preface whitney oates (2 Ergebnisse)

Eugene Karlin (illustrator). First printing, 1979. As new & unread with tight-unopened binding. Genuine leather, accented in 22 kt gold with hubbed spine, gilded edges, ribbon marker, silk moire endpapers and printed on archival paper. Illustrated. See photos.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near fine -. First edition thus. Quarto. xv, (1), 208, (2)pp. Plus 20 unnumbered leaves of plates. Goatskin vellum with brown calf spine label, over brown boards, front cover with a gilt vignette. Housed in publisher's matching brown cardboard slipcase with gold paper spine label. Illustrated with 20 plates of line drawings. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), printed at the Press of A. Colish, and signed on the limitation leaf by Eugne Karlin. Horizontal scratch on back cover of slipcase, otherwise a near fine copy.