Lot 219
[Ricketts (Charles)], "Jean Paul Raymond". Beyond the Threshold, first edition, [one of 150 copies], privately printed at the Curwen Press, [1929]
Hammer Price: £850
Description
[Ricketts (Charles)], "Jean Paul Raymond". Beyond the Threshold, first edition, [one of 150 copies], 5 plates by Charles Ricketts, original crimson morocco, elaborately ruled and blocked in gilt to a design by Charles Ricketts, signed at foot, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, an excellent copy otherwise, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box by Sangorski & Sutcliffe/ Zaehnsdorf, large 8vo, privately printed at the Curwen Press, [1929].
⁂ Dialogues of the dead between Flaubert, Nietzsche and Oscar Wilde, amongst others.
Description
[Ricketts (Charles)], "Jean Paul Raymond". Beyond the Threshold, first edition, [one of 150 copies], 5 plates by Charles Ricketts, original crimson morocco, elaborately ruled and blocked in gilt to a design by Charles Ricketts, signed at foot, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, an excellent copy otherwise, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box by Sangorski & Sutcliffe/ Zaehnsdorf, large 8vo, privately printed at the Curwen Press, [1929].
⁂ Dialogues of the dead between Flaubert, Nietzsche and Oscar Wilde, amongst others.