Editore: Arion Press, San Francisco, 1999
Da: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Hardcover. Number 280 of 300 numbered copies with 26 lettered copies hors de commerce. Signed by Arthur Miller on the half title page and by the illustrator on the colophon. This is a handsome edition of Miller's well known play. The Price is a two-act play written in 1967 by Arthur Miller. It is about family dynamics, the price of furniture and the price of one's decisions. The play premiered on Broadway in 1968, and has been revived four times on Broadway. It was nominated for two 1968 Tony Awards. [Wikipedia] According to the prospectus, the NYT drama critic wrote following a new production in 1999 that The Price is one of the great Miller works. It ranks alongside Death of a Salesman. The eight black and white illustrations by Stan Washburn (1943 - ) all depict furniture found in an attic. He is a painter, printmaker, and, more recently, a writer. His art is in the collections of the Achenbach Foundation, the Brooklyn Museum, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Portland Art Museum, among others. He has illustrated a number of Arion Press editions. Bound in a golden brown cloth with an additional illustration by Washburn of a clock that is inset on the front cover. A cream title label to spine. The type is Goudy Old Style and letterpress printed on Zerkall mouldmade paper from Germany. Housed in a slipcase with cloth edges and paper sides with a design of Dollar signs. Accompanied by the prospectus. In fine condition. Measures 7 x 10 inches. 112 numbered pages plus 16 unnumbered pages for the illustrations. PRI/111624. Signed.
Editore: Arion Press, San Francisco, 1993
Da: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Hardcover. Number 270 of 300 numbered copies with 26 lettered copies hors de commerce. Signed by the playwright and artist on the colophon. The prospectus describes the playwright Sam Shepard as a master of the American vernacular whose distinctive voice has galvanized American theater. He speaks a peculiar revelatory language; exact meanings may sometimes eludes, and we can become emotionally transfixed without understanding just why. It writes of Stan Washburn as a noted Bay Area artist. His fifteen illustrations for this edition were done with the technique that combines drawing in black ink and scratchboard for white lines. Bound with red paper over boards, sillkscreened with titling and an image by the artist. With a black leather spine with white titling. It was printed with Ehrhardt, Janson and De Vinne types on Lana Royal French mouldmade paper. In fine condition with an acetate wrapper. Accompanied by the prospectus but does not include the CD recording of music played for the first production of the play that was issued to accompany this edition. In fine condition. Measures 10 x 13 inches. 144 pages. Signed.
Editore: Arion Press, San Francisco. Number 69 of 300 copies, signed by the author and illustrator., 1993
Da: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 10 1/4 inches x 13 1/4 in., half-title; title-page printed in red and black with a Washburn illustration; a Note by Stan Washburn: "Visualizing a Lie of the Mind". 142 pp. + numbered & signed limitation page, signed by Sam Shepard and Stan Washburn. With a total of 15 (with the title-page design) black & white illustrations; printed on Lana Royal paper. Black leather spine and sides, with titling in gray, vertically on the spine, and design-printed paper over boards, featuring a Washburn design in red & white. Publisher's acetate plastic wraparound dustjacket. The 39th publication of the Arion Press. Prospectus present. Weight: 3 lbs. Postage may be extra on this item. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Arion Press, San Francisco, 2008
Da: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Limited Edition. One of 300 numbered copies. 372 pp. + 14 plates. Hardcover, bound in cloth with staple-bound softcover of "Notes for Tono-Bungay" by Edward Mendelson in a slipcase. Unmarked copy.
Editore: San Francisco, CA: The Arion Press, 1993
Da: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 144 pages. Published in 1993. The author's play, presented as an Artist Book. One of the greatest plays of the 20th century. Limited Edition of 300 numbered and signed copies. Accompanied by original music. Should not be confused with the regular trade edition. There is no ISBN. The Limited Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Andrew Hoyem and The Arion Press: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial hard boards with navy-blue goatskin leather overboards and titles on cover and spine, as issued. Text and Introductory Notes by Sam Shepard. Drawing Art by Stan Washburn, one of the finest artist/printmakers of our time. "The Music of Sam Shepard's 'A Lie of The Mind' by The Red Clay Ramblers" Compact Disc (CD) laid-in. The CD is NOT a bonus, but is instead integral to the Limited Edition. In his Notes, Shepard discusses its central importance to the spirit, atmosphere, and texture of his play. The bluegrass music of Red Clay Ramblers was used for the original production by Shepard, who directed the play himself. He insists upon, not just recommends, its being listened to by readers and viewers of the play, and its being used for all future productions. Prospectus and Promotional Materials laid-in. Printed on French Mould-Made Lana Royal archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. The production values are outstanding in every respect. In protective plastic DJ, as issued. Presents, in its Limited Edition format, Sam Shepard's "A Lie of The Mind: A Play In Three Acts". "A love ballad" (Sam Shepard). He premiered the play in 1985 at the Promenade Theater New York, with Harvey Keitel, Aidan Quinn, Amanda Plummer, and Will Patton. Universally hailed as the most important theatrical event of the 1985-1986 season, it won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. "As wide, long, deep, mysterious, and unruly as the Mississippi River" (Frank Rich). Shepard is an American cultural icon who has written 45 plays, eleven of which won Obie Awards, and at least five of which are now regarded as masterpieces of 20th-century theater: "Buried Child", "Curse of The Starving Class", "True West", "Fool For Love", and "A Lie of The Mind". He was a force in Hollywood as an actor, screenwriter, and film director. He is one of America's genuine cultural exports, his plays translated into 36 languages and performed throughout the world. An absolute "must-have" title for Sam Shepard and Stan Washburn collectors. This is a copy of the Limited Edition, indicated/numbered as such in black pen-marker on the Back Limitation Page. It is very prominently and beautifully signed (in blue ink-pen) by Sam Shepard and (in black ink-pen) by Stan Washburn. This title is a great play. This is one of few copies of the Limited Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: The Compact Disc (CD), which is integral to the Limited Edition, is laid-in. It's missing in almost ALL other copies online. A rare signed copy thus. 15 plates, 1 CD, Prospectus/Promotional Materials. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible set. Signed by Author.