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Marcel Duchamp, or, The Castle of Purity
by Octavio Paz
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$1,878.93NZ$1,691.04
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About This Item
London: Cape Goliard Press, 1970. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 10" by 7". None. A beautiful first edition of this critical work looking into the art of Marcel Duchamp, signed by the author. From the library of the publisher Tom Maschler. The first English edition of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper. Tom Maschler"s bookplate to the front pastedown. Maschler is a publisher who worked for Jonathan Cape, who discovered and published authors including Ian McEwan and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Title page is Paz"s silhouette of Duchamp"s portrait. A critical artistic study into the work of Marcel Duchamp, the noted French-American painter, whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art. Illustrated with one colour plate. Octavio Paz was a Mexican poet and diplomat, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990. In the original publisher"s cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, fine. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Author"s signature to the recto to the front endpaper. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear and some discolouration, and light marks to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 710P7
- Title
- Marcel Duchamp, or, The Castle of Purity
- Author
- Octavio Paz
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cape Goliard Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 10" by 7"
- Keywords
- marcel duchamp octavio paz art cubism octavio paz
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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