signed Hardcover
1929 · [New York]
by VERLAINE, Paul (Mahlon Blaine)
[New York]: Paul Verlaine Society, 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition illustrated by Mahlon Blaine. Tall octavo. Green cloth gilt and decorated papercovered batik boards. Copy number 18 of 50 (or 49 copies - the limitation statement is contradictory) specially bound copies with an extra illustration Signed by Blaine, of a total edition of 500. Mild wear at the extremities, near fine in worn, good or better cardboard slipcase lacking about 1" from the top strip. The only book published by the Paul Verlaine Society, issued just as Mahlon Blaine began to gain recognition for his striking and iconoclastic art.
(Inventory #: 539928)
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