[Rarebooks] FS: Rimbaud's A SEASON IN HELL illustrated with 8 hand-pulled photogravures and SIGNED by Robert Mapplethorpe

Charles Agvent chagvent at ptd.net
Thu Sep 3 12:03:38 EDT 2009


RIMBAUD, Arthur (Robert MAPPLETHORPE). A SEASON IN HELL. New York: 
Limited Editions Club, 1986. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11-1/2") handsewn and 
handbound in full crimson Oasis goatskin stamped in black. The original 
French with the acclaimed English translation by Paul Schmidt on facing 
pages. Copy #364 of 1000 numbered copies illustrated with eight 
hand-pulled dust-grain photogravures by Robert Mapplethorpe printed in 
two colors on handmade paper and SIGNED by the photographer and the 
translator. "Of the arresting photographs used to illustrate the book, 
several of the images rank among the photographer's most famous" (The 
American Livre de Peintre 30). Monthly Letter laid in. Fine in slipcase 
with Monthly Letter laid in.    $2000.00
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