1993. · [London]
by Chatwin, Bruce
[London]: The Colophon Press, 1993.. Small quarto. Stiff wrapper, printed label. Slight crease along top edge of lower wrapper panel, faint pencil acquisition inscription in upper forecorner of the front free endsheet, otherwise fine. First edition. From an edition of 211 copies printed on Vélin d'Arches, this is one of 175 regular copies. Laid in is a 1992 t.l.s. from a well-known London bookseller to the former owner, a well known curator/editor, drawing his attention to the appearance of the typescript of this essay at a 15 December Sotheby's London sale raising funds for the London Library. He comments on the £5-600 estimate: "In normal circumstances I would regard this as quite high enough, but the charity element enters into the picture and makes predictions harder than usual...." It sold for £620. (Inventory #: WRCLIT84658)