THE MATCHMAKER'S LAMENT AND OTHER ASTONISHMENTS ... DRAWINGS BY LEONARD BASKIN
by [Gehenna Press]: Nathan, Leonard
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press, 1967.. [25]pp. Quarto. Reddish gray paper boards, without spine label. Illustrated throughout with line drawings by Leonard Baskin. Tiny surface nick to lower joint, otherwise fine. Frist edition. In addition to 400 numbered copies, printed in Arrighi on Arches, this is an unnumbered copy, designated on the colophon as a "Printer's Copy" and inscribed and signed "Leonard" and dated 1970. The color of the boards and the absence of a label mark variations from the regular binding. According to the bibliographers, the bindings of a number of copies were damaged in storage. BASKIN 54. BROOK 54.
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- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB (US)
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- Title
- THE MATCHMAKER'S LAMENT AND OTHER ASTONISHMENTS ... DRAWINGS BY LEONARD BASKIN
- Author
- [Gehenna Press]: Nathan, Leonard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gehenna Press
- Place of Publication
- Northampton, MA
- Date Published
- 1967.
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