Palimpsest.
by H.D. (Hilda Doolittle.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin,, 1926. First US edition, first printing, one of 700 copies. This semi-autobiographical triptych of stories shifts between first-century BC Rome to 1920s London and Egypt. Palimpsest was published in France earlier the same year. The work 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 red cloth-backed black and gold patterned boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge black, others untrimmed. With dust jacket. Lower edges rubbed; jacket a little sunned, unclipped: a near-fine copy. Boughn A8.aii.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 165688
- Title
- Palimpsest.
- Author
- H.D. (Hilda Doolittle.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Boston: Houghton Mifflin,
- 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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- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Edges
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- Jacket
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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...