PROFESSIONAL SECRETS. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JEAN COCTEAU. Drawn, from his lifetime writings, by Robert Phelps. Translated from the French by Richard Howard.
by Cocteau, Jean; Phelps, Robert
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1970)., (1970).. Good. - Octavo, 8 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in green boards backed with a yellow cloth spine, titled in orange on the spine. Laid into a color pictorial dust wrapper. The price-clipped dust jacket is soiled with some foxing or spotting to the top of the jacket's front panel. There are vertical creases to the laminate of the dust jacket's rear panel and the head & tail of the jacket's faded spine are creased. xiii & 331 pages, illustrated with photographic plates and drawings by Cocteau. The edges of the book are soiled. Good.
First American edition, first printing.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 98379
- Title
- PROFESSIONAL SECRETS. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JEAN COCTEAU. Drawn, from his lifetime writings, by Robert Phelps. Translated from the French by Richard Howard.
- Author
- Cocteau, Jean; Phelps, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1970).
- Date Published
- (1970).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; PROFESSIONAL SECRETS. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JEAN COCTEAU; JEAN COCTEAU; ROBERT PHELPS; RICHARD HOWARD; DRAWINGS; PHOTOGRAPHS; BIOGRAPHY; FRENCH LITERATURE; TRANSLATION; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST US EDITION; FIRST PRINTING; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTR
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