CHRISTOPHER AND HIS KIND
Sylvester and Orphanos, 1976. First Edition. Leather. Limited Edition, signed by Isherwood and Bachardy. 339 pp. 8vo, full Brown morocco leather over boards, blind-ruled raised bands, gilt stamped spine lettering and title on green morocco, Navy topstain. FINE in FINE Belgian linen cloth slipcase. Endpapers and frontispiece portrait created specially by Don Bachardy, Isherwood's longtime partner. A memoir in the third person, Christopher and His Kind traces the transformations in the author's identity as he comes through reluctant acceptance to joyful solidarity of his 'kinship with these freakish fellow tribesment and their distasteful customs' (p. 16). The first production by Ralph Sylvester and Stathis Orphanos, who would thereafter issue only original publications. Letter 'V' of a signed edition limited to 30 Full Leather copies (26 lettered, 4 named) and 100 cloth-bound numbered copies. Signed by Isherwood and Bachardy. FINE. Item #503504
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