BOOK DESCRIPTION: New York, The Dial Press, Inc., 1957. Hardcover in illustrated dust jacket. 8vo. 156 pages many with illustrations. 1st half of the book is the English translation from the Frech; 2nd half of the book publishes the original French version ("Les Cocus du Veil Art Moderne"). This copy is additionally SIGNED/INSCRIBED in French and dated 1959 by Salvador Dali (with drawings) to Cary Selden Rodman across the title page and facing blank page. Cary Selden Rodman (February 19, 1909 – November 2, 2002) was a prolific U.S. writer of poetry, plays and prose, political commentary, art criticism, Latin American and Caribbean history, biography and travel writing—publishing a book almost every year of his adult life, he also co edited Common Sense Magazine. In 1961 Rodman published Conversations With Artists wherein the author transcribed interviews with the artistic luminaries of the day. This particular copy was most likely inscribed by Dali to Rodman two years earlier during Dali's conversation with Rodman published in the May of 1959 issue of Controversy Magazine which featured both Rodman and Dali on the cover. In that publication reference is made to the inscription (in English translation) and its meaning. For historical grounding and context we are including a copy of that magazine/publication for the buyer of this amazing association/presentation copy. BOOK CONDITION: Fine; a solid, tight, clean copy in a Fine dust jacket showing light toning and rubbing, with hints of wear to the extremities (protected in a clear brodart cover). Overall a beautiful and highly collectible SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY.

Fine