Viii, 69 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt, Over Boards With Embedded Colored Threads, Beige Endpapers. Inscribed From The Author To His Sister Silvia, "For Silvia, With Love From Her Prolific Brother, Edward * And Best Wishes For 1942, In January 1942, And California ***", With An Artistic Long Underline,And With Hand Corrections By Edward James To Text On P. 17 (J'aimais) And P. 59 (Haven). Spine Very Worn, Frayed At Top And Bottom Of Spine With Loss Of Almost All Cloth In Top And Bottom 3/4", Paper Covered Boards Fraying At Tips And Bottom Edge, And With Wear To Outer Edge Of Pages At Spine Due To The Extreme Wear To The Spine Cloth And Binding. Dj, Priced $2.00, Is From Another Copy, Wear At Corners With Short Tears And Minute Losses At Corners. [This Also Furnished With A Very Good + Example Of The Book, From Which The Dj Was Obtained). Edward James, British Heir, Possible Son Of Edward Vii, Author, Was A An Important Collector And Supporter Of Surrealism. His Family Home, The West Dean Estate, He Donated To Found A College Devoted To Fostering Skilled Useful Arts.He Took As His Personal Home A Smaller House On The Estate, Monkton, Which He Filled With Surrealist And Other Fine Art, Including Work On The House Itself By Noted Surrealists. While In Hollywood, He Advocated For The Saving Of The Watts Towers After They Were Abandoned By Simon Rodia. By His Design And At His Own Expense. Las Pozas ("The Pools") Was Created By James Circa 1949-1984, More Than 2,000 Feet (610 M) Above Sea Level, In A Subtropical Rainforest. It Includes More Than 80 Acres (32 Ha) Of Natural Waterfalls And Pools Interlaced With Towering Surrealist Sculptures In Concrete. Las Pozas Is Near The Village Of Xilitla, San Luis Potos�, A Seven-Hour Drive North Of Mexico City.Where It Is Now Maintained As A Foundation. Seller Inventory # 035848

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Title: The Sight Of Marble, And Other Poems (...

Publisher: Julian Messner, New York

Publication Date: 1941

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Frontispiece

Condition: Fair

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Fine and unusual first editions and out of print books in all categories. Original photographs, Fine antiquarian and other original prints, paintings, drawings and watercolors. Motion picture and television scripts. Ephemera, Manuscripts and autographs. In business on the internet since 1999. Open by appointment only, in Pasadena, California.

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