIT...

ARTAUD Antonin. MASSON André. PORTRAIT OF ANTONIN ARTAUD engraved by Georges Aubert. 1925, 32 x 24 cm. Wide margin proof of the portrait of Antonin Artaud by André Masson for the Ombilic des Limbes published in 1925. The numbered print (15 copies) is...

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Lot n° 18

ARTAUD Antonin ARTAUD LE MOMO....

ARTAUD Antonin ARTAUD LE MOMO. Paris, Bordas, 1947. In-12, half morocco with havana stripe, smooth titled spine, gold edges, cover and spine preserved (Jacquet-Riffieux). Original edition illustrated with 8 drawings reproduced by Antonin Artaud. One of...

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Lot n° 19

POPULAR ART. ADAM AND EVE AND THE...

POPULAR ART. ADAM AND EVE AND THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT. POLYCHROME RAW EARTH. H. 15 cm The two standing figures Adam and Eve surround the fatal apple tree from which the snake descends. Exhibition: Paris Galerie Renou et Colle, Mexico, 1939 Former André Breton...

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Lot n° 20

PRIMITIVE ART ANDRÉ BRETON AND...

PRIMITIVE ART ANDRÉ BRETON AND PAUL ELUARD COLLECTION. SCULPTURES FROM AFRICA, AMERICA, OCEANIA. Paris, Hotel Drouot, July 1931. In-4, pinned. Rare catalogue of André Breton and Paul Eluard's collection of primitive art. Experts Charles Ratton, Louis...

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Lot n° 21

ATLAN J.M. DEEP BLOOD. Illustrations...

ATLAN J.M. DEEP BLOOD. Illustrations by the author. Paris, L'Atelier de la Salamandre, 1944. In-8, red morocco spine titled in black, black revorim plates, decorated on the upper plate with a blue box medallion squared in ochre, bearing the mention revorim...

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Lot n° 22

BACON FRANCIS BEHIND THE MIRROR....

BACON FRANCIS BEHIND THE MIRROR. Paris, number 162 of 1966. In folio, in sheets. Issue of Derrière le Miroir entirely devoted to Francis Bacon. Text by Michel Leiris: "What Francis Bacon's paintings told me." Autograph signed by Francis Bacon: "With deep...

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Lot n° 23

BATAILLE Georges THE INNER EXPERIENCE....

BATAILLE Georges THE INNER EXPERIENCE. Paris, Gallimard, Collection Les Essais, 1943. In-12 pinned. First edition. ONE OF THE FIRST 13 NUMBERED COPIES ON ESPARTO BOUFFANT FROM NAVARRE PAPER MILLS.

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Lot n° 24

BATAILLE Georges ON NIETZSCHE....

BATAILLE Georges ON NIETZSCHE. Will of luck. Paris, Gallimard, 1945. In-12 pinned. First edition. NUMBER 1 OF THE FIRST 14 COPIES ON PURE LAFUMA NAVARRE CALFSKIN.

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Lot n° 25

BECKETT Samuel HOW IT IS. Paris,...

BECKETT Samuel HOW IT IS. Paris, Les Editions de Minuit, 1961. In-12 burgundy half chagrin with wedges, back with 4 nerves titled gold, gilt head, cover and back preserved. First edition. One of 110 numbered copies on foam esparto. COPY EXCEPTIONALLY...

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Lot n° 26

BELLMER Hans CHILD PORTRAIT. ORIGINAL...

BELLMER Hans CHILD PORTRAIT. ORIGINAL DRAWING SIGNED. 27.5 x 23 cm, under frame. Original pencil drawing representing the child portrait of Jean d'Halluin's daughter, dated 1960 and signed on the front by Hans Bellmer. Jean d'Halluin, gallery owner, was...

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Lot n° 27

BENOIT Jean SIGNED AUTOGRAPH SCROLL....

BENOIT Jean SIGNED AUTOGRAPH SCROLL. 1981. 202 x 21 cm. In a cardboard roll with the recipient's address. Autograph scroll of Jean Benoit in the spirit of the famous scroll of the Marquis de Sade to which Benoit refers: The 120 Days of Sodom and Gomorrah....

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Lot n° 28

BERTINI Gianni rectification :...

