Ombres Portées. Ornées de Cinq Gravures au Burin de Stanley William Hayter.

Paris.: Editions de la Montagne., 1932.. Black morocco-backed patterned wooden boards by Mercher, titles gilt to spine, original publisher's printed wrappers and backstrip preserved.. 8vo. (250 x 170 mm).. Half-title with 'Du Même Auteur' verso, printed title in red and black and Hugnet's verse in five sections illustrated with 5 original monochrome etchings by Hayter (one for each section), leaf with 'Table' recto, leaf with justification recto and achevé d'imprimer verso; the suite of etchings is present in three states (as published on Japon, in bistre on a thick handmade paper and the cancelled plate 'barré' on matching paper) and with additional original material (see below). each with the original drawing on tracing paper and the proofs signed and numbered (two of the prints have two proofs), inserted loose; with an additional drawing not used in the publication. Hugnet's own copy of 'Ombres Portées' with Stanley William Hayter's etchings in three states and with additional signed proofs and drawings.From the edition limited to 79 numbered copies signed in black ink by the artist and author, with this Hugnet's own copy marked 'exemplaire [printed] 'de l'auteur' (in black ink in Hugnet's own hand); 20 hors commerce copies were also issued.As well as Hayter's etchings in three states (as published on Japon, in bistre on a thick handmade paper and the cancelled plate 'barré' on matching paper), this copy also includes the following additional material: - Hayter's original drawings for each of the etchings on transfer paper, each titled as per the section by Hayter above, in pencil or ink, and with a line of verse below in pencil or ink; an additional drawing, unused in the book, is also included. - additional pulls and proofs of each of the etchings, all on large paper and each inscribed and signed in pencil by Hayter, either 'E 1 /3' (for four of the five etchings) or 'Essai 1 / 1' (for one etching) or Etat II' or Etat 2' (for two etchings).Hugnet's six poems in 'Ombres Portées', all composed during the 1920s, are the following: 'Marquis de Sade' (1925 - 1926), 'Commode' (1928), 'Le Prisonnier des Iles' (1928), 'Cassie' (1928) and 'L'Archipel' (1928).'One of the most accomplished and adventurous graphic technicians at work today, Hayter has often experimented with mixed techniques to achieve effects of form and texture.' (The Artist and the Book).[see The Artist and the Book 1860 - 1960, pg. 92 which gives the title as 'Ombres Parties'].