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Selected Prose.
by David Gascoyne
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- Seller
-
Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Gascoyne, David. Selected Prose. London, Enitharmon Press, 1998. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardback, blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Unclipped dustwrapper. Pp462. A collection of pieces regarding the likes of W.H. Auden, Salvador Dali, Lawrence Durrell, T.S. Eliot, Paul Eluard, Max Ernst, Man Ray, Henry Miller, Graham Sutherland, Humphrey Jennings, Julian Trevelyan and Vernon Watkins. This book is inscribed on the front free endpaper by the author to A Gaby G. [Goldscheider]/ en toute amitie/David Gascoyne/IeW (IOW) 10.X.98. Gaby Goldscheider was daughter of Phaidon's co-founder Ludwig Goldscheider and a close friend of David and Judy Gascoyne. A notable book, with an interesting provenance, in fine order throughout.
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- Bookseller
- Roz Hulse
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93713
- Title
- Selected Prose.
- Author
- David Gascoyne
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition. Inscribed by Author
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Enitharmon Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1998
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed_or_Inscribed;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Roz Hulse
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About the Seller
Roz Hulse
Biblio member since 2005
Plymouth, Devon
About Roz Hulse
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