Eluard, Paul — Le Dur Desir de Durer

London, Trianon Press, 1950. Softcover. Plain off-white wraps; Off-white illus. dj. with transparent paper overlay; 92 pp.; Color frontispiece, hand reproduced; Profusely illustrated in bw. Text appears in both French and English; English translation by Stephen Spender and Frances Cornford; A collection of poems by Paul Eluard (Eugene Emile Paul Grindel), one of the founders of the surrealist movement, accompanied by illustrations by Marc Chagall; Number 50 of 750 copies reserved for the Trianon Press, London (numbers 751-1500 reserved for the Grey Falcon Press, Philadelphia). Ill.: Marc Chagall. VG (Ex-art lib. bookplate inside front cover) .