Raymond Duncan – Printer… Expatriate...Eccentric Artist - 1991

This copy of the First Edition, Limited Edition (400 copies), author signed and inscribed Raymond Duncan – Printer… Expatriate...Eccentric Artist, by Adela Spindler Roatcap was published in 1991 by The Book Club of California. The signed inscription, on the title page, reads "For Susan, Adela Spindler Roatcap, 22 Feb. 1993". The book, which measures approximately 6 ¼ inches wide by 9 ¼ inches tall by 3/8 inches thick, contains 46 pages of text and illustrations plus the laid-in copy of the 4-page Book Club's announcement of the book's publication. The book is hard bound in red cloth covered boards. The book is in as-new condition.

The illustrations accompanying this description show the book's front cover, a 2-page spread showing the Title page, frontispiece, and signed inscription, and three typical 2-page spreads showing text and illustrations.

Raymond Duncan (November 1, 1874 – August 14, 1966) was an American dancer, artist, poet, craftsman, and philosopher, and brother of dancer Isadora Duncan. 1909 Raymond and his wife returned to the United States for a series of performances of classical Greek plays. The couple also gave lectures and classes on folk music, weaving, dancing, and Greek music. They then spent several months in the Pacific Northwest with the Klamath Indians. In 1911 Duncan and wife returned to Paris. At 31 Rue de Seine they founded a school, the Akademia, which offered free courses in their specialty areas of dance, arts, and crafts; they later opened a similar school in London. Each school, based on the idea of the Platonic Academy, was "an open house for every new effort in theatre, literature, music and art". Duncan's ultimate goal was a "complete technique of living" which, by synthesizing work, the arts, and physical movement, would result in the further development of man. Duncan also wrote poetry and plays, newspaper articles, and editorials expounding his philosophy of "actionalism". [Wikipedia]