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Published by The Gehenna Press, Northampton, Massachusetts. MCMLXX (1970) . Number 214 of 300 copies., 1970
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. [Colophon:] Three hundred copies were printed at The Gehenna Press, Northampton, Massachusetts during the summer of 1970. The type is Baskerville monotype, the paper Monadnock WvG. The drawings were made by Leonard Baskin. Copies 1 to 100 carry an additional etched portrait of Goethe, signed by the artist, on Japanese paper. The pressman was Harold McGrath. (c)1970. LC76-134174. This is copy 214. 8 1/4 x 4 3/4 in., 243pp., drawings by Leonard Baskin. Red cloth, beveled edges, title gilt on spine & author's name on front cover; marbled paper covered slipcase with ribbon. As new. German text & English translations. Handsomely printed on Monadnock paper in Baskerville monotype. Contents (English titles): Book of the Singer; Book of Hafiz; Book of Love; Book of Reflection; Book of Discontent; Book of Maxims; Book of Tamburlaine; Notes & Afterword.
Published by The Eremite Press Leeds 1989. Number 25 of 35 copies., 1989
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. [Colophon as printed]: "Thirty-five copies of 'Fancies, Bizarreries & Ornamented Grotesques' were produced by The Eremite Press in the early Spring of 1989. The etchings were printed from the original coppers by D. R. Wakefield of Howden, England. The Bembo type was cast at Harold Berliner's Typefoundry & printed by Arthur Larson. The edition is arranged as follows: copies numbered 1-3 have two extra suites, one hand-colored by the artist & the other in different inks & on other papers; copies 4-8 have the second suite of etchings; & copies 9-35 [this copy] comprise the regular edition. This is number 25 [signed] Leonard Baskin". Folio: 10 5/8 x 16", unnumbered pages of text & 24 etchings, each numbered & signed by Baskin, with tissue guards. Maroon morocco spine, fore edges & arabesque front cover title label with gilt title & inlaid, gray spine label with red points & gilt title, marbled paper boards; bound by Gray Parrot & Co., with their label on back inner cover. In a similarly bound clamshell box featuring black morocco leather spine & fore-edges, with maroon spine label with gilt title & black, cloth-covered boards. With printed announcement inserted. Fine. See: The Gehenna Press, The Work of Fifty Years 1942-1992; # 92, pp. 105-106 Weight: 5 lbs. Signed by Illustrator(s).