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Demons Imps & Fiends : Drawings by Leonard Baskin
by Baskin, Leonard, artist
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About This Item
[Northampton, MA:] The Gehenna Press, 1976. Imperial 8vo (11.625" x 8.25"), marbled paper spine and boards, black morocco lettering piece at spine with gilt author/title/press. 6 blank leaves; [1] title p.; [3] quotation from St. Bernard of Clairvaux; [5-39] drawings; [41] colophon with pressmark; 5 blank leaves. Bookplate of Wyman Parker at lower left corner of front paste-down. Printed and typed receipt from The Gehenna Press for Wyman W. Parker, dated 21 March 1977 laid in. CONDITION: Covers very good, slight wear to extremities; contents near fine.
A marvelously captivating book of monsters. The text consists solely of a passage from St. Bernard of Clairvaux, which serves as a sort of preface. This is copy #30 of 450 numbered copies.
REFERENCES: Baskin, The Gehenna Press : The Work of Fifty Years, 79.
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- Bookseller
- James Arsenault & Company
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8114
- Title
- Demons Imps & Fiends : Drawings by Leonard Baskin
- Author
- Baskin, Leonard, artist
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- [Northampton, MA:] The Gehenna Press, 1976
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James Arsenault & Company
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Arrowsic, Maine
About James Arsenault & Company
James Arsenault & Company was established in 1988. Our stock consists of Americana, literature, fine press, early photography, plate books, trade catalogs, autographs & manuscripts, ephemera, maps, and historical prints, as well as fine and rare books and pamphlets in a variety of fields. We are members in good standing of the ABAA and ILAB, and have exhibited for many years at numerous rare book fairs in both the northeast and in California. We do not have an open shop, but welcome your inquiries regarding items in our stock possibly of interest to you.
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