BERTINI Gianni rectification : MIXED TECHNIQUE ON PAPER LAID ON CANVAS. SIGNED S. 1957. 66 x 51 cm, under frame. Superb mixed technique dated and signed on the recto by Bertini, very representative of his work from 1955-60.

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Lot n° 29

BETTENCOURT Pierre THAT'S WHY YOUR...

BETTENCOURT Pierre THAT'S WHY YOUR DAUGHTER'S MUTE. Saint-Maurice d'Etelan, Pierre Bettencourt. In-12, brocaded, titled window folder, case (Pierre Mercier). Original edition printed in small numbers on Arches, illustrated with drawings by the author...

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Lot n° 30

BETTENCOURT Pierre LETTERS TO THE...

BETTENCOURT Pierre LETTERS TO THE PARISIANS. Pierre Bettencourt, 1944. In-8 height, Bradel binding, painted plexiglass covers, titled burgundy buffalo spine, preserved cover and spine, slipcase (Daniel Mercher). Original edition limited to 200 copies...

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Lot n° 31

BETTENCOURT Pierre THE GREAT ADVENTURE....

BETTENCOURT Pierre THE GREAT ADVENTURE. 1944. In-4, bound in Bradel binding, Plexiglas plates with engraving and bubbled lettering, lemon box spine titled, cover and spine preserved, slipcase (Daniel Mercher). Original edition limited to 120 copies. One...

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Lot n° 32

BETTENCOURT Pierre WHITE Lilian NOON...

BETTENCOURT Pierre WHITE Lilian NOON TO 2:00. Translated by Jean-Paul Sartre. Gallimard, 1945. In-4, bound in Bradel binding, engraved, painted and printed Plexiglas covers, spine titled imitation lizard, cover and spine preserved, slipcase (Daniel Mercher). Original...

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Lot n° 33

BETTENCOURT Pierre SPACE. Saint-Maurice...

BETTENCOURT Pierre SPACE. Saint-Maurice d'Etelan, 1945. In-4, Bradel binding, Plexiglas plates with textile printing and bubbled by the letter, cover and spine preserved, slipcase (Daniel Mercher). Original edition of the last book printed by Pierre Bettencourt....

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Lot n° 34

BETTENCOURT Pierre THE PARTY GOES...

BETTENCOURT Pierre THE PARTY GOES ON. Papeete, Aux Éditions de la Main droite Pierre Bettencourt, 1952. In-8, Bradel de box rose, bearing on the first plate a decoration consisting of perforated skin on which appears a printed paper, cover and spine preserved,...

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Lot n° 35

BETTENCOURT Pierre APPLE Monique ...WHETHER...

BETTENCOURT Pierre APPLE Monique ...WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. Bettencourt, 1961. In-8, bound in Bradel style, painted and printed plexiglass covers, chocolate spine titled, slipcase (Daniel Mercher). Original edition limited to 300...

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Lot n° 36

BLANCHOT Maurice AFTER CUTTING...

BLANCHOT Maurice AFTER CUTTING preceded by Eternal Resting. Paris, Les Éditions de Minuit, 1983. In-8, titled black box spine, printed paper plates, skin strips dividing diagonally the two plates, cover and spine preserved (Antonio P. N.). Original edition. ONE...

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Lot n° 37

BRAQUE Georges GEORGE'S NOTEBOOK...

BRAQUE Georges GEORGE'S NOTEBOOK IS BLOWING UP. Paris, Maeght éditeur, 1955. In-folio, in sheets, cover illustrated by Georges Braque, cloth folder titled and illustrated by Georges Braque and case of the edition. First edition reproducing in facsimile...

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Lot n° 38

BRAQUE Georges PAPER GLUED. 1912-1914....

BRAQUE Georges PAPER GLUED. 1912-1914. Paris, Maeght, Derrière Le Miroir, number 138 of May 1963. In-4, in sheets, titled folder and edition case. First edition. ONE OF THE FIRST 150 NUMBERED COPIES ON BANK VELLUM ILLUSTRATED WITH 5 COLOUR LITHOGRAPHS...

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Lot n° 39

BRAQUE Georges TRIBUTE TO GEORGES...

BRAQUE Georges TRIBUTE TO GEORGES BRAQUE. Paris, Maeght, Derrière Le Miroir, number 144-145-146 of 1964. In-4, in sheets, titled folder and edition case. First edition. ONE OF THE FIRST 350 NUMBERED COPIES ON RIVERBANK VELLUM WITH AN ETCHING OF THE THREE...

