A Letter from Ernst Barlach

  • Northampton: Gehenna Press, 1957
By BARLACH, Ernst
Northampton: Gehenna Press, 1957. First Edition. One of 150 copies issued as a keepsake by the Press. 12mo. Unprinted card covers; orange dustjacket with applied printed label. Near Fine in mildly spine-sunned dustwrapper. With two laid-in pieces of ephemera (as received): (1) an invitation to a preview reception at the 32nd Annual Exhibition of the Downtown Gallery, New York; and (2) the engraved calling card of Sicilian publisher P.F. Flaccovio.

A scarce and early production of Leonard Baskin's Gehenna Press, probably not intended for commerce and distributed as a keepsake to Baskin's friends. OCLC locates 7 copies.

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