The Antigone of Sophocles
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. Frank Chouteau Brown. Limited Edition. Hardcover with Slipcase. 4to. Pp. 71. Illustrated with Chouteau decorations printed in green. Translator's "Memoranda" following the play. Ivory colored backstrip over ochre patterned paper covered boards by Mrs. Augustus Loring, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, Rives handmade leaves uncut/unopened. Edition limited to 550, this copy hand numbered 285. Set in sixteen point Montaigne and printed at the Riverside Press. Board edges lightly rubbed, leaf edges moderately foxed. In the black cloth slipcase with titles and illustration in black on a paper label mounted to the front: edges rubbed through, opening chipped and a two-inch closed tear, section missing from the closed end. Good+ / Good-. Item #6587 While the slipcase has suffered wear, it continues to perform well in preserving the elegantly bound book.
The third of classic translations by the passionate American lawyer, essayist and politician. Chapman famously burned his hand in hot coals in remorse for assaulting a romantic rival.
Price: $75.00