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Palimpsest:-
by H.D. (Hilda Doolittle.)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Contact Editions,, 1926. First edition, first impression, of the first book in the Magna Graeca cycle. Boughn notes that the true first edition, as here, was printed by Maurice Darantière in Dijon. The first American edition used sheets printed in France but was issued later. This semi-autobiographical triptych of stories shifts between Rome in the first century BCE to 1920s London and Egypt. It is dedicated to H.D.'s lover, Bryher, and opens with a poem to her: "when all the others, blighted, reel and fall, your star, steelset, keeps lone and frigid trist, to freighted ships baffled in wind and blast". During this period, Bryher herself was "suicidal, struggling with her sexual and gender identities, and angry at the patriarchal system. The two women sustained each other" (Poetry Foundation). Octavo. Original pale yellowish-brown wrappers with flaps, lettered in black, edges untrimmed. Wrappers soiled and a little toned with a few nicks to lower edges, flaps splitting but holding firm, internally fresh: near-fine. Boughn A8.ai.
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Details
- Seller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 165687
- Title
- Palimpsest:-
- Author
- H.D. (Hilda Doolittle.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- Paris: Contact Editions,
- Date Published
- 1926
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Flap(s)
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Octavo
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
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