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Perse, Saint–john/ Howard, Richard
Song for an Equinox Works by St.-John Perse
Princeton University Press 2017. Hardcover. New. 40 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.39 inches. Princeton University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : x-0691654417 ISBN : 0691654417 9780691654416
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Perse, Saint-John,
Song For an Equinox
new. unknown
Bookseller reference : 29046963-n ISBN : 0691654417 9780691654416
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Perse, Saint-John,
Song For an Equinox
like new. unknown
Bookseller reference : 29046963 ISBN : 0691654417 9780691654416
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Perse, Saint-John
Song for an Equinox Works by St.-John Perse
Princeton University Press 2017-03-21. hardcover. New. 5.00x0.25x8.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Princeton University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : DADAX0691654417 ISBN : 0691654417 9780691654416
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Perse, Saint-John
Song for an Equinox Works by St.-John Perse
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 0691609098.G ISBN : 0691609098 9780691609096
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Perse, Saint-John
Song for an Equinox Works by St.-John Perse
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0691654417.G ISBN : 0691654417 9780691654416
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Perse, Saint-john/ Howard, Richard
Song for an Equinox Works by St.-John Perse
Princeton University Press 2017. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 40 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.16 inches. Princeton University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : x-0691609098 ISBN : 0691609098 9780691609096
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Perse, Saint-John; Saint-John, Pers
Vents Chronique Poesie/Gallimard
Gallimard Education 1968-10-01. Mass Market Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Gallimard Education paperback
Bookseller reference : Q-2070302474 ISBN : 2070302474 9782070302475
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PERSE, Saint-John [pseud of Alexis Leger]
Éloges
Paris: Gallimard 1948. Fifth Edition first published in 1910 softcover. Octavo 23.5cm; beige paper wrappers; fore-edge untrimmed; unpaginated. Text in French. Some pages of text unopened. Tanned with modest shelf-wear and soil; Very Good. French poet's first collection of verse. 88994. Gallimard unknown
Bookseller reference : 88994
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Perse, Saint-John
Oeuvre poétique. Tomes I et II. (Èdition revue et corrigée)
Mm 140x205 Due volumi rilegati in tela con sovraccoperta originale trasparente (rodhoid); Vol. I: Éloges, la Gloire des rois, Anabase, Exil, di 250 pagine - Vol. II: Vents, Amers, Chronique, di 359 pagine. Opera in buone condizioni; spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
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Perse, St John
Anabasis
Mariner Books 1970-10-21. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Mariner Books paperback
Bookseller reference : Q-0156074060 ISBN : 0156074060 9780156074063
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Perse, St John
Anabasis
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1938. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very good/very good. 75p octavo. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with light chipping to the spine head. Bookplate of German scholar and professor Victor Lange. Laid in is an original manuscript treatment of "Anabasis" 2 pages typed hand corrected throughout presumably by Lange. <br/><br/> Harcourt Brace and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 45727
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Perse, St John; Translated And Revised By T S Eliot; Prefaces By Valery Larbaud, Hugo Von Hoffmansthalgiuseppe Ungaretti
Anabasis A Poem By St -John Perse Translated By T S Eliot Revised 1949
New York: Harcourt Brace 1962. 2nd Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 109 Pp. Gray Cloth. Bibliography To 1949 At End. Second Printing 1962 Of The Second Edition Revised Which Was First Published In 1949. Fine In Near Fine Dj Priced $4.00 Tiny Closed Tear At Bottom Of Rear Panel. <br/> <br/> Harcourt Brace hardcover
Bookseller reference : 058336
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Perse, St John
Anabasis a poem . with a translation and Preface by T.S. Eliot
London: Faber 1930. First edition. One of 350 copies signed by T. S.Eliot. 75 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Green cloth titled in gilt t.e.g. Fine copy light paste action to endpapers in edgeworn publisher's slipcase. First edition. One of 350 copies signed by T. S.Eliot. 75 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. T. S. Eliot won the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gallup A16b Faber unknown
Bookseller reference : 324915
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Perse, St John; Translation by Robert Fitzgerald,
Chronique - Bollingen Series LXIX - Bilingual Edition
New York: Pantheon Books. 1961. F First Edition Collectible. H Hardcover. Very Good-. In black boards with gilt spine titling 4to 60pp. Signed and inscribed by Robert Fitzgerald on free-front endpaper: "For John Marshall - and the praise to whom entrust it . . - Robert Fitzgerald". light shelfwear to extremities sm. bump to boards at upper edge. Signed: I Signed by Translator Pantheon Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0818593
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Perse, St -J [Saint-John]
Eloges
Paris: Librairie Gallimard. Very Good-. 1925. Softcover. Spine and spine of glassine DJ have some chips. Glassine has a creased tear to the rear upper edge. Pages unopened. ; Copy #396 of 550. French poetry. . Librairie Gallimard paperback
Bookseller reference : 373976
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Perse, St John; Denis Devlin [trans]; Roger Caillois
Exile and Other Poems by St. John Perse
