Description: Four images of this 47-year-old book are shown below; the text includes the six "Condemned Poems" that were censored from the original 1877 first edition. This book is: The Flowers of Evil, By Charles Baudelaire, Translated into English by Various Hands, Published by The Easton Press Collector's Edition, 1977, First Easton Press Edition. The book, included in the Easton Press "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series, measures 11 1/2" x 6 3/4" and is 201 pages. There are a few shallow scratches to the fore-edge gilt (i.e., please see image #4 below). The book is in otherwise Like New condition--just-about as good as a new book in a bookstore. There are "...ten double-page etchings...[by Pierre-Yves Tremois]... each etching includes, in the artist's handwriting, a few lines from the poem it illustrated" (e.g., please see image #1 below, one of the ten etchings, with the handwriting on the adjacent page not shown). In addition, the frontispiece, published here for the first time, is a color portrait of the author by Harry Bennett. This is an elaborately-produced book with a full-leather gilt decorated binding, all page edges gilt, an attached silk bookmark, moire silk endpapers, and "...archival quality paper especially milled for this edition". It will be shipped in a solid new box anywhere in the United States via USPS Media Mail for free. Payment I accept the following forms of payment: PayPal Shipping & Handling Calculated US Shipping Please check eBay's Shipping & Payment tab USPS Priority Mail® Other Shipping Options (FREE) USPS Media Mail® FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager. FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager. Over 100,000,000 served. Get FREE counters from Vendio today!
Price: 35 USD
Location: Hamilton, New York
End Time: 2024-11-24T01:03:03.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Fine Binding Leather
Character Family: Previously Censored Poems Included
Publisher: Easton Press
Subject: Literature & Fiction Classics
Language: English
Special Attributes: First Edition Illustrated
Year Printed: 1977
Topic: Poetry Erotica
Illustrator: Pierre-Yves Tremoia
Original/Facsimile: Original
Author: Baudelaire
