MESENS, E.L.T.

8°, 48 p. First Edition First UK edition, first impression, presentation copy inscribed on the half-title ""A Pierre Fontaine, cordialement. ELT Mesens, avril 1951 - Pendant la guerre, les pages de garde étant interdites par économie!"". This bilingual publication, with French and English facing texts, is number HC of 500 copies. ETL Mesens (1903-1971) was an artist and writer, and a founding member of the Belgian Surrealist movement. In 1938, he settled in London and ran the London Gallery, where surrealist works were exhibited to popularise the surrealist movement in the Saxon world. In 1941, he worked with the BBC on their wartime broadcasts and adapted the tune of ""La Cucaracha"" for the taunting refrain, ""Radio Paris ment, Radio Paris ment, Radio Paris est allemand"" (""Radio Paris lies, Radio Paris lies, Radio Paris is German""). Loosely inserted: ELT Mesens - Message from nowhere. London, London Gallery Editions, 1944. 24 p, publ. cover. Inscribed on the title 'A Pierre Fontaine, voir pp 10-11 aussi p. 20 et suivantes' by ELT Mesens. Fine copy