first edition Hardcover
1927 · Chicago
by de Sade, Marquis
Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1927. Book. Good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). 52 pages of text. Original black hardcover binding is heavily rubbed at the extremities, with the spine torn, worn and frayed, remaining intact and attractive; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Of this edition there have been printed for Pascal Covici in May 1927, by The Cuneo Press, Inc., six hundred and fifty numbered copies only on French hand-made paper and the type distributed. Typography by Douglas C. McMurtrie. This is No. 77. Previous owner's bookplate neatly on the inside front cover. There are a few tiny and minor spots of discoloration in the (truncated)