Oct 16, 2008 - Sale 2157

Sale 2157 - Lot 173

Price Realized: $ 1,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
WESCOTT, GLENWAY. A Calendar of Saints for Unbelievers. Illustrated by Pavel Tchelitchew. 4to, 3/4 polished russet calf with gilt-lettered black spine labels; morocco-edged slipcase; custom cloth chemise and 1/4 gilt-lettered green morocco outer slipcase. Printed in Holland by Enschede under the supervision of J. van Krimpen and the first book to be printed in his twelve-point Romanee type. Paris: Harrison of Paris, 1932
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number 39 of only 40 copies, signed by wescott, wheeler, barbara harrison and tchelitchew. With a 14-page Autograph Letter Signed by Wescott to Wheeler laid in, discussing this work, and a trip they took together through Bavaria to see church architecture, among other matters. Inscribed at a later date to Jane Engelhard. Wescott admired the surrealist artist and once, while visiting his studio, fell in love with an erotic nude male painting entitled "The Lion Boy" which Harrison purchased for him.