New York: Pantheon Books/Bollingen Series 1949. First edition. 166 pp. 4to. Black boards with white lettering and gilt on front board and spine pages are bright; fine. Dust jacket is perished head of spine with tearing and creasing along top of verso. Tear along bottom of verso and some small tears on bottom of front with light bumping at corners and rubbing at edges; overall a very good copy. Publisher's advance slip laid in. First edition. 166 pp. 4to. Pantheon Books/Bollingen Series unknown
Bookseller reference : 338782
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PERSE, St J
Pluies
Buenos Aires: Lettres Francaises 1944. Limited. paperback. very good. 18pp. tall thin 8vo printed wrappers; dust soiled. Buenos Aires: Editions Des Lettres Francaises 1944. A very good copy.<br/> <br/> Number 57 of 392 copies<br/> <br/> Lettres Francaises unknown
Bookseller reference : 249600
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Perse, St -John, and Fowlie, Wallace (Translator)
Seamarks
New York: Published for Bollingen Foundation by Pantheon Books 1958. First edition. Bilingual. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some endpaper and page discoloration. Text in English French 363 p. 24 cm. Bibliography. Bollingen Series LXVII. Parts of Seamarks Amers were first publiched in the United States in Poetry Chicago October 1951 under the title And You Seas.This appears to be the first complete English language verssion published in book form in the United States. Parts of AMers were first publised in Paris in 1948. Published for Bollingen Foundation by Pantheon Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 65570
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PERSE, St-J
Anabase
Paris: Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Copy 550 of a total edition of 550. Full decorative red morocco binding by Suzanne Schrag. Original paper wraps bound in. Nice copy. <br/><br/> Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise hardcover
Bookseller reference : WB16882
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Perse, St-J, (tr T S Eliot)
Anabasis a poem
London: Faber & Faber 1930. 1st. h/b. Very good 1st edition unclipped d/j vg in protective sleeve green clothbound boards bright gilt spine titling; text block firm pages unmarked and crisp; slight foxing on edges. Owner's neat inscription ffep. 8vo 230 x 150 / 9"" x 6"". This internationally famous poem considered to have exerted a wide influence on modern poetry was first introduced to English-language readers in the translation by T.S. Eliot. In his Preface Eliot describes it as ""a series of images of migration"" in the vast spaces of the ancient East and ranks it as ""a piece of writing of the same importance as the later work of James Joyce."" This first edition includes both the French and English texts on facing pages as well as Eliot's Preface. Faber & Faber hardcover
Bookseller reference : IYC133234
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PERSE, ST-John
Birds
New York: Pantheon 1966. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. Braque. With reproductions of four color etchings by Georges Braque. Translated by Robert Fitzgerald. 71 pages of text in French and English. Thin oblong 4to brown cloth d.w. board slipcase. New York: Pantheon 1966. First edition thus. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper and poor slipcase.<br/> <br/> Bollingen Series LXXXII.<br/> <br/> Pantheon unknown
Bookseller reference : 318326
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Perse, St-John, Braque, Georges
Birds
Pantheon. Collectible - Very Good. Condition: Very Good ; Oblong hardcover in dustjacket with slipcase. First Edition thus. Reproductions of four color etchings by Georges Braque. Bilingual Edition. Condition is Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Book has clean covers and pages sharp corners and a tight square binding. Jacket is clean and crisp with no rips or tears. Slipcase has mild soiling and rubbing. Photos upon request. Pantheon hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1466584
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PERSE, St-John
Birds
New York: Pantheon 1966. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Georges Braque. With reproductions of four color etchings by Georges Braque. 71 pages of text in French and English. Thin oblong 4to brown cloth printed d.w. in a brown carboard slipcase. New York: Pantheon 1966. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper and slipcase.<br/> <br/> Translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Bollingen Series LXXXII.<br/> <br/> Pantheon unknown
Bookseller reference : 335432
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PERSE, St-John Translated by Richard Howard
Chante par celle qui fut la
Princeton: Princeton University Press and Bollingen Series 1970. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. 16mo. 15pp. Translated by Richard Howard. Stapled printed purple wrappers. Sunning along the edges of the wrappers else very good. Inscribed by Richard Howard to poet Donald Justice. Lacking the original mailing envelope. Princeton University Press and Bollingen Series unknown
Bookseller reference : 598506
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PERSE, St-John Translated by Richard Howard
Chante par celle qui fut la
Princeton: Princeton University Press and Bollingen Series 1970. Softcover. Fine. First edition. 16mo. 15pp. Translated by Richard Howard. Stapled printed purple wrappers. Fine. Inscribed by Richard Howard to poet Dan Hoffman and his wife. In original mailing envelope. Princeton University Press and Bollingen Series unknown
Bookseller reference : 435375
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PERSE, St-John Translated by Richard Howard
Chante par celle qui fut la
Princeton: Princeton University Press and Bollingen Series 1970. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 16mo. 15pp. Translated by Richard Howard. Stapled printed purple wrappers. Offsetting from the original mailing envelope not present on the wrappers thus only very good. Fine. Signed by Richard Howard. Princeton University Press and Bollingen Series unknown
Bookseller reference : 435840
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Perse, St-John [Translated by Richard Howard]
Chante Par Celle Qui Fut La .
