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INTIMATE JOURNALS: CHARLES BAUDELAIRE
by Baudelaire, Charles. Translated by Chistopher Isherwood, Introduction by T.S. Eliot
- Used
- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Very Good Plus.
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario
Item Price:
US$100.54
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About This Item
London / New York: The Blackamore Press / Random House, 1930. The first English edition consists of 400 copies, this being #148. Pp. [128], with 8 plates (includes frontispiece portrait), all drawn by Baudelaire. Blue cloth, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Rear cover very lightly soiled, spine slightly sunned, a couple of light pencil notes to rear blank, and very, very light pencil marks in several margins, else very good plus copy. Consists of papers collected and published after Baudelaire's death. "What we have here is an assortment of wonderful fragments, cryptic memoranda, literary notes, quotations, rough drafts of prose poems, explosions of political anger and personal spleen".. Limited, First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus.. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hugh Anson-Cartwright Fine Books, ABAC/ILAB
(CA)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 3791
- Title
- INTIMATE JOURNALS: CHARLES BAUDELAIRE
- Author
- Baudelaire, Charles. Translated by Chistopher Isherwood, Introduction by T.S. Eliot
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good Plus.
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited, First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Blackamore Press / Random House
- Place of Publication
- London / New York
- Date published
- 1930
- Keywords
- LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; French Literature; Limited Editions; Literature;
- Size
- Octavo
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About Hugh Anson-Cartwright Fine Books, ABAC/ILAB
Serving Collectors and Libraries for over 40 years. We carry a general stock of Antiquarian, Rare and Collectible Books. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of Canada / International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
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- top edge gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the...[more]
- New
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- octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...[more]
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...[more]
- gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...[more]
- sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause...[more]
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...[more]
- spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....[more]
- soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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