Robert Lowell — The Voyage and Other Versions of Poems by Baudelaire

Illustrated by Sidney Nolan

Published by Faber and Faber Limited, 24 Russell Square, London, 1968

First published in this edition — first Faber illustrated edition

A landmark collaboration between two major 20th-century figures: Robert Lowell, one of the defining voices of post-war American poetry, and Sir Sidney Nolan, the preeminent Australian modernist painter. Lowell’s versions of Baudelaire’s poems are accompanied throughout by Nolan’s expressive black-and-white illustrations — one of the more distinctive poetry books produced by Faber in this period.

Complete with original dust jacket and publisher’s slipcase.

Note: a handwritten inscription is present on the front endpaper — please see photos.

ITEM SPECIFICS:

• Author: Robert Lowell

• Illustrator: Sidney Nolan

• Publisher: Faber and Faber Limited

• Publication Year: 1968

• Edition: First published in this edition (first Faber illustrated edition)

• Format: Hardback with original dust jacket and publisher’s slipcase

• Language: English

• Subject: Poetry / Baudelaire / Artist Books / Modernist Illustration

• Features: Full black-and-white illustrations throughout by Sidney Nolan

• Inscription: Handwritten inscription to front endpaper (see photos)

CONDITION REPORT:

• Binding: Firm and square, no loose pages

• Text block: Clean and unmarked throughout

• Endpaper: Handwritten inscription present to front endpaper — please see photos

• Dust jacket: Present — wear to edges, tear to top of spine; image panel intact and legible

• Slipcase: Present — significant age-related wear including soiling, surface marks and corner crushing; structurally intact

Overall: Good / Good+ for age — complete copy with both DJ and slipcase, honest collector condition with strong appeal for the Nolan illustrations and Lowell association.

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