A complete run in two issues (72 pp. continuously paginated) of the extremely short-lived French arts and literature journal, two tipped-in black-and-white illustrations. Quarto (11 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches). Orange cloth with title to spine, original printed yellow paper wrappers bound in. Light rubbing and soiling to cloth, some soiling to wrappers, consistent toning to interior, overall very good. Paris: Les Éditions Marguy, 1919.

L'Arbitraire ran for only two issues in the summer of 1919. It was edited by 'Maigret', and the contributions include: Curiosités, unpublished verses by Guillaume Apollinaire; poetry by Jean Marville, Jean Robaglia, Vlaminck, and Guy-Charles Cros, including a poem on a Picasso exhibition; prose and stories by René Devinck, Louis Piéchaud, and Marville; a longer story by Fr. R. Vanderpyl stretched across both issues; an essay on the artist Vlaminck by Wynandus with two tipped-in reproductions and one on the financial and administrative problems facing French museums; and a musical score by Honniger.

A scarce, short-lived publication; as of March 2026, OCLC locates four holdings of this journal in North American libraries.

Book ID: 53662

Price: $950.00