robert devil von merwin (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Roxanne Sexauer (illustrator). Limited Edition. Gray marled buckram covers are mostly clean. Corners are sharp. Spine has red label with black text and is bright with firm ends. Binding is strong. Handmade paper end papers/ pastedowns show little to no sign of age or wear. Illustrations are bright and clear, hand colored. Interior exhibits minimal signs of age and wear. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges have deckle fore and foot edges. Slipcase of buckram over stiff boards.** PS2024.1009** 45 pages. 8.75 x 12.5 inches** A fine copy of this work, in which text, illustration, and typography blend seamlessly. The translation of the 14th-century French text is rendered by American poet W.S. Merwin (1927-2019). Wood engravings by print maker Roxanne Sexauer, hand colored in this copy by the artist, capture the style of early printed books. And the book itself was printed at the Windhover Press in Iowa City, under the direction of Kim Merker (1932-2013). Handmade white Windhover paper.** Edition of 310 copies, printed between fall 1979 and summer 1981. This is copy 27/50 numbered, signed by the translator and artist, with plates handcolored by the artist. Case binding by The Black Oak Bindery.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #010075"**. Signed by Artist & Author.

(WINDHOVER PRESS). MERWIN, W. S. Robert the Devil. Translated by W. S. Merwin from an Anonymous French Play of the XIV Century with Wood-Engravings by Roxanne Sexauer. Slim 4to. Orig. cloth with leather spine label. Iowa City: The Windhover Press at the University of Iowa, 1981. One of 310 copies. Errata slip present. Former owner's inscription on front free endpapers, some minor staining to cloth, else fine.

Edition limited to 310 copies, this one of 260 copies without colored illustrations, printed in Dante and Bembo Italic types on handmade paper; folio, pp. 44, [2]; errata slip laid in, as issued; text printed in double column; title printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations throughout; fine in original beige cloth, red printed label on spine. From the library of Kim Merker, the printer of the book. With a short preface by W. S. Merwin. Berger, Printing and the Mind of Merker, 77. A Century for the Century, 85.