Imps, Demons, Hobgoblins, Witches, Fairies & Elves
by Baskin, Leonard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394859634
- ISBN 13
- 9780394859637
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: Pantheon Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0394859634 . First Edition, First Printing (full number line). Quarter bound in publisher's white cloth over black boards, red lettering on spine, red endpapers. Profusely illustrated in color by Leonard Baskin. An illustrated catalogue of imps, hobgoblins, demons, and witches taken from literature and the author's own imagination. Leonard Baskin (1922 2000) was an American sculptor, draughtsman and graphic artist, as well as founder of the Gehenna Press (19422000). One of America's first fine arts presses, it went on to become "one of the most important and comprehensive art presses of the world", often featuring the work of celebrated poets, such as Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Anthony Hecht, and James Baldwin side by side with Baskin's bold, stark, energetic and often dramatic black-and-white prints. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket shows only the slightest signs of shelf-wear, else fine. FINE/NEAR FINE.. Color Illustrations. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. (42) pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29054
- Title
- Imps, Demons, Hobgoblins, Witches, Fairies & Elves
- Author
- Baskin, Leonard
- Illustrator
- Leonard Baskin
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394859634
- ISBN 13
- 9780394859637
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- 0394859634, Children's Books, Illustrated Books, Leonard Baskin
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Palatine, Illinois
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