Maggie, A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane - LEC 1974
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Maggie, A Girl of the Streets, A Story of New York by Stephen Crane - LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB 1974
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 862 of 2000
Signed by the artist.
Introduction by Shirley Ann Grau.
Gravures from copper etchings by Sigmund Abeles.
Frontispieces and five plates.
Typographer Abe Lerner.
Printed by A. Colish, Mt.Vernon, New York.
Grey endpapers.
Printed on off-white paper.
Quarter bound in glazed black goatskin with gilt spine title and cover pattern, grey patterned buckram sides.
Dark grey slipcase with black caps and gilt printed black spine title label.
105 pages
28x20.2cm.
A$120
A short, tragic novel about a naive young woman from New York's poverty-stricken Bowery slums who is destroyed by her harsh environment and callous people, leading to her descent into prostitution and eventual suicide, highlighting the grim realities of poverty, societal hypocrisy, and inescapable fate.
The Monthly Letter for this LEC book can be seen here.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 862 of 2000
Signed by the artist.
Introduction by Shirley Ann Grau.
Gravures from copper etchings by Sigmund Abeles.
Frontispieces and five plates.
Typographer Abe Lerner.
Printed by A. Colish, Mt.Vernon, New York.
Grey endpapers.
Printed on off-white paper.
Quarter bound in glazed black goatskin with gilt spine title and cover pattern, grey patterned buckram sides.
Dark grey slipcase with black caps and gilt printed black spine title label.
105 pages
28x20.2cm.
A$120
A short, tragic novel about a naive young woman from New York's poverty-stricken Bowery slums who is destroyed by her harsh environment and callous people, leading to her descent into prostitution and eventual suicide, highlighting the grim realities of poverty, societal hypocrisy, and inescapable fate.
The Monthly Letter for this LEC book can be seen here.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
2rogerthat2
For some reason this is one of the least desirable LECs... I'm seeing 62 copies for sale now.
3UK_History_Fan
>2 rogerthat2: note the higher limitation of 2,000 as well which undoubtedly contributes to more availability and may not reflect lower popularity
4Glacierman
Oh, boy! I can't wait to read that!
5elladan0891
I just bought it earlier this week. Hadn't seen this thread at that point and wasn't looking for Maggie specifically. As a matter of fact, it wasn't even on my top 50 LECs to acquire list. But I had to go to Washington, DC, so I made sure to stop by Second Story Books around Dupont Circle, which always has a good selection of LECs and Folios. Walked out with a Folio and two LECs: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians in as good condition as I've ever seen (been looking for a Fine copy for years, holding a copy with only some rubbing on the corners broke my resolve), and Maggie - because I thought it was a wonderful book!
I really, really like the whole package: I like the binding, I REALLY like the typography, the letterpress is excellent, etchings by Sigmund Abeles were done very nicely - it's a gem! For all of $25 in pristine Fine condition (still with the original glassine).
I often hear the 70s were the LEC's low point, but I don't think LEC had one. There were plenty of gems in the 70s, and Maggie is one of them. Perhaps not in-your-face opulence, but a really, really nice book that can be purchased for a tiny fraction of what it would cost if produced today.
I really, really like the whole package: I like the binding, I REALLY like the typography, the letterpress is excellent, etchings by Sigmund Abeles were done very nicely - it's a gem! For all of $25 in pristine Fine condition (still with the original glassine).
I often hear the 70s were the LEC's low point, but I don't think LEC had one. There were plenty of gems in the 70s, and Maggie is one of them. Perhaps not in-your-face opulence, but a really, really nice book that can be purchased for a tiny fraction of what it would cost if produced today.
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