A Weed Among the Flowers
[Los Angeles]: Sylester and Orphanos, 1990.
First edition. One of 330 copies, unnumbered and signed by Graham Greene and Stephen Spender on two rear blanks. [vi], 47,[7] pp. Bound in publisher's emerald green raw Matka silk with exposed stab binding; bone pearl charm and braided stitching ends. Housed in a matching folding slipcase with bone clasp lined in green paper and gilt foil. 3" x 3.25". Frontispiece and two other illustrations by Vance Gerry. Lacking the paper label to upper board (as most copies do, as issued), else Fine. The writer's second publication with Sylvester and Orphanos, after an initial success with Quick Look Behind. Greene outlines his 1951 trip to China in this sumptuously bound tiny book. Item #140947578
Price: $550