One of 50 presentation copies out of series signed by Mapplethorpe and the translator Paul Schmidt. Total edition of 1,000 copies printed at Wild Carrot Letterpress in Hadley, Massachusetts. The text has been set in 14 point Monotype Perpetua at Out of Sorts Letterfoundry. The photogravure plates were made by Jon Goodman. The paper used for the text is a mould-made letterpress sheet. The photogravures were printed on a hand-made etching paper, with both papers made at Cartiere Enrico Magnani. The book was bound by and the slipcase was made at the Jovonis Bookbindery. A pristine collector's copy in the publisher's lined slipcase.

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Title: A Season in Hell
Author: Arthur Rimbaud
Publisher: The Limited Editions Club, New York
Publication year: 1986
Condition: As New
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Book Type: Book
Binding: Full Leather
Illustrator: Robert Mapplethorpe

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