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Design for the cover of Being There
Design for the cover of Being There (published in Dutch as: Aanwezig).
Original manuscript. 21.4 x 14.5 cm. On the back of stationery from the Apollo Hotel in Amsterdam. Attached to an A4 sheet with a strip of acid-free tape. Vague stain.
Designed by the author himself! The original edition appeared on April 21, 1971, but the Dutch translation was already published in the beginning of December, 1970 by De Bezige Bij in Amsterdam. The text of this design largely matches the text on the cover of the first edition from 1971 (?by the author of The Painted Bird and Steps/ Winner of the National Book Award?), except that De Bezige Bij is mentioned as the publisher. Perhaps there was talk of De Bezige Bij publishing the first English edition, instead of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich?