A NIGHT WITH JUPITER AND OTHER FANTASTIC STORIES
by Ford, Charles Henri (editor); Bowles, Paul, Henry Miller, and Miguel Asturias, et al. (contributors)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Dennis Dobson Limited, 1947. First U.K. Edition. A collection of surrealistic material verging on dada, presented in experimental modes...The book is designed with collages, secondary use of 19th century prints, and a few original (though minor) works by Yves Tanguy, Pavel Tchelitchew, Man Ray, Alexander Calder, and Max Ernst" (Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 643). Contents include contributions by Paul Bowles ("Bluey, A Diary"), Henry Miller, Miguel Asturias, Paul Childs, Raymond Roussel, Leonora Carrington, Clay Perry, Ramon J. Sender, Leo Poch, and others. Miller B3.b. First Impression, one of 2,370 copies. Octavo (23cm); blue cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in silver on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [6],7-128pp; illus. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, unclipped (priced 8s.6d.), gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny nicks and tears to extremities, and four small tape mends on verso.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5615
- Title
- A NIGHT WITH JUPITER AND OTHER FANTASTIC STORIES
- Author
- Ford, Charles Henri (editor); Bowles, Paul, Henry Miller, and Miguel Asturias, et al. (contributors)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dennis Dobson Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Fine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....