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ALBANI**, LOUISA AMELIA: : SPECTRE of PLACE: MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT AT VERSAILLES - DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. [Author SIGNED copy. **]

UK.Night Bird PRESS,N2. 8 April 2019.

ISBN 9780993016530.

UK,slim,small 8vo stapled wraps,illustrated, author SIGNED,1st edn. [Edited,designed & illustrated by Louisa Amelia Albani at her private press.] FINE+. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,neat black ink signature - without dedication - to bottom edge of first page and signed in my presence.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,wrap-around matt white background with a colour illustration of a statue-lined avenue of trees disapearing to infinity and period black-clothed woman walking towards the viewer.Capitalised,light grey-lettered part-title,capitalised black-lettered portion of sub-title [MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT AT VERSAILLES] and capitalised,light brown-lettered remainder of sub-title [DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION] and author's light grey-lettered name beneath that,a red circular adhesive label with white-lettered Signed Copy legend within, just beside her surname,towards front's fore-edge to front's cover.Spine/backstrip with non-rusted, bright shining staples,rear cover with a small colour illustration of a female drummer, black-lettered quote of Charlotte Gordon,author of 'Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Life of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley.' and black-lettered publishing details and author's credit with publisher's b/w illustrated colophon to bottom,fore-edge corner.Negligible shelf-wear,if any,to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean,without ageing/toning or foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,unread other than my own collation.UK,slim,small 8vo stapled wraps, illustrated,author SIGNED,1st edn,16pp [unpaginated - excludes card covers but includes author's SIGNED Introduction,an extract on PARIS,13pp with illustrations on Versailles - extracts taken from Wollstonecraft's 'An Historical and Moral View of the Origin and Progrees of the French Revolution.' [London, 1794],6 of the 13pp on Versailles each have a small circular,colour illustration as a headpiece to that page,5 other part-page and 3 near full-page colour pictorial artwork illustrations by Albani and 4 sepia landscape photographs interspersed within the text block; plus inside of covers with repeated light brown illustrated Versailles street plan c. 1789,the rear map turned through 180 degrees and the reverse of last page with a captions list for the photographs. Visually the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional,superb condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's nature, i.e. ephemeral pamphlet/book.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for it's brightness,cleanliness and lack of detracting faults usually encountered in a book of comparable production.See also my books' IDs' rja1192824 - rja1193124 inclusive [first 3 are Bloomsbury-related titles]; plus rja1193324 for 5 more examples/titles respectively,for her SIGNED,1st edn copies.Most of these pamphlets and the earlier ones are unavailable or out-of-print - particularly as author SIGNED copies.    Louisa Albani is an artist,editor and small press publisher of pamphlets.Louisa Albani's beautifully illustrated pamphlets are inspired by literary figures from William Blake to Virginia Woolf.                                  The artworks in this pamphlet are inspired by what Mary Wollstonecraft did,what she saw and what she wrote,whilst acting as a war correspondent for the English journal Analytical Review. During her stay in Paris,she visited Versailles,and takes the reader with her as she wanders through the empty palace and deserted gardens.The actual physical space and the resonance of what took place there evoke powerful prose from Wollstonecraft. Please contact the seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item - particularly ALL overseas buyers - for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim,small 8vo stapled wraps,illustrated,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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