Princeton: Princeton University Press -- Bollingen Series 1970. Original purple wrappers paperback broche rustica. Partial sunning of front cover a few light cover stains: VG. 12mo. Bilingual edition with translation on facing pages by Richard Howard. Princeton University Press -- Bollingen Series paperback
Bookseller reference : 17022908
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PERSE, St-John
Chronique
New York: Pantheon Books 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition revised with bibliography. Translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Quarto. 61pp. Black cloth. Light spray of paint flecks at the bottom of the top board else very good or better lacking the dustwrapper. Martha Graham's copy with her large ownership Signature. Bollingen Series LXIX. Pantheon Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 421121
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PERSE, St-John
Collected Poems
Princeton New Jersey: Princeton University Press 1971. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 682pp. Facing French and English text. Owner name on front fly else fine in a modestly worn very good or better dust jacket with the rear panel just a bit tanned and the blue of the spine evenly sunned to forest green. Translations by W. H. Auden Hugh Chisolm Denis Devlin T.S. Eliot Robert Fitzgerald Wallace Fowlie Richard Howard and Louise Varèse. Issued as Bollingen Series LXXXVII. Perse was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960. Princeton University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 584953 ISBN : 0691098581 9780691098586
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PERSE, St-John
Collected Poems
Princeton New Jersey: Princeton University Press 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Parallel text in French and English. With translations by W. H. Auden Hugh Chisolm Denis Devlin T.S. Eliot Robert Fitzgerald Wallace Fowlie Richard Howard and Louise Varese. Tiny faint spot on foredge else fine in a very good dust jacket with moderate rubbing and toning on the spine and rear panel. Issued as Bollingen Series LXXXVII. Perse was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960. Princeton University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 522535
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PERSE, St-John
ELOGES AND OTHER POEMS
NEW YORK PANTHEON BOOKS 1956 1956. DUST JACKET UNCLIPPED; ADVANCE REVIEW COPY 'BILINGUAL EDITION' VERY GOOD. Hardcover. NEW YORK, PANTHEON BOOKS, 1956 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 15184
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Perse, St-John; Devlin, Denis (translator)
Exile: And other poems The Bollingen series
Pantheon Books / Bollingen Foundation 1949. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Pantheon Books / Bollingen Foundation hardcover
Bookseller reference : GB0007E5S24I3N01
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PERSE, St-John
Letters
Princeton: Princeton University Press 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Translated and edited by Arthur J. Knodel. 719pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with rubbing and edgewear. Bollingen Series LXXXVII:2. Princeton University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 536356
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PERSE, St-John (pseudonym of Alexis Leger)
On Poetry: Speech of Acceptance Upon the Award of the Nobel Prize for Literature: Delivered in Stockholm December 10 1960
New York: Bollingen Foundation 1961. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Translated by W.H. Auden. Fine in self-wrappers. One of 1500 copies. Bollingen Foundation unknown
Bookseller reference : 277519
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PERSE, St-John
Seamarks
New York: Pantheon 1958. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Octavo. 6.5 x 9.25 in. 239 pp. Translated from the original French by Wallace Fowlie. Very good in original cloth-backed paper-covered boards bright gilt titling to spine. with toning to head of text block and board edges with mild foxing and a good pictorial dust jacket with chipping to spine extremities including some loss to foot and head of spine jacket and corners as well as a few small closed tears to edges. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by Perse in French to Elizabeth "Betty" Holden co-founder of the MFA at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa North Carolina and a poet and writer in her own right. Parallel text in original French and translated English. Bollingen Series LXVII. Perse later won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960. Pantheon hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8751
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Perse, St-John; Chisholm, Hugh (Trans)
Winds
New York: Bollingen Series Pantheon Books Inc. 1961. 8vo. 193 pp. Hard Cover Very Good Price clipped Dust Jacket is Good with Mylar Covering. Second EditionProvenance: Richard A. Lorenz 1952-2001 author art conservatorcurator and director of the San FranciscoRegional Art Conservation Center. As a trustee of The ImogenCunningham Trust Mr. Lorenz organized and curatedexhibitions of Cunningham's photographs and authored four major books onthe photographer. New York: Bollingen Series, Pantheon Books Inc., 1961 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 69-3104
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PERSE, St-John
Éloges and Other Poems
New York: Pantheon 1956. First Thus. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. 103 pp. Translated from the original French by Louise Varese. Very good in original cloth-backed paper-covered boards bright gilt titling to spine. with toning to head of text block and board edges with mild foxing and a very good pictorial dust jacket with chipping to spine extremities including some loss to foot and head of spine jacket and corners. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by Perse in French as Alexis Saint Leger to Elizabeth "Betty" Holden co-founder of the MFA at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa North Carolina and a poet and writer in her own right. Parallel text in original French and translated English. Bollingen Series LV. Perse later won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960. Pantheon hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8752
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Perse, St.John.
