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Gautier, Theophile; Hearn, Lafcadio (translator). ONE OF CLEOPATRA'S NIGHTS. Privately Printed, Chicago, 1929.

Price: US$240.00 + shipping

Description: Quarto, 80 pages. Hard cover lacking dust jacket with a protective partial slipcase. Limited Edition: This is copy number one of one hundred and fifty numbered copies for subscribers only on Utopian Antique Laid Paper. Privately printed for Targ and Dordick, booksellers of Chicago by special arrangement with Brentano's, Inc. Publishers. Signed by Targ and Dordick on the limitation page. Entirely hand-set in the eighteen point Ludlow Nicolas Jenson with its italic. Ludlow borders and ornaments. Design and typography by Louis J. Rerra on second limitation page; also signed by him. Book in good condition: Age toning/yellowing to pages, but the text is clean and unmarked. Repair to the gutter following the second limitation page. Tight binding. Strong sunning to the edges of the boards and to spine; edges are scuffed. Consignment - Tag to Allan. Shelve above case 2. 1199593. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.