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The Secret Agent: A Drama in Three Acts [Signed limited]
by Conrad, Joseph
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very good with spine darkened, some spotting to binding. Original Japanese vellum backed sage green boards, paper spine label,
- Seller
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Haddonfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Privately Printed for Subscribers only by T. Werner Laurie, 1923. Very good with spine darkened, some spotting to binding. Original Japanese vellum backed sage green boards, paper spine label, edges untrimmed, mostly unopened.. Signed by Conrad on the limitation page. Limited edition, this being number 581 of 1000 copies. 8vo. [vi], 185pp.; with frontispiece portrait from photograph. Cagle A54b.
Synopsis
The subject of John Singer Sargent's most famous painting was twenty-three-year-old New Orleans Creole Virginie Gautreau, who moved to Paris and quickly became the "it girl" of her day. A relative unknown at the time, Sargent won the commission to paint her; the two must have recognized in each other a like-minded hunger for fame. Unveiled at the 1884 Paris Salon, Gautreau's portrait generated the attention she craved-but it led to infamy rather than stardom. Sargent had painted one strap of Gautreau's dress dangling from her shoulder, suggesting either the prelude to or the aftermath of sex. Her reputation irreparably damaged, Gautreau retired from public life, destroying all the mirrors in her home. Drawing on documents from private collections and other previously unexamined materials, and featuring a cast of characters including Oscar Wilde and Richard Wagner, Strapless is a tale of art and celebrity, obsession and betrayal.
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- Bookseller
- Nelson Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 105
- Title
- The Secret Agent: A Drama in Three Acts [Signed limited]
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good with spine darkened, some spotting to binding. Original Japanese vellum backed sage green boards, paper spine label,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Privately Printed for Subscribers only by T. Werner Laurie
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
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