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Published by Philip H. And A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, Philadelphia, 1966
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Marbled paper-covered boards with cover label, slipcase and chemise, 4to., 78, (3) pages, illustrated with facsimiles of the manuscript and a woodcut portrait frontispiece and wood engraved printer's marks by Leonard Baskin. One of 1,100 numbered copies printed by Harold McGrath at the Gehenna Press in two colors from Van Dijck types on Fabriano paper. Facsimiles printed at Meriden Gravure. Binding rubbed at extremities, else a clean, very good copy in very good, moderately worn and soiled chemise and slipcase, with the spine label incorporating "Godine" as well as Rosenbach.
Published by Rosenbach Foundation/Gehenna Press, Philadelphia, 1966
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Marbled paper-covered boards with cover label, paper-covered board slipcase with spine label and chemise, 4to., 78, (2) pages, wood engraved frontispiece and press-marks by Leonard Baskin. One of 1,100 numbered copies printed by Harold McGrath at the Gehenna Press on Fabriano paper. The facsimiles were made by Meriden Gravure. Laid in are the four-page prospectus, a single sheet proof copy of four pages of the book, including the frontispiece engraving, and the original invoice. Wear to the extremities, else a near fine copy in a mildly soiled chemise and a slipcase with one water stain.
Published by Printed for the Rosenbach Foundation by the Gehenna Press, Philadelphia, 1966
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
305 x 241 mm. (12 x 9 1/2"). 81 pp. (including 15 photographic facsimiles).Facsimiles of the manuscripts for "Narcissus" edited and with an essay by David R. Smith. Distinctive marbled paper boards, enclosed in the original textured heavy inner folder and matching slipcase, paper labels on volume and case. Frontispiece portrait by Leonard Baskin. Printed in red and black, with very wide margins, on elegant Fabriano paper. â In mint condition and IN THE ORIGINAL CARDBOARD PACKING CONTAINER. This finely produced book examines the history and significance of Conrad's famous preface, which may be the best-known critical statement in English concerning modern fiction. About writing "Narcissus" and its preface, Conrad said, "After writing the last words of that book, . . . I understood that I had done with the sea, and that henceforth I had to be a writer. And almost without laying down the pen I wrote a preface, trying to express the spirit in which I was entering on the task of my new life." Both an emotional testimonial and a critical analysis, the preface "was the first (and remains the major) expression of [Conrad's] critical theories and his belief in his art." Smith presents a careful bibliography of the various forms of the preface, and he writes a perceptive 30-page commentary on the document's importance. Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) was a sculptor, book-illustrator, wood-engraver, printmaker, graphic artist, writer, and teacher. He founded the Gehenna Press in 1942 while still a student at Yale (the name coming from a line in Milton's "Paradise Lost": "And black Gehenna call'd, the type of Hell"). The press has published more than 100 fine books and certainly must be considered one of the most successful private presses ever, given its longevity, its consistently high aesthetic achievement, and the unusual size of its output. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 1,000 COPIES (of a total edition of 1,100).
Published by printed at the Gehenna Press for the Philip and A. S. W. Rosenbach Foundation, Philadelphia and Northampton, Ma, 1966
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
4to, 42 leaves. Printed in Monotype Van Dijck on Fabriano. Woodcut portrait of Conrad by Leonard Baskin. Bound in French marbled paper over boards and paper label. In paper covered chemise and matching slipcase. Of 1100 copies, this is one of 1000. A fine uncut copy. Brook 49.