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Sale 399: Illustrated & Children's Books - Fine Books in All Fields (#399) 03/12/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #95Lysistrata: A New Version by Gilbert Seldes

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$5,000

Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000

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Sale 399: Illustrated & Children's Books - Fine Books in All Fields (#399) 03/12/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Description

Heading:

(Picasso, Pablo)

Title:

Lysistrata: A New Version by Gilbert Seldes

Author:

Aristophanes

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

Limited Editions Club

Date Published:

1934

Description:

117, [1] pp. Illustrated by Pablo Picasso including 6 original etchings. 11½x9¼, decorated yellow boards, chemise, slipcase. No. 21 of 1500 copies.

Signed in pencil by Picasso at the colophon. One of the two or three greatest books from the Limited Editions Club, illustrated by perhaps the most influential artist of the twentieth century. With the bookplate of original subscribers Helen and Josh Eppinger.

Condition:

Chemise and slipcase faded, slipcase beginning to split along top edges; volume near fine.

Item#:

196829

Headline:

Lysistrata with Illustrations by Picasso - Signed
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