Lot 202
NIN, Anaïs (1903–1977). Winter of Artifice. [New York: The Gemor Press, 1942].
Sale 1335 - Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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NIN, Anaïs (1903–1977). Winter of Artifice. [New York: The Gemor Press, 1942].
8vo. 5 in-text copper engravings by Ian Hugo. Original pictorial boards (spine ends very slightly rubbed); original glassine. Provenance: P.K. Thomason (presentation inscription).
PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY NIN: "For P. K. Thomason who has a true clairvoyance into my writing....and beyond it. Anaïs Nin New York June 1, 1943." Additionally signed by Nin's husband Hugh Parker Guiler as "Ian Hugo." LIMITED EDITION, one of 500 copies set by hand and printed by the author in spartan type. Ian Hugo, the engraver, used the technique which William Blake called "revealed" because it was revealed to him by his brother in a dream. With a printed prospectus of the work laid in.
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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