The Alienist. Translated from the Portuguese with an Afterword by Alfred MacAdam. With Twelve Drawings by Carroll Dunham.
by Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria. Arion Press
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Oblong quarto. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1998. Oblong quarto, 55, (1, colophon) pp. 10 full-page b/w drawings on green paper. Green cloth with paper title labels. As new in publisher's slipcase. § Limited to 250 copies signed by the artist. A satiric novella first published in Brazil in 1881. Carroll Dunham is a NY based painter who is widely exhibited in the USA. Prospectus loosely inserted.
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- John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (US)
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- Title
- The Alienist. Translated from the Portuguese with an Afterword by Alfred MacAdam. With Twelve Drawings by Carroll Dunham.
- Author
- Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria. Arion Press
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Arion Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- Oblong quarto
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