[Rarebooks] FS: Cavafy's Poems with Photogravures by DUANE MICHALS, 1/300 Signed Copies

Charles Agvent agvent at erols.com
Mon Jun 19 10:51:51 EDT 2006


 From our new Catalogue containing 105 Limited Editions Club titles.  In 
addition to what is listed among our new arrivals, we have about 300 other LECs 
cataogued on our website as well as half that number yet to be catalogued: 
http://www.erols.com/agvent (to see them all, type in Limited Editions Club 
under the Any Word category on our search engine).

CAVAFY.  A  TRIBUTE  TO  CAVAFY.   A  SELECTION  OF  POEMS   WITH
PHOTOGRAVURES  BY  DUANE  MICHALS. [New York]: Limited  Editions  Club
(2003).  Large  folio (13" x 18-1/2") handbound in full  purple  linen
with  a  black  leather  label  on   the  front  cover  with  embossed
lettering.  Translated  by  Edmund  Keeley  and  Philip  Sherrard  and
illustrated  with  photogravures  by  Duane  Michals.  This  beautiful
bilingual  edition  prints Cavafy's original Greek interlinearly  with
the  English translation with the text set in rare metal types and the
pages  printed  by hand on Arches paper. Michals's  photogravures  are
expertly  printed  by  Jon Goodman in a process called  heliograph  or
intaglio  photoetching. Copy #76 of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by  the
photographer.  Monthly  Letter laid in. Fine in slipcase,  as  issued.
                                                               $3500.00
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