CHRONIQUE. Translation by Robert Fitzgerald. Bilingual Edition. Bollingen Series LXIX.
60p. Inked ownership. 4to. Original cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn. Hardbound. Very good. Most interesting. POETRY2 BOX 2
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Perse, Sylvanus, editor
The Monthly Anthology and Boston Review Containing Sketches and Reports of Philosophy Religion History Arts and Manners: Vol. 1 1804
Boston: Munroe & Francis and B. & J. Homans 1804. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. A Fair copy in three-quarter brown leather over marbled paper-covered boards. Covers quite worn especially at the spine folds now protected with a mylar dust jacket. Contains November and December 1803 issues and eleven monthly issues for 1804 lacking May. Thus 13 total issues. <br/> <br/> Munroe & Francis (and) B. & J. Homans hardcover
Bookseller reference : 053780
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PERSE,ST-John; Fitzgerald, Robert : translator
Birds. With Reproductions of Four Original Color Etchings : Bollingen Series LXXXII
New York: Pantheon/Random House 1966. 1st. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Braque Georges. Taupe slipcase w/ pasted title label still has shrink wrap on it; corners of open edge are bumped. Dust jacket included and in very good condition: price clipped; no tears/stains. No writing highlighting or marks in text. Overall in outstanding condition for its age - and w/out slipcase would be gift quality. Pantheon/Random House hardcover
Bookseller reference : 753375
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Perse- Sulpicia - La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
Satires de Perse et Sulpicia. Traduites en vers franÂais par le Mis de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt.
Paris : Typographie Morris 1857. 215x130mm. maroquin vert piÂce de titre en maroquin rouge fleurons dorÂŽs plats avec encadrements filets et guirlandes dorÂŽs tranches dorÂŽes. 337 Typographie Morris unknown
Bookseller reference : 61116
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Persepolis / Persien - Trümpelmann, Leo
Persepolis : ein Weltwunder der Antike ; [Ausstellung der Prähistorischen Staatssammlung München, vom 22. September 1988 bis 8. Januar 1989]. von Leo Trümpelmann. Mit Beitr. von Manijeh Abka'i-Khavari u. Heinz Luschey, Archäologie des Achämenidenreiches ; Bd. 1 Prähistorische Staatssammlung <München>: Ausstellungskataloge der Prähistorischen Staatssammlung ; Bd. 14
Mainz : von Zabern 1988. 103 S. : 17 farb. u. 58 schw.-w. Abb. ; 24 cm, gebundene Ausgabe, Hardcover/Pappeinband, Exemplar in gutem Erhaltungszustand
Bookseller reference : 11072
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Perser - OBST, Ernst
Der Feldzug des Xerxes Kapitel V. Inaugura-Dissertation Universität
Berlin. 1913. 54, (1) Seiten. Original-Titelbroschur mit Heftstreifen (Geringe Gebrauchsspuren). 29x19 cm
Bookseller reference : 144338
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Persia Iran Magic Lantern Photos
Southern Iran in Magic Lantern Slides Photos
Collection of 2 Vintage Optical Lantern images of Iran circa 1900. 3-1/4"x 4." The first photo captures a daily scene in a caravan square of an Iranian village. A crowd of villagers is immersed in the daily business and social routine. Sacks of grain are stacked beside a mud village wall and people stop to speak to each other. In the background a wind tower typical of Yazd region and Southern Iran rises over the village. In the second image a caravan of camels rests wearing saddles and bridles having completed the day's journey. The camels rest in the courtyard of an Iranian village with a group of villagers gathered in the background. Scarce and in very good condition. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 14563
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Persia Iran students Magic Lantern Photo
19th cent Iran Qajar era Magic Lantern Slide of School and students
Vintage Optical Lantern images of school students in Iran circa late 19 cent glass size is about 4" x 3.25" . One image hand-labeled "Persian School" in ink and "Teheran" in pencil show around 40 students and their teachers in traditional Persian Qajar era outfit and hat. Many are seated on a carpet and some standing in behind them all are in front of their schoolhouse. In the front we see the typical water basin "hose" that would be found at the center of most courtyards of that period. The studentsrange in age from children to young men the older ones are probably the teachers. in very good condition. Original images of the Qajar period are scarce. unknown
