Le Fait Accompli, nos. 1 (April 1968) through 135 (March 1975) (all published) by Marcel Mariën, editor

Brussels: Les Lèvres Nues, 1968-1975. Quartos (30 × 23 cm). Issued in uncut loose sheets; approximately 8 to 32 pp. per issue (unnumbered). Illustrations throughout, mostly black-and-white, with some color reproductions tipped in. Most issues printed on laid paper, some on coated stock. Very good or better. A fine complete run of this important post-war Belgian surrealist journal, composed of 135 issues in 98 fascicules, with several double and triple numbers. Issued monthly and edited by Marcel Mariën, the journal features contributions by major Belgian surrealists, including Goemans, Nougé, Scutenaire, Colinet, Dumont, Magritte, Joostens, Lecomte, Tom Gutt, Wergifosse, Bossut, Souris and Bourgoignie, among others. Most issues focus on a unique work by a single author or artist, and are illustrated throughout with reproductions of works by Man Ray, Magritte, Picabia, Mariën, Bossut, Ernst, Graverol, Jamagne, Ubac and Van de Wouver, and others. Especially noteworthy are Magritte's contributions, which are often illustrated by him. Issues 81-95 constitute one volume containing "Lettres surrealistes (1924-1940)" edited and annotated by Mariën. Issue no. 95 contains "Filchings for Annoyed Birds" by Paul Colinet (in English). Most issues feature a distinctive title. Nos. 15, 30, 40, 55, 65, 80, 100, 107, 110, 120, 130, 134 issued as a "nouvelle serie" interspersed throughout the run, under the title "Les Lèvres Nues" and numbered 1-12. The last issue (no. 135) contains a cumulative index to the entire series. All issues uniformly hand-numbered "vingt-deux" (22) of unspecified print runs, which ranged from 50 to 250 copies. Given the low print run of the earliest issues, presumably only fifty complete sets exist.