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(JANUS PRESS.) Finney, Charles G. The Circus of Doctor Lao. Printed in Monotype Plantin composed at the Stinehour Press. Relief etchings with pochoir by Claire Van Vliet, includes triple fold-out leaves (pages 7-16). Folio, original pictorial cloth with vellum spine containing windows exposing binding threads; preserved in pictorial clamshell box, a touch of rubbing along edges; both designed by Jim Bicknell; Van Vliet's original protective wrapping taken from paper sheets pulled from pages 10-13 of the work and with Flaccus's name written on one side, one end torn open and with general wear. With inscribed prospectus laid in. (Newark), Vt., 1984
press dedicated copy for jonathan flaccus, signed by finney and van vliet from a total edition of 150. A fine copy of one of the most impressive modern american private press books and the 75th publication of the Janus Press. Finney's novel was the basis for the 1964 film, The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, directed by pioneering animator George Pal.
