The Comte De Lautreamont (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First English Edition. One of 900 numbered copies (of 1000), this copy signed by Rodker ('John') and inscribed to Kathleen (conceivably Dillon) in 1927. 12mo. Quarter black leather, the spine lettered in pinkish-white and the head edge stained black. xxiv, 324pp. + 3 plates after Redon (with tissue guards). This was the first complete translation into English of Isidore Ducasse's 'Les Chants de Maldoror'. Somewhat rubbed and marked outwardly, with the spine rather scuffed including a tiny superficial pock, the boards bumped to the lower corners, the outer leaves slightly grubby, and the edges a little dusty and spotted, but a Very Good example, largely unopened in fact. Signed by Translator. …