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Snooty Baronet

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Snooty Baronet

by Lewis, Wyndham (Text and Illustrations); LaFourcade, Bernard (Editor)

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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. One of 226 deluxe hardcover copies, octavo size, 315 pp., signed by Bernard LaFourcade. Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957), an artist as well as an author, is known as the developer of "Vorticism" (so named by Ezra Pound), a style of geometric abstraction. He would eventually turn more and more to writing, and "is now regarded as a major British artist and writer of the twentieth century" (n.b., quote from Wiki).

___DESCRIPTION: Gold cloth shelfback with illustrated paper boards, paper spine label, yellow endpapers, coloured title page, with some black-and-white reproductions of illustrations by the author throughout; octavo size (9 1/4" by 6 1/4"), pagination: [1-4] [tipped-in signature page, verso blank] 5-313; this no. 186 of 226 deluxe hardcover copies (total hardbound edition 626), signed by LaFourcade on a tipped-in page. With original clear acetate publisher's jacket.

___CONDITION: Volume fine, with clean boards, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean, crisp, and as new. The acetate jacket near fine, clean, with a bare hint of edgewear and light overall rubbing to the soft acetate.

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Bookseller
Swan's Fine Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
CNJL2480
Title
Snooty Baronet
Author
Lewis, Wyndham (Text and Illustrations); LaFourcade, Bernard (Editor)
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
near fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Limited Edition
Publisher
Black Sparrow Press
Place of Publication
Santa Barbara
Date Published
1984
Keywords
Literature, Modern Lit, Vorticism

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About Swan's Fine Books

Swan's Fine Books specializes in Fine Press, Illustrated Books, and Books About Books. We also carry a wide array of general antiquarian stock and recently acquired a very nice collection of modern lit. Enjoy browsing our web site and visit our brick-and-mortar shop if you are in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Verso
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Octavo
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Text Block
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Spine Label
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Cloth
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Fine
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