the blackamore press (1 risultati)

12 wood engravings in colour by Rene Ben Sussan. Translated by C. Bruerton. Pp. 124(last colophon, verso blank), coloured frontispiece and 11 plates, the title page printed in blue & black; narrow cr. 4to; full navy morocco, spine and upper board lettered in gilt, the boards slightly sprung and flecked, with a few tiny surface grazes; t.e.g.; small stain to fore-edge margin page 60; The Blackamore Press, London, 1929. One of 25 numbered copies printed on Japan vellum and with an extra set of the engravings (of a total edition of 410). Ridler 4. *Printed at the Coulourna Press, Argenteuil, France. The extra suite of plates (loose within a lightly soiled paper folder) are all signed in pencil by the artist. Ridler calls for the extra plates without stating that they were signed. Born in America, Julian Green wrote primarily in French and was the first non-French national to be elected to the Academie francaise.