New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson -LEC 1976
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New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson -LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB 1976
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 1225 of 2000 copies.
Introduction by Norman H. Strouse.
Twelve duotone drawings and multiple integrated line drawings by Clarke Hutton who signed the book.
Designed by Eugene M. Ettenberg.
Printed at The Garamond Press, Baltimore.
Bound in yellow cloth with title in gold on a green label on spine, gilt decorative pattern printed on covers.
Bright yellow endpapers.
Yellow slipcase with title printed on green label on edge.
xv + 246pp.
29.5x18.4cm.
US$42
A collection of nineteen short stories, many of which are interconnected.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No. 1225 of 2000 copies.
Introduction by Norman H. Strouse.
Twelve duotone drawings and multiple integrated line drawings by Clarke Hutton who signed the book.
Designed by Eugene M. Ettenberg.
Printed at The Garamond Press, Baltimore.
Bound in yellow cloth with title in gold on a green label on spine, gilt decorative pattern printed on covers.
Bright yellow endpapers.
Yellow slipcase with title printed on green label on edge.
xv + 246pp.
29.5x18.4cm.
US$42
A collection of nineteen short stories, many of which are interconnected.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
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This volume, in addition to including several RLS tales not previously published, includes the two stories about François Villon published in the Club's early offering Two Medieval Tales, "A Lodging For The Night" and
"The Sire De Malétroit's Door." Macy had no qualms about describing this in Ten Years and William Shakespeare as "a very poor book."
I wonder what he would have thought of this offering? As he apparently wasn't a fan of C.B.Falls' illustrations in the earlier release, would he have approved of Clarke Hutton's in New Arabian Nights? I have to say Fall's colorful illustrations in the Hal Foster mode seem to me to be more apropos to Villon's lurid adventures.
I definitely prefer the later font used to the Jenson in the older volume, which I thought much too angular, and the smooth cowhide binding on Two Medieval Tales might have been a little too inflexible as the front and rear covers of mine detached.
"The Sire De Malétroit's Door." Macy had no qualms about describing this in Ten Years and William Shakespeare as "a very poor book."
I wonder what he would have thought of this offering? As he apparently wasn't a fan of C.B.Falls' illustrations in the earlier release, would he have approved of Clarke Hutton's in New Arabian Nights? I have to say Fall's colorful illustrations in the Hal Foster mode seem to me to be more apropos to Villon's lurid adventures.
I definitely prefer the later font used to the Jenson in the older volume, which I thought much too angular, and the smooth cowhide binding on Two Medieval Tales might have been a little too inflexible as the front and rear covers of mine detached.
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>1 wcarter: Warwick - Thank you for another thorough review.
I believe this title was from LEC's Cardavon Press era, arguably the Club's nadir. That table of contents page is liable to induce a case of mal de mer. Somehow the entire production feels like it would be right at home with bad haircuts, polyester bellbottom pants, neckties the size of tablecloths, and Kool-Aid. There's a reason the club experienced a precipitous drop in subscriptions during mid to late 70s...
I believe this title was from LEC's Cardavon Press era, arguably the Club's nadir. That table of contents page is liable to induce a case of mal de mer. Somehow the entire production feels like it would be right at home with bad haircuts, polyester bellbottom pants, neckties the size of tablecloths, and Kool-Aid. There's a reason the club experienced a precipitous drop in subscriptions during mid to late 70s...
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