The Comet Tapa dura - 1982

Richmond: The Keepsake Press, 1982. 1st Edition . Near Fine. 6.75 x 10.25 inches (17.5 x 26 cm). Blue card wraps. Slight shelf wear to covers, internally in first class condition. Limited edition of 200 copies printed at The Keepsake Press. Includes the original Danish text with English translation. Overall condition is Near Fine. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. ISBN: 0901924563. Size: 6.75 x 10.25 inches (17.5 x 26 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 16

Keepsake Press/Quarto Press, 1982. Limited Numbered Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Lovely limited edition copy of a relatively unknown poem by the Dane better known for his fairy tales (though he did produce 750 poems in his lifetime. In this 1830 work, he offers a science-fiction vision centered on the upcoming reappearance in 1835 of Halley's Comet. The poem also served as the basis for a later story of his of the same name that remains relatively unknown to English-speaking readers. This edition, translated & with a Foreword by Anne Born, is a Limited Edition from the Keepsake Press & the Quarto Press (from Surrey & Middlesex, England, respectively), one of only 200 copies printed, from 1982. With navy blue wrappers beating a black design & lettering to front cover, stapled binding, French flaps, unpaginated, Frontispiece sketch of the author in sepia tones. Condition is Near Fine: virtually flawless save for a tad of rubbing to top edge of front cover &… Leer más

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.