Tiresias
by Tennyson, Alfred, Lord
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- Signed
- Condition
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press, 1970. Baskin, Leonard. Small octavo. (28)pp. One of fifty copies, signed by the artist, Leonard Baskin. Illustrated with a frontispiece etched portrait of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, by Baskin and four additional etchings that accompany Tennyson's poem. The title is cut in wood and printed in red from the block. Baskin first became interested in Tiresias, the blind prophet of Thebes, after creating a series of sculptures of mythological figures. According to the notes from the exhibition "Artifex: Leonard Baskin and the Gehenna Press," Baskin was fascinated both by the image of Tiresias as a backward-looking seer, as depicted in Dante's Inferno, and by the tale of Tiresias's transformation into a woman for seven years. He chose Tennyson's interpretation of the myth to accompany his illustrations. One of the most elegant books of the Gehenna Press. Bound by Arno Werner in full vellum with yapp edges. A fine copy, housed in a vellum-backed clamshell box. (Brook 67).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30368
- Title
- Tiresias
- Author
- Tennyson, Alfred, Lord
- Illustrator
- Baskin, Leonard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Gehenna Press
- Place of Publication
- Northampton, MA
- Date Published
- 1970
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Printing;
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About the Seller
Bromer Booksellers
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Boston, Massachusetts
About Bromer Booksellers
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...