Editore: The Grenfell Press, New York City. Number 50 of 85 copies (of a total of 118), signed by John Hawkes & T. L. Solien, 1985
Da: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. [Partial Colophon]: "[-] Copies numbered 1-85 are printed on Saunders paper and bound in quarter morocco with the covers and frontispiece by T. L. Solien [this copy is one of the 85] [-] Bindings are by Claudia cohen; Michael Bixler has set the text in Dante [-] This is copy 50. [signed]: T L Solien John Hawkes". 8 1/2 inches x 11 1/4 in., frontispiece is a mounted reproduction of a black and white drawing; title-page printed in red and black. [1]-64 pp. + signed colophon page. Black morocco leather spine and sides, and corner tips, with title gilt-lettered vertically on the spine; T. L. Solien artwork, printed in colors on the front and back covers, with a photo-illustration collage on the front cover. Weight: 1 1/2 lbs. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: The Grenfell Press, New York, 1985
Da: The Accidental Bookseller, IOBA, FABA, Boca Raton, FL, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Full Morocco. Condizione: Near Fine. T. L. Solien (illustratore). Limited Edition. From the colophon: "118 copies have been printed & published at The Grenfell Press, New York City, in spring/summer 1985. Copies numbered 1-85 are printed on Saunders paper and bound in quarter morocco with the covers and frontispiece by T. L. Solien. Roman numeral copies I-XV are bound in full morocco hand-colored by the artist and contain a frontispiece. Lettered copies A-R are for the author and artist. Bindings are by Claudia Cohen; Michael Bixler has set the text in Dante. Each copy has been signed by John Hawkes and T. L. Solien ." Copy XIII of the Roman numeral edition. T. L. Solien's work has been the subject of numerous exhibitions across the country and is included in public and private collections around the world. Selected collections include: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art; Smithsonian American Art Museum; Art Institute of Chicago; Milwaukee Art Museum; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art; Minneapolis Institute of Art; Tate Gallery, London; National Gallery of Australia; Singapore Art Museum, among others. (source: Tory Folliard Gallery). Near fine, slight uneven tanning to boards, small and shallow abrasion to rear cover. In publisher's plexiglass slipcase, one seam split as appears to be common to be this title, small chip and a couple of cracks, neither affecting the case's integrity.