Séraphine by Meyerstein (2 results)
Published by Richards, 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Paul Hughes - PBFA, Bishop Auckland, United KingdomPaul Hughes - PBFA
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Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 41.39
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Closed edges a little tanned. Tanning to dust jacket spine. Images available upon request.
More imagesPublished by The Richards Press Limited, London, 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Test Centre Books, Norwich, United KingdomTest Centre Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Fair
US$ 103.47
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. The author's own copy. The ffep has a pencilled monogram with the year 1936, and in pen the poem 'Septentrion, dieu de l'amour' by Raymond Radiguet. Facing these on the front pastedown is a tipped-in postcard sent to Meyerstein at Grays Inn Place by '(Barbara and) J. G.'. Thi…s is probably John Gawsworth and his wife Barbara Kentish. Despite a previous seller's implication that the verse is written by Meyerstein, it looks from the handwriting as if it has been written by Gawsworth. Also, the latter's postcard illustrates 'Stèle de l'Enfant Septentrion' from Musée d'Antibes and refers to the poem's title, suggesting that he has written the poem into this copy. Gawsworth has had a tiring day searching for the museum, but says, 'you may appreciate the result for extra-illustrative purposes'. These purposes are continued on p. 352 where there is a note, apparently in the same hand, relating to the following passage concerning 'a Bacchante by Etty': 'My [the narrator's] friends declare it to be, oddly enough, a better likeness than any portrait that has been painted of me hitherto, and desire a reproduction of it at the beginning of this narrative.' Bound in to this copy is such a picture as frontis, with tissue-guard. An interesting association copy, but blue cloth is worn and soiled, with split to cloth at lower joint, and hinge gaping a little. Secure, however. Spine faded. Some foxing and discolouration.
