I would dearly like to find out more about the history of this title, however it is available for trade against my Paris Olympia press wants.Īrtwork on front and spine by Mahlon Blaine in his woodcut style and the five full page illustrations are half tone reproductions of his paintings.Ĭontents: 2 blank endpapers, half title “Adventures in a Puritan Cult”, verso blank, frontispiece, title page, verso blank, pages 7-264 text, blank end paper.Īny questions or information about this title please leave a comment or complete a contact form. I Cannot find another copy anywhere at the moment, and the only bibliographical information, comes from Roland Trenary’s “Mahlon Blaine One-Eyed Visionary”, Grounded Outlet Kingston 2014. illustrated by Mahlon BlaineĪ wonderful example of clandestine Americana, a very strange item, large paperback format, the wrappers and pages have an almost rag like feel, and the production is, I think deliberately rustic, in line with the theme of the title. C 1980īooks for Trade: : Serge de Fontanges.Voluptés Féminines.Le Jardin d’Éros, 6 rue de Tracy.Paris (2e) s.d (circa 1935) Books for Trade: Anonymous, Amish Love, Florence Italy: Michael Angelino Press, n.d. īooks for TRADE: A Portfolio of a suite of eight images from “L’Éducatrice Passionée” Comba-Borel Publishing n.d. With six beautifully executed, unsigned illustrations in colour tipped in.īooks For Trade: Jim Galding.

In original covers printed in black and red, 151 pages plus iii. PRINTED ON THE PRESSES OF THE IMPRIMERIE SPECIALE DES EDITIONS D’ANTIN-17 RUE D’ANTIN PARIS IN THE YEAR MCMXXXVIII This edition is reserved exclusively for subscribers. In an e-mail communication earlier today Christophe Bier, came to the same conclusion.įROM A BOOKLOVER’S SPECIAL SHELF-ILLUSTRATED– The other part of the mystery is the artist behind the illustrations, although unsigned they of outstanding quality and i am tempted to compare them to the work of E.Klem, and having compared them to illustrations from other titled Odeurs du Femmes I am now convinced these are unsigned KLEM, illustrations. This can be explained as the lists literally being of titles sold by certain retail outlets rather than being published by them.

This is further complicated by the short list of other books “Sold in the Library” (detail below), which lists titles published by The Obelisk Press and Librarie Astra as well as English versions of Vidal House titles. The book itself appears only to credit Editions D’Antin as the printer rather than the publisher. My favourite kind of book, a mystery title, I say this because although claimed as an Editions D’antin title in “Les Editions du Couvre-Feu”by Chrotphe Bier, (Editions Astarte 2014). Not happy with the quality of the images on-line so I have re-scanned at 600dpi, hopefully they will show up better, as they are much clearer in reality.

Mahlon Blaine by Roland Trenary