1956 Harlequin Phoenix, or, The Rise and Fall of a Bergamask Rogue

Description

Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The first edition, first impression.

In the original unclipped dust wrapper, designed by Mervyn Peake. 

An interesting exploration of the figure of the Harlequin, a history exploring the character from his introduction in the sixteenth century, to the twentieth century.

Illustrated with a frontispiece, five colour plates, and thirty-six monochrome plates.

By Thelma Niklaus.

Collated, complete.