Oedipus
by Durrenmatt, Friedrich
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Anselmo, California, United States
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About This Item
New York. The Limited Editions Club. 1989. Bound in 1/4 burgundy Nigerian Oasis goatskin and linen covered boards. Accompanied by a hand-made, ultra-suede lined slipcase. By Sarah Pringle. Folio. 11" x 15". This Edition is limited to 650 numbered copies of which this is #481. Signed by Marie Cosindas and Friedrich Durrematt to Colophon. Illustrated with two photogravures from original negatives by Marie Cosindas which are printed on on Arches paper. Book design Benjamin Shiff. This book is the 1st English-language edition of Friedrich Durrematt's cynical, comical and labyrinthine retelling of the Oedipus myth. It is accompanied by two splendid gravures by the world renowned photographer Marie Cosindas. A Very Fine pristine apparently unread copy. LEC prospectus laid-in.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8600
- Title
- Oedipus
- Author
- Durrenmatt, Friedrich
- Format/Binding
- Bound in 1/4 burgundy Nigerian Oasis goatskin and linen covered boards. Accompanied by a hand-made, ultra-suede lined slipcase.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 1989.
- Size
- Folio. 11" x 15".
Terms of Sale
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
The Heldfond Book Gallery is an elected member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and conforms to all ethical codes and standards of those organizations.Books found to be materially mis-described may be returned within seven days of receipt and all monies will be promptly refunded, if returned to us in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Anselmo, California
About Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Located just accross the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, California - the Heldfond Book Gallery, Ltd. is one of the oldest and most esteemed Rare Bookstores on the West Coast. Specializations include: Illustrated Books in all disciplines, Fine Bindings and Sets, Important Literary First Editions,Fine Arts, Collectable Children's Illustrated Books, Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula,Rare Aviation and Maritime as well as a consistently superb inventory of General Antiquarian Materials.
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- Fine
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