Mirror by Prokosch Frederic (1 results)
Published by Vienna 1960
- First Edition
Seller: Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB), Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB)
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Condition: Fine. First edition. 12mo; unpag, chapbook in marbled wrappers with printed foil label, saddle-stitched. Copy number 10 of a total edition of forty-four copies; those numbered 1-10, as here, bound in Austrian paper. One of Prokosch's famously scarce "Butterfly Books" that he printed himself on a handpress. This copy i…s additionally inscribed at the front: "For my dear friend Josephine, with lasting love & gratitude , Frederic Prokosch, Christmas1961." The recipient was wealthy New York socialite Josephine Crane, a co-founder of the Museum of Modern Art and hostess of a long-running literary salon in her Fifth Avenue apartment, where Prokosch was a frequent guest.
