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1st English translation of Dürrenmatt's Oedipus

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1st English translation of Dürrenmatt's Oedipus

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Description

Heading:
Author: Dürrenmatt, Friedrich
Title: Oedipus
Place Published: No place
Publisher:The Limited Editions Club
Date Published: 1989
Description:

Foreword by the author. Translated by Leila Vennewitz. Photogravures by Marie Cosindas. (Folio) quarter burgundy goatskin, linen boards; gilt spine title; black cloth slipcase. No. 479 of 650 copies designed by Benjamin Shiff and printed at Heritage Printers.

Signed at the colophon by the author and illustrator. The first English translation of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's Oedipus. Prospectus laid in.

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Spine lightened; near fine in like slipcase.

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1st English translation of Dürrenmatt's Oedipus

Name: 1st English translation of Dürrenmatt's Oedipus
SKU: 110737022
Price: 150 USD
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