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Scope and Contents Le Memento Universel Da Costa Fascicule I. Contributions by Marcel Duchamp, Pierre Mabille, J. Heisler, Maurice Baskine, and Isabelle Waldbeg. A Collection of latter-day humous and satirical Surrealist writings: full of topical jokes involving Arthur Adamoy, Gerard Philippe, Sartre and other figures of the day and maintaining tradional Surrealist evodcations of De Sade and other precursors. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 42-43)"ANONYMAT. Il n'est peut-être pas inutile de...

Scope and Contents Le Memento Universel Da Costa Fascicule II. Contributions by Marcel Duchamp, Pierre Mabille, J. Heisler, Maurice Baskine, and Isabelle Waldbeg. A Collection of latter-day humous and satirical Surrealist writings: full of topical jokes involving Arthur Adamoy, Gerard Philippe, Sartre and other figures of the day and maintaining tradional Surrealist evodcations of De Sade and other precursors. Also includes an incert titled, "Qu'est-ce-que le DA COSTA?" (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg....

Scope and Contents Le Da Costa Encyclopédique Fascicule VII. Vol. II. All contributions printed anonymously. Longer entries than the Memento Universel. The remarkable entry for Escrocs(Swindlers, Con-men) attacks the French school of Kafka commentators and the Kafka-vogue. Targets include Carrive, Klossowski, and Max Brod. Passin references occur elsewhere to Glide, T.S. Eliot, The lettrist [sic] Isidore Isou and others. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 43)"Paris cette si bell affiche qui...