Bookseller reference : 17100
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Persia Iran
Chromolithograph depicting The Treasury of Royal Pearls-Verses of Fath 'Ali Shah of Persia
1801. Rare Chromolithograph depicting the front cover of Ganjinh I La'Ali Shahwar Khakan I Namdar Al Sultan Padishah Fath 'Ali Kajar"- " The Treasury of Royal Pearls of Iran Being a Collection of the Poems and Verses of Fath 'Ali Shah of Persia" written by H.M. Secretary Mohammed Mehdi 1801. Lithograph was published by William Griggs in the Journal of Indian Arts. London: 1894. Size: 10.5" x 14.5." Very rich illuminated lithograph. In very good condition. unknown
Bookseller reference : 14569
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Persia Iran Magic Lantern Photo
19th cent Iran Qajar era Magic Lantern Slide of School and students
Vintage Optical Lantern images of school students in Iran circa late 19 cent glass size is about 4" x 3.25" . One image hand-labeled "Persian School" in ink and "Teheran" in pencil show around 40 students and their teachers in traditional Persian Qajar era outfit and hat. Many are seated on a carpet and some standing in behind them all are in front of their schoolhouse. In the front we see the typical water basin "hose" that would be found at the center of most courtyards of that period. The studentsrange in age from children to young men the older ones are probably the teachers. in very good condition. Original images of the Qajar period are scarce. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 17100
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PERSIA MOSQUE Iran
Large Original Engraving of The Naqsh-e Rostam Tombs of Persian Kings Published in 1720
Large Original Engraving of the ancient Persian necropolis Naqsh-e Rostam. Printed in 1720. Titled "Description des Tombeaux Autres Monumens Anciens que l'on trouve non loin de Persepolis dans une Montage de Roche Appelle La Montagne des Sepulchres." One large image of the Naqsh-e Rostam tombs. Two large detailed images of royal tombs with the header "Tombeau des Anciens Rois de Perse." French calligraphic text in the middle describing the tombs. The incredible series of ancient tombs known as Naqsh-e Rostam are located in central Iran outside of the city of Shiraz and were constructed over three thousand years ago. Naqsh-e Rostam consists of five different tombs belonging to the Achaemenian Kings Darius 1 2 and 3 as well as King Artaxerxes and King Xerxes. The tombs are known locally as the 'Persian crosses' because of the shape of the facades. The entrance to the tombs is at the center of each cross which opens onto to a small chamber where the king lay in a sarcophagus. There are seven enormous relief's chiselled into the mountain depicting scenes of victorious battles and royal life. 17" x 21.5." Several small tears on blank margin not affecting image area or text. Two original folds. Overall in verygood condition. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 14368
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Persian Costumes Iran
Persian Royal Officer and Noble Woman Set of Antique Costume Engravings From 1864
Two original antique steel costume engravings of a Persian Iran Royal Officer and Noble woman printed in 1864. Overall size: 9" x 12.5." The plate illustrations are brightly colored and intricately detailed characterization of the traditional costumes of a Persian Royal Officer and Noble woman. In the engraving of the Royal Officer titled "Khatchadour D'hohannes: Officier du Prince Royal de Perse" his attire entails a vibrant green coat with gold trimmings which covers a gold-colored ensemble with a purple sash that stores his dagger. In the engraving of the Persian Woman titled "Dame Persane" she is depicted in traditional costume as imagined by Europeans in the 1800's. The woman is shown leaning against a banister wearing an embroidered white satin gown with a pink silk and fur trimmed coat and a feathered headdress. General age related toning. Overall both prints are in very good condition. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 14586
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