Title: The Book of Thel - with a signed, typed letter from Rockwell Kent to Oscar Lewis Author: Blake, William Place: [San Francisco] Publisher: Book Club of California Date: 1930 Description: 22 pp. Decoration by Julian A. Links. 13x10 cm (5x3¾"), full vellum lettered in gilt, slipcase with paper label, housed in a blue leather and cloth custom clamshell box with gilt stamped spine and cover. Laid in the box is a typed letter signed from Rockwell Kent to Oscar Lewis. No.10 of 300 copies printed at the Windsor Press. Includes a single page typed letter from Rockwell Kent to Oscar Lewis, dated May 13, 1930. In the letter, Kent poses a complaint against the illustrations in the volume, claiming they are inferior and plagiarizing his own work. From the letter: "I am sorry that it is not the policy of the Book Club to supervise more carefully the production of the books that appear within its imprint. I feel the book of Thel, irrespective of the plagiarism involved in the illustrations, has been very badly illustrated." The letter is signed in Rockwell Kent's hand. The illustration included in the volume is indeed reminiscent of Kent's work. Lot Amendments Condition: Toning to the volume's slipcase, a bit of darkening to vellum; light toning to endpapers; letter with some browning to original folds; very good or better. Item number: 283883
Title: The Book of Thel - with a signed, typed letter from Rockwell Kent to Oscar Lewis Author: Blake, William Place: [San Francisco] Publisher: Book Club of California Date: 1930 Description: 22 pp. Decoration by Julian A. Links. 13x10 cm (5x3¾"), full vellum lettered in gilt, slipcase with paper label, housed in a blue leather and cloth custom clamshell box with gilt stamped spine and cover. Laid in the box is a typed letter signed from Rockwell Kent to Oscar Lewis. No.10 of 300 copies printed at the Windsor Press. Includes a single page typed letter from Rockwell Kent to Oscar Lewis, dated May 13, 1930. In the letter, Kent poses a complaint against the illustrations in the volume, claiming they are inferior and plagiarizing his own work. From the letter: "I am sorry that it is not the policy of the Book Club to supervise more carefully the production of the books that appear within its imprint. I feel the book of Thel, irrespective of the plagiarism involved in the illustrations, has been very badly illustrated." The letter is signed in Rockwell Kent's hand. The illustration included in the volume is indeed reminiscent of Kent's work. Lot Amendments Condition: Toning to the volume's slipcase, a bit of darkening to vellum; light toning to endpapers; letter with some browning to original folds; very good or better. Item number: 283883
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