Author: HUGO, Victor
Title: The Toilers of the Sea
Description: Verona, Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Small quarto (7-1/8" x 10-1/4") bound with a soft black cotton spine and decorated boards. Hapgood's translation, edited and augmented by David Glixon for the first complete English text. Designed by Giovanni Mardersteig and printed by him at the Officina Bodoni. Illustrated with 99 wood engravings of various sizes by Tranquillo Marangoni. Copy #432 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist and by the designer on the colophon page. Monthly Letter, illustrated and longer than the typical LEC letter, laid in. Ill.: Tranquillo Marangoni. Offsetting to a small area of the front pastedown from clipping; dustwrapper front panel neatly detached at the spine which is a bit browned, as usual. Near Fine in a Good dustwrapper and Near Fine slipcase. A beautifully made book .

Keywords: Signed, Wood Engravings, Victor Hugo, Illustrated Books, LEC, Limited Editions Club, Officina Bodoni Tranquillo Marangoni Signed Officina Bodoni Illustrated Books Fine Press


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