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(JUAREZ, ROBERTO A17991) CARPENTIER, ALEJO and ROBERTO JUAREZ (etchings). The Kingdom of this World (Signed). Translation by Harriet De Oriis. Intro. by John Hersey. xvi, 104 pp. Illustrated with 7 dramatic original etchings by Roberto Juarez, beautifully printed on handmade Japanese paper, text printed by Daniel Keleher at Wild Carrot Press on pure cotton Magnani paper. A historical novel based on the Haitian revolution for independence and subsequent reign of Henri Christophe, first King of Haiti. An important book by a Cuban author working in Parisian surrealist circles. Numbered and signed in the colophon by both Hersey and Juarez. Folio (15 x 11 inches), the spine is bound in black Nigerian Oasis goatskin, over burgundy Japanese cloth-covered boards, gilt stamped spine, in black linen covered slipcase. Limited ed. of 750 copies. LEC brochure laid in. New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1987. About fine (the usual slight sunning to spine leather), in mildly sunned slipcase, else crisp new copy. $175.00 |
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