signed first edition
1971 · Bloomfield, CT
by Blaise Pascal; Martin Turnell [trans.]; Ismar David [illus.]
Bloomfield, CT: The Limited Editions Club, 1971. Very Good +. Bloomfield, CT: The Limited Editions Club, 1971. Limited Edition of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator, this being #1495. Large octavo (29 cm); xix, 184 pp. Twelve (12) full-page wash-and-ink drawings in color, twelve (12) linear decorations, and several lettered titles by David. Binding in cream buckram and spine in scarlet with gilt lettering to spine. Publisher's monthly newsletter laid in at front. Wrapped in glassier jacket and housed in publisher's slipcase.
Boards show very light rubbing along bottom edge with soiling and rubbing to spine. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Glassier jacket missing spine and brittle. Slipcase shows some light scuffing and soiling and is structurally sound. (Inventory #: 30648)
Boards show very light rubbing along bottom edge with soiling and rubbing to spine. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Glassier jacket missing spine and brittle. Slipcase shows some light scuffing and soiling and is structurally sound. (Inventory #: 30648)