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Oedipus

Title: Oedipus / Friedrich Dürrenmatt ; photogravures by Marie Cosindas ; translated by Leila Vennewitz ; foreword by the author.
Author: Dürrenmatt, Friedrich
Publication: [New York] : Limited Editions Club, c1989.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KP+ (Limited) 91-144	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Description

xv, 41 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill.; 37 cm.

Subject

Oedipus (Greek mythological figure) > Fiction

Note

Translation of the short story "Das Sterben der Pythia" and its preceding introduction, "Schicksal und dramaturgische Notwendigkeit: Ödipus, Shakespeare, Brecht," from the "Nachwort zum Nachwort" to the author's Der Mitmacher.
Illustrations: 2 photomechanical reproductions : photogravure, b&w ; full-page (plate mark 18 x 18 cm.). "The ... plates were made by Jon Goodman and ... have been editioned at Renaissance Press and Wingate Studio"--Colophon. Made from the original photonegatives. Subject: Greek sculpture and architecture.
Binding, publisher's, of quarter burgundy oasis goat and tan cloth; some copies bound by Kim O'Donnell at Garthegaat Bindery, most bound by Craig Jensen at Booklab. Issued in black cloth slipcase lined with Ultrasuede, by John Isakovics at Jovonis Bookbindery or Sarah Pringle. Cf. prospectus.

Call Number

*KP+ (Limited) 91-144

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Author

Dürrenmatt, Friedrich.

Title

Oedipus / Friedrich Dürrenmatt ; photogravures by Marie Cosindas ; translated by Leila Vennewitz ; foreword by the author.

Imprint

[New York] : Limited Editions Club, c1989.

Edition

1st English ed.

Local Note

No. 120 of 650 copies designed by Benjamin Shiff and printed at Heritage Printers, Charlotte, N.C.; signed by the author and the illustrator.

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Cosindas, Marie, 1925-

Dürrenmatt, Friedrich. Mitmacher. Nachwort zum Nachwort.

Limited Editions Club.

Research Call Number

*KP+ (Limited) 91-144