McNab, Robert — Ghost Ships: A Surrealist Love Triangle

New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fantastic tale told well of a sort of surrealist (art) love triangle between Max Ernst, Paul Eluard, and Paul's wife Gala Eluard, who eventually dumped both of her lovers for a young and frenetic Salvador Dali. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. x + 266 pp. and including several score fine photographs and illustrations, including in full color.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good