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Goll, Allen Press, Four Poems of the Occult 1/130
Goll, Allen Press, Four Poems of the Occult 1/130
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Heading: (Allen Press)
Author: Goll, Yvan
Title: Four Poems of the Occult
Place Published: Kentfield, CA
Publisher:Allen Press
Date Published: [1962]
Description:


[200] pp. Edited & with introductions by Francis Carmody. Illustrations by Fernand Léger, Pablo Picasso, Yves Tanguy, & Jean Arp; including 6 drawings by Léger, 4 lithographs by Picasso, 3 line-engravings from etchings by Tanguy, 8 wood engravings by Arp. Also, 47 marginal illustrations & 9 hand-colored initials by Mallette Dean. (Folio) 39.5x28 cm. (15½x11"), loose unsewn signatures gathered in five printed gray wrapper paper portfolios, housed in original cloth chemise & slipcase both lined with blue velvet. One of 130 copies printed in Goudy Modern & Cochin italic types on mould made all-rag Rives paper.



Lewis Allen described this astonishing production as "our most formidable and ambitious undertaking." The four poems by Goll had been separately published in France, each with original illustrations by an eminent artist. The editor, Francis Carmody, arranged for the translation of the difficult poems into English and wrote an introduction, as well as arranging for the Allens to meet Goll's widow in Paris to gain permission for the project. The paper and boxes were also acquired in Paris and the book printed by the Allens in Kentfield with their 1839 Acorn-Smith hand-press. The effort was, in Lewis Allen's words, "intricate and formidable," but the result was magnificent. Allen Press Biblio 25.

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A bit of faint foxing to slipcase; contents fine.
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