The Gentleman from Cracow/ The Mirror [SIGNED]

Singer, Isaac Bashevis; Raphael Soyer (illus.). The Gentleman from Cracow/ The Mirror [SIGNED]. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1979. Limited edition. 1/2000. Quarto. 59pp. [1] [22 plates] [1]. Half beige cloth over marbled beige paper boards, with silver lettering on the spine. Housed in a grey paper slipcase. From a limited edition of 2000 copies, numbered and signed by Isaac Bashevis Singer and Raphael Soyer on the colophon at the back. The book collects a pair of fantasy short stories by the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Isaac Bashevis Singer. The text is accompanied by water color illustrations by artist Raphael Soyer (1899-1987). Introduction by Harry T. Moore. The final section contains 22 plates of sketched studies for the artist’s illustrations in the book. A magazine clipping about Singer and a Limited Editions Club monthly letter laid. Slipcase with some smudges and stains. Spine of the book with a few small stains. Binding in very good+, interior in near fine condition overall. vg+ to near fine. Hardcover. (49095) $75