Marguerite Yourcenar / The Alms of Alcippe Signed 1st Edition 1982

Author: Yourcenar, Marguerite Title: The Alms of Alcippe Publication: NY: Targ Editions, 1982. First edition of the English translation. One of 250 copies, signed by Yourcenar at the colophon. Frontispiece photograph by Timothy Callahan. Yourcenar (an anagram of her given last name, Crayencour) was a notable Belgian-French poet and translator in her own right, and was the first female member elected to the Académie Française.

Bound in quarter blue cloth with gray paper over boards, in publisher's glassine. Bromer Booksellers specializes in the book beautiful, specifically, fine and private presses, miniature books, designer bindings, illustrated books, pop-ups and movables, and antiquarian children's books and toys. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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