E.A. Poe: Dos Poemas / Two Poems
Buenos Aires, Argentina: Francisco, A. Colombo, 1952. Hardcover. In unique design binding by Sol Rébora. Number 36 of 87 copies on Fabriano paper. Includes Poe's 'Valley of Unrest' and 'Fairy Land' in both English and Spanish on facing pages. Engraved frontispiece by Raúl Veroni, with his signature in pencil. Bound in reddish-brown textured paper covered boards with pink leather spine embossed with a texture to match the paper boards. Titled in gilt in English to front board and in Spanish to rear board. Occasional spots of foxing to the interior. Initials printed in olive green and orange. Housed in a metallic pink flexible paper enclosure with paper title label to spine. Includes laid in prospectus. A lovely printing of these lesser known poems in a special binding. Unpaginated. [20 pages.]
Sol Rébora is a designer bookbinder working in Buenos Aires, Argentina, since 1999. She is a well-recognized practitioner, receiving awards both in Argentina and abroad. Her work encompasses innovative and experimental work in designer binding and contemporary conservation methods. She studied with Deborah Evetts, Monique Lallier, Pascale Therond, Edwin Heim, Helene Jolis, Sün Evrard and Kathy Abbott, among other teachers. She currently works and teaches courses out of her studio in addition to giving lectures and workshops in person and online at schools including the SF Center for the Book and Iowa University Center for the Book, American Academy of Bookbinding and Penland School of Crafts. She has participated in group exhibitions such us Epémère, Tomorrow’s Past and Les Pages Bien Gardees. Sol’s work may be found in many privet collections and inside of institution’s collections in USA, Mexico and UK such as Athenæum Library and British Library. Near Fine.
Item #36586
Price: $800.00