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Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: [Colophon:] Three hundred copies were printed at The Gehenna Press, Northampton, Massachusetts during the summer of 1970. The type is Baskerville monotype, the paper Monadnock WvG. The drawings were made by Leonard Baskin. Copies 1 to 100 carry an additional etched portrait of Goethe, signed by the artist, on Japanese paper. The pressman was Harold McGrath. (c)1970. LC76-134174. This is copy 214. 8 1/4 x 4 3/4 in., 243pp., drawings by Leonard Baskin. Red cloth, beveled edges, title gilt on spine & author's name on front cover; marbled paper covered slipcase with ribbon. As new. German text & English translations. Handsomely printed on Monadnock paper in Baskerville monotype. Contents (English titles): Book of the Singer; Book of Hafiz; Book of Love; Book of Reflection; Book of Discontent; Book of Maxims; Book of Tamburlaine; Notes & Afterword.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Three hundred copies were printed at The Gehenna Press, Northampton, Massachusetts during the summer of 1970. The type is Baskerville monotype, the paper Monadnock WvG. The drawings were made by Leonard Baskin. Copies 1 to 100 carry an additional etched portrait of Goethe, signed by the artist, on Japanese paper. The pressman was Harold McGrath. (c)1970. LC76-134174. This is copy 53" Text in German and English. Extra plate laid in. Ownership plate at the front pastedown, else tight, bright and unmarred. Quarterbound, green leather spine, guilt lettering and decorative elements, marbled paper boards. 8vo. 244pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.