Five Autograph Letters and Notes, signed “Roland Barthes” or “RB” , to New York scholar and professor Tom Bishop
$2,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available
Ink on paper. 8vo and smaller. Minor wrinkles, corners of two letters defective, signature on letter dated 5 May 1978 slightly torn, others generally fine. Item #366064 The renowned French author and critic Roland Barthes writes to his New York University colleague Tom Bishop a series of notes and letters, the earliest a note on an engraved calling card dated 17 February 1978, regretting an invitation but hoping to see Bishop while he is in
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