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Lot n° 40

BRAUNER Victor MYTHOLOGICAL PROGRESSION...

BRAUNER Victor MYTHOLOGICAL PROGRESSION OF VICTORY. Paris, Galerie René Drouin, 1948. Folding catalogue 20 x 66, 5 cm, under frame. Catalogue of the Victor Brauner exhibition at the René Drouin gallery from December 17, 1948 to January 15, 1949. ONE OF...

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Lot n° 41

BRAUNER Victor. - GOLL Ivan THE...

BRAUNER Victor. - GOLL Ivan THE TRIUMPHANT ANTIMONY FLOAT. Paris, Éditions Hémisphères, 1949. In-4, sheets. Original edition. One of the 330 copies on bank vellum, this one out of trade, SPECIALLY PRINTED FOR ROBERT GANZO AND WITH THIS SELF-ADDRESS: "from...

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Lot n° 42

BRAUNER Victor JOUFFROY Alain....

BRAUNER Victor JOUFFROY Alain. VICTOR BRAUNER. Paris, Le Musée de Poche, 1959. In-12, black half-box with vertical stripes, smooth back with gold titling, case (J. P. Miguet). Original edition illustrated with 12 colour reproductions of works by Brauner. ORIGINAL...

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Lot n° 43

RABBE Alphonse SUMMARY OF THE HISTORY...

RABBE Alphonse SUMMARY OF THE HISTORY OF SPAIN from the conquest of the Romans to the revolution on the Isle of Leon. Paris, Lecointe and Durey, 1824. In-16, cardboard plates, missing cardboard back. Third edition with an introduction by Félix Bodin. EXAMPLE...

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Lot n° 43. bis

INFAMY OF THE PRIESTS UNVEILED...

INFAMY OF THE PRIESTS UNVEILED before, during and after July 27, 28 and 29, 1830, by a young sacristan of the congregation. Paris, Lerosey, 1830. In-8, half-pink grief, cover preserved. Original edition of these dialogues between the Archbishop of Paris...

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Lot n° 44

DIDEROT CHOSEN WORKS preceded by...

DIDEROT CHOSEN WORKS preceded by his life by M.F. Génin. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1847. 2 volumes in-12, midnight-blue half-barrel, spine with 4 nerves, gold titled, decorated with fleurons. First edition. COPY OF ANDRÉ BRETON'S FIRST VOLUME HIS EX-LIBRIS...

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Lot n° 45

CHANNING W.E. DE L'ESCLAVAGE preceded...

CHANNING W.E. DE L'ESCLAVAGE preceded by a preface and a study on slavery in the United States by Edouard Laboulay. Paris, Librairie Lacroix-Comon, 1855. In-12, half chocolate sorrow, titrated back. Original French edition. Copy of André Breton with his...

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Lot n° 46

BARTHELEMY-SAINT-HILAIRE J. OF...

BARTHELEMY-SAINT-HILAIRE J. OF METAPHYSICS its nature and rights in its relationship to religion and science as an introduction to Aristotle's metaphysics. Paris, Germer-Baillière, 1879. In-8, half chocolate wedge-shaped, 5 nerves back titled gold decorated...

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Lot n° 47

LÉVEQUE Charles THE PROVIDENTIAL...

LÉVEQUE Charles THE PROVIDENTIAL HARMONIES. Paris, Hachette, 1884. In-12, percaline from the edition with decoration and cold on the plates, decorated back and titled in gold, red slices. Fourth revised and enlarged edition illustrated with 4 etchings. The...

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Lot n° 48

FALCONNIER R. THE XXII HERMETIC...

FALCONNIER R. THE XXII HERMETIC BLADES OF THE DIVINATORY TAROT. Paris, Librairie de l'Art indépendant, 1896. In-8, Bradel half-cover, back titled, cover saved. Original edition reconstituted from the sacred texts and according to the tradition of the...

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Lot n° 49

COURTELINE Georges THE 51st HUNTER....

COURTELINE Georges THE 51st HUNTER. Paris, Flammarion, n.d. In-12, illustrated cardboard of the edition. GREYSON Emile. JUFFER DAADJE AND JUFFER DOORTJE. Paris, Flammarion, n.d. In-12, cardboard of the edition. These two volumes contain on the cover pages...

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