DIALOGUE BETWEEN A PRIEST AND A DYING MAN.
Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1927. First U.S. edition and first edition in English. Translated from the French by Samuel Putnam. Number 384 of 650 copies on French hand-made paper with typography by Douglas C. McMurtrie. One of de Sade's earliest known works which was written while he was incarcerated at Chateau de Vincennes in 1782. First published in France in 1926 from an unpublished manuscript edited with an introduction and notes by Maurice Heine. Bookplate of Rabbi H. Cerf Straus to front pastedown. Straus founded the publication "Southern Israelite" in 1925 as a temple bulletin. It soon was expanded into a monthly newspaper and continues publication today as the "Atlanta Jewish Times." Small clipping of a review of this book from "S. I." affixed to rear pastedown with handwritten date "Aug 1927" above it. Presumably written by Straus, it reads in part, "We cannot always agree with the sentiment expressed in every volume.... However we can always agree on the splendid binding and beautiful publishing work.... This volume is really the work of art.... We took occasion in our last issue to compliment Paschal [sic] Covici on his publishing Phallicism and we do again in this instance." Offset from clipping to opposing page, boards visible at corners, spine tips frayed, rubbing along rear spine gutter, glossy area on spine with handwritten yellow-gold numbers (assume personal library shelving codes); altogether good or better with interior fine.
Item #54724
Price: $150.00