Lautreamont Guy Wernham (9 results)

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket (surrealism, literature ) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Condition: New.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First THUS. Publisher: Peter Owen, 1943. NEAR FINE hardcover book in VERY GOOD original slipcase. Limited Edition of 1,000 copies, of which this is #109. Text in English. Titles faded from Book's spine. Slipcase has wear at extremities. First Edition Thus, First Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover - clean, no marks, clean inside, clean slipcase - from a private collection - bright gilt title on spine, very clean slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1943. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Black cloth, gold decor on spine. Worn slipcase with price of $6. 303 pages. Les Chants de Maldoror (The Songs of Maldoror) is a French poetic novel, or a long prose poem. It was written and published between 1868 and 1869 by the Comte de Lautreamont, the nom de plume of the Uruguayan-born French writer Isidore Lucien Ducasse. The work concerns the misanthropic, misotheistic character of Maldoror, a figure of evil who has renounced conventional morality. Although obscure at the time of its initial publication, Maldoror was rediscovered and championed by the Surrealist artists during the early twentieth century. 6326.

Hardcover. Light red paper-covered boards with black cloth backstrip stamped in gilt. The gilt is nearly gone from the sunned spine. Very good+. Lacking the slipcase. This is copy No. 499 of 1000 hand-numbered large paper copies. Publisher assumed to be New Directions.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 303 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Large thick 8vo, gilt title on spine, without D.J. as issued, this was published by the Translator in the U.S.A. in 1943, then taken over by New Directions with the same sheets & published in 1950, this edition using the same book was then published by Peter Owen subsequently prob in 1951, since he started in his house then, in a rather worn black box with title label glued to front, through all that publishing a very scarce book.(VV9/2/1.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. A lovely English translated version of this classic of French Surrealist literature, in the original slipcase. A new English translation of Les Chants de Maldoror by Guy Wernham.Les Chants de Maldoror was originally written by Comte de Lautreamont in French and is a classic of French literature and is one of the most important work of Surrealist writing. Les Chants de Maldoror is a poetic novel or long prose poem and concerns the character of Maldoror a figure of evil who has renounced conventional morality.In the original slipcase.With a letter tipped into the front, dated 1978 and from a Richard Holmes to Mr Engle discussing the versions and publications of Maldoror, including this version. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Some pencil markings to the rear free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original slipcase which is faded and a little marked. Very Good Indeed. book.