ORDER AND CHAOS CHEZ HANS REICHEL
Tucson, AZ: Loujon Press of New Orleans, 1966. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Item #7360
Quarto. [2], 106, illus. "The 99 Copy Blue Oasis 1st Edition * Autographed". Signed and dated by Miller on the blank opposite the colophon; a blank and a printed textured leaves as well as a publisher's announcement are laid in. As issued, backed in blue morocco with cloth over boards, dust jacket printed on both side, in a slipcase with cork sides and spine with illustration on the front and title on the spine. Top corners are very slightly bumped; dust jacket is chipped at the head and tail of the spine with dime-sized loss to the center of the spine; slipcase is bumped at the top corner opposite the opening (corresponding with the bumped board corners), otherwise, only light rubbing and generally in Very Good condition.
Three editions of this book were issued by the Loujon Press. In addition to this present "Blue Oasis" edition, there was the most common "Cork Edition" limited to 1399 copies and a very limited "Inscription Edition" signed and lettered, A-Z. A masterful work by the Loujon Press of this intimate "letter" from Miller to his friend and artist Hans Reichel. The preliminaries are of a graduating length with the deckle of each edge colored differently; additionally, textured, gauzy leaves are variously inserted and laid in--a complicated collation, this copy is collated complete against Shifreen A157b, including the loose laid-in leaves.
Price: $500.00