The Alms of Alcippe
by Yourcenar, Marguerite
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
NY: Targ Editions, 1982. Callahan, Timothy. Small quarto. First edition of the English translation. One of 250 copies, signed by Yourcenar at the colophon. Frontispiece photograph by Timothy Callahan. Translated by Edith R. Farrell. Yourcenar (an anagram of her given last name, Crayencour) was a notable Belgian-French poet and translator in her own right, and was the first female member elected to the Académie Française. Bound in quarter blue cloth with gray paper over boards, in publisher's glassine. Fine overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33372
- Title
- The Alms of Alcippe
- Author
- Yourcenar, Marguerite
- Illustrator
- Callahan, Timothy
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Targ Editions
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1982
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Fine Printing;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bromer Booksellers
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Boston, Massachusetts
About Bromer Booksellers
Bromer Booksellers specializes in rare and beautiful books. Owned and operated by Anne Bromer, who has been in the business of fine books for over fifty years, our shop carries a range of important private press books, designer bookbindings, illustrated books, children's books, and miniature books.
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Colophon
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- First Edition
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- Quarto
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