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1	Francis Bacon more books like this by Professor Michel Leiris add to wishlist This is a magnificently illustrated volume that showcases the unique work of Francis Bacon - one of the 20th century's most celebrated artists. The centenary of Francis Bacon's birth is being celebrated with major exhibitions at the Tate Britain, The Prado Museum in Madrid, and The Metropolitan Museum in New York. Francis Bacon (1909-1992) was ... see all copies from $9.23! new only from $36.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Manhood: A Journey from Childhood Into the Fierce Order of Virility more books like this by Professor Michel Leiris, Richard Howard (Translator), Susan Sontag (Designer) add to wishlist "Not only one of the frankest of autobiographies, but also a brilliantly written book, Leiris' "Manhood" mingles memories, philosophic reflections, sexual revelation, meditations on bullfighting, and the life-long progress of self-discovery."--"Washington Post Book World " "Leiris writes to appall, and thereby to receive from his readers the gift ... see all copies from $5.70! new only from $12.95! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Brisees more books like this by Professor Michel Leiris add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.85! \| first editions
4	Rules of the Game: Scratches: A Self-Portrait more books like this by Professor Michel Leiris, Lydia Davis (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.94! new only from $17.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Rules of the Game: Scraps more books like this by Professor Michel Leiris, Lydia Davis (Translator) add to wishlist "I read with fervor the literary works of Michel Leiris and in particular the four volumes of 'Rules of the Game'...He is incontestably one of the greatest writers of the century."--Claude Livi-Strauss In this second volume of his acclaimed four-volume autobiography, 'Rules of the Game'--now available for the first time in English--Leiris comes ... see all copies from $3.50! new only from $3.98!
6	The Rules of the Game: Scratches more books like this by Professor Michel Leiris, Lydia Davis (Translator) add to wishlist "Michel Leiris is the author of the most significant and arresting work of autobiography to have been written in the twentieth century."--John Sturrock "For me his work is not only a document that enriches our knowledge of man, but also a personal testament that touches me deeply."--Francis Bacon ' Scratches' is the first volume in Michel Leiris's ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions
7	Operatics more books like this by Professor Michel Leiris, Guy Bennett (Translator), Jean Jamin (Editor) add to wishlist In "Operratics" Leiris turns his brilliant mind upon one of his major loves, opera. Approaching it as a lover of music without training, he discerns fascinating patterns of cultural movement in opera and reveals his personal tastes in this great genre. Michel Leiris began his writing career as a poet associated with the Surrealist group, but he ... see all copies from $3.98! new only from $3.98! \| first editions
8	L'Age D'Homme by Professor Michel Leiris add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.98!
9	Correspondence more books like this by Georges Bataille, Professor Michel Leiris, Louis Yvert (Editor) add to wishlist In the autumn of 1924, two young men met in Paris for the first time. Georges Bataille was just 27 and had recently started working at the Bibliotheque nationale. Michel Leiris, 23, was beginning his studies in ethnology. They discussed the idea of founding a movement which would displace Dada and of launching a magazine based in a brothel. ... see all copies from $21.74! new only from $21.74! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Nights as Day, Days as Night more books like this by Professor Michel Leiris, Richard Sieburth (Translator), Roger Shattuck (Introduction by) add to wishlist "Nights as Day" is a diary of over 100 short dreams composed over the course of four decades. As the title implies, the texts in this volume pursue an extended pun on the porous demarcation between waking and dreaming. By transcribing the events of his daily life as if they were episodes in an ongoing dream,and by recording his dreams as if they ... see all copies from $6.14! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
11	Nights as Day, Days as Night more books like this by Michael Leiris, Professor Michel Leiris, Richard Sieburth (Translator) add to wishlist "Nights as Day" is a diary of over 100 short dreams composed over the course of four decades. As the title implies, the texts in this volume pursue an extended pun on the porous demarcation between waking and dreaming. By transcribing the events of his daily life as if they were episodes in an ongoing dream,and by recording his dreams as if they ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $60.00! \| first editions
12	Roussel & Co. more books like this by Professor Michel Leiris add to wishlist see all copies from $79.75! new only from $79.75!
13	Manhood Pa more books like this by Professor Michel Leiris add to wishlist see all copies from $5.99! new only from $9.89! \| first editions
14	Journal de Chine more books like this by Professor Michel Leiris add to wishlist see all copies from $65.73! new only from $65.73!
15	Bacon, Picasso, Masson more books like this by Professor Michel Leiris add to wishlist see all copies from $132.24!

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