Barcelona. John Fulton Short. 1964. Black cloth with gilt pictorial cover-plate by Don Jose Maria de Cossio. Folio. Edition is limited to 900 copies. Inscribed and with a hand drawn of a bulls head and signed by John Fulton Short. Illustrated with 4 paintings by John Fulton Short based on the poem especially for this book. A stirring Fine Press rendition of Lorca's triumphant work on bull-fighting Mild foxing to title page, else Very Fine in a Very Good, printed slip-case.

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Bookseller: Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4954
Title: Lament For The Death of A Matador
Author: Lorca, Federico Garcia
Format/Binding: Black cloth with gilt pictorial cover-plate by Don Jose Maria de Cossio.
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Fulton Short.
Place of Publication: Barcelona.
Date Published: 1964.
Size: Folio.

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