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Alter, Robert. Genesis (Prospectus, Arion Press). The Arion Press, 1996.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Softcover. Publication announcement from The Arion Press for a new limited edition of Genesis, translated from the Hebrew by Robert Alter, with etching by Michael Mazur. Prospectus printed on a single sheet of white paper, French (or quarter) folded. Measures 11.5 x 8 inches closed. Enclosed with the prospectus is a sheet with photographs of the new edition, a letter to the collector from Andrew Hoyem (publisher), an an order form. In very good condition. Clean and unmarked.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 4to. [7] pp., illus. Loosely inserted plate shows photos of the book. Text in Hebrew and English. Very good. This is a prospectus for a book, not the book itself.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$937.05 + shipping
Description: 55 Bll. m. einer 2 farb., signierten Origin.-Radierung v. Michael Mazur, Folio, OBüttenkarton in OLwd-Mappe im OLwd.-Schuber (dieser am Rücken verblasst) 50. Druck der Arion-Press. Eines v. 200 (+ 26 hc) num., vom Übersetzer u. Künstler sign. Exemplaren auf handgeschöpftem Papier. Der hebräische Text in der Hadassah v. H.Friedlaender, der englische in Lydian v. W.Chappell, beide Künstler sind von Rudolf Koch beeinflußt.
Seller: Antiquariat Knut Ahnert Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Alter, Robert (translator). Genesis. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1996.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: One of 200 numbered copies signed by the translator and artist, with a signed original two-color frontispiece etching by Michael Mazur. Folio, printed in purple and black on sewn violet textured paper, housed in a cloth chemise and slipcase. English text facing Hebrew text from Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (1967). Uneven fading to the slipcase, the contents fine.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Alter, Robert (translator). Genesis. Arion Press, San Francisco, 1996.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: Folio, Limited to 2000 numbered copies, signed by the translator, English text facing Hebrew text from Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (1967).Both texts printed by letterpress from photopolymer plates, in two colors, black and purple. The paper is handmade Prague, from the Velké Losiny mill in the Czech Republic. The intaglio printing for the frontispiece was done by the R. E. Townsend Studio, Georgetown, Massachusetts. The binding is non-adhesive, the sections hand sewn with linen thread into a heavy paper cover, purple Colombe, handmade at the Larroque et Pombié mill in France. The volume is presented in a chemise and slipcase covered in purple cloth. Fine copy in cloth chemise and slipcase
Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
Arion Press. Genesis. No. 21 of 200 copies. Arion Press, San Francisco, 1996.
Price: US$1450.00 + shipping
Description: Arion Press. Genesis. Translated from the Hebrew by Robert Alter. Largo folio, printed in two colors on handmade paper. No. 21 of 200 copies, signed by the translator at the foot of the colophon. Original two-color frontispiece etching by Michael Mazur, signed by the artist. 412 x 293 mm. Original purple handmade paper wrappers, cloth chemise and slipcase. Prospectus included. Mint copy. "Designed as a large folio, the Arion edition is a typographic monument that balances the Hebrew and English texts on facing pages . . . Robert Alter's translation of Genesis is an experiment in re-presenting the Bible--and, above all, biblical narrative prose--in a language that conveys with some precision the semantic nuances and the lively orchestration of literary effects of the Hebrew and at the same time has stylistic and rhythmic integrity as literary English" (Prospectus). .
Seller: Jeremy Norman's historyofscience, Novato, CA, U.S.A.