BALAKIAN, Anna. Surrealism: The Road to the Absolute.

(London): George Allen and Unwin, 1972.  First UK edition.  Hardcover.  19.5cm by 13cm.  256 pages.  The first UK edition of this invaluable study that was first published in 1959.  A richly informed exposition and interpretation of surrealist theory and practice. In this edition the author in her introduction discusses the influence of surrealism of American writers.  Illustrated.  A very good copy in dust jacket.