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1964réf. 154557N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage oversize design illustration for an embroidered uniform patch worn by Burger Chef employees circa 1964. Sample patch affixed to the top left corner. The first Burger Chef restaurant was opened by Frank and Donald Thomas in Indianapolis in 1957. The chain quickly spread across the United States with 335 locations across the country in 1964. The restaurant gained popularity in the early 1970s for the Funburger and the Funmeal which included packaging decorated with stories about the company mascot Burger Chef his sidekick Jeff and their illustrated friends-predating the McDonald's Happy Meal by a number of years. Patch measuring 4 x 5 inches affixed to poster measuring 27.5 x 31 inches. About Near Fine with light age-toning and pinholes to the corners. Tennyson pp. 68-69 80. N.p. unknown
1964réf. 154557N.p.: N.p. 1964. Vintage oversize design illustration for an embroidered uniform patch worn by Burger Chef employees circa 1964. Sample patch affixed to the top left corner. The first Burger Chef restaurant was opened by Frank and Donald Thomas in Indianapolis in 1957. The chain quickly spread across the United States with 335 locations across the country in 1964. The restaurant gained popularity in the early 1970s for the Funburger and the Funmeal which included packaging decorated with stories about the company mascot Burger Chef his sidekick Jeff and their illustrated friends-predating the McDonald's Happy Meal by a number of years. Patch measuring 4 x 5 inches affixed to poster measuring 27.5 x 31 inches. About Near Fine with light age-toