Dali by Max Gérard (editor), Salvador Dalí First Edition First Printing 1968 Hardcover

Dali — Max Gérard (editor), Salvador Dalí
Harry N. Abrams, 1968. First edition, first printing.

Condition: Very Good (clean and sound, honest wear).
The dust jacket grades Good.
Noted flaws, plainly:
• Heavy surface scratching and rubbing to the gold-foil covers (photo 2)
• Toning, creasing and edge wear to the clear/gold jacket flaps (photos 3, 4)
• Rubbing/wear to spine ends and gilt (photo 10)
• Foxing/soiling visible at board edges and flap fold (photos 3, 4)
• Pencil gift inscription on free endpaper (photo 9)
Photos show the exact copy you will receive.

Printing points, checked on this copy:
• Gold-foil pictorial covers (Persistence of Memory) framed in ornamental gilt border
• Title page bears a reproduced (printed) Dali signature over 'EDITED AND ARRANGED BY MAX GÉRARD'
• Imprint: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. · Publishers · New York
• Copyright 1968 in France by Draeger, Imprimeurs, Paris; Printed and bound in France
• Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 68-28386
• SBN 89-0093-1 and '271 illustrations, including 60 plates in full color and 23 in toned gravure' on jacket flap
• No number line or printing statement present on copyright page

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