Stephen SPENDER. - Lot 183

Stephen SPENDER. Fraternity. Poem by Stephen Spender. Translation by Louis Aragon. Engravings by John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter, Josef Hecht, Dalla Husband, Wassily Kandinsky, Roderick Mead, Joan Miró, Dolf Rieser, Luis Vargas. Sans lieu [New York and Paris], March 1939. In-8, in a cardboard slipcase with smooth cloth spine (damaged and minor oxidation). First edition. 113 copies were printed on March 1, 1939 by Gonzalo More, the engravings by Atelier 17 and Henri Hecht. A single issue contained drawings and engravings. 100 copies on Montval numbered to 101 and 12 copies numbered A to L reserved for contributors. Numbered copy H. Stephen Spender's poem is followed by its French translation by Louis Aragon; both are signed by their author. Remarkable album of 9 original prints by John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter, Josef Hecht, Dalla Husband, Wassily Kandinsky, Roderick Mead, Joan Miró, Dolf Rieser and Luis Vargas, all signed in pencil. Hayter's additional etching with the title that appeared on the album cover is mounted at the top on white paper. The aim of the album Fraternity was to raise funds to provide for orphans of the Spanish Civil War. Poet Stephen Spender had fought in Spain with the International Brigades. Complete. In addition, 5 engravings by Hayter, an invitation card (1963) for the fiftieth anniversary of the Bateau Lavoir drawing and an engraving (Tour de Babel) by R. Vieillard, signed and numbered 27/50.