The Last Days of Pompeii.

The Limited Editions Club, n.p. [New York], 1956

One of a limited edition of 1500 copies, printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni in Verona. Decorated throughout with engravings by Kurt Craemer and signed by Giovanni Mardersteig and Kurt Craemer.

Description: Publisher’s light-gray cloth; red label to spine, lettered in gilt. Original light-gray dust jacket. Enclosed in publisher’s card slipcase. Quarto: 28 × 17.5 cm; pp. xx, [1]ll., 512, [2]ll. Printed on wove paper, top edge yellow coloured, others uncut.

Condition: Externally excellent. Dust jacket is fairly clean, no tears, but with some light toning to the spine. Slipcase somewhat soiled and perforated in the upper part of the opening. Endpapers clean and free of marks, but front gutter of textblock cracked open. Internally quite fine.