[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
Mon Feb 24 14:47:34 EST 2014


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 leather stamped in black. The 
original French with the acclaimed English translation by Paul Schmidt 
on facing pages. Copy #333 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. Small rubbed 
spot at head of spine. About Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. 
(#015774)        $1,000.00

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