[4], 81, [2] pp. With 21 aquatint illustrations by Alexander Alexeieff, some full-page plates; tissue guards. Extra suite of 21 plates, with tissue interleaves, loose in rear endpaper recess, as issued. 27x19.5 cm (10¾x7¾"), vellum boards, rebacked and recornered in gilt-tooled brown levant morocco in accordance with the original binding, red & green leather spine label, custom slipcase sympathetic to the binding; the rebacking, corner restoration, and slipcase executed by Michael Greer at the Heritage Bindery, Pasadena. No. XXV of 30 copies on handmade paper. Striking presentation of this farcical short story by Nikolai Gogol, considered one of his best. The Russian-born illustrator Alexander Alexeieff (1901-1982), who worked mainly in Paris, is known for his work in film and animation as well as book illustration.
[4], 81, [2] pp. With 21 aquatint illustrations by Alexander Alexeieff, some full-page plates; tissue guards. Extra suite of 21 plates, with tissue interleaves, loose in rear endpaper recess, as issued. 27x19.5 cm (10¾x7¾"), vellum boards, rebacked and recornered in gilt-tooled brown levant morocco in accordance with the original binding, red & green leather spine label, custom slipcase sympathetic to the binding; the rebacking, corner restoration, and slipcase executed by Michael Greer at the Heritage Bindery, Pasadena. No. XXV of 30 copies on handmade paper. Striking presentation of this farcical short story by Nikolai Gogol, considered one of his best. The Russian-born illustrator Alexander Alexeieff (1901-1982), who worked mainly in Paris, is known for his work in film and animation as well as book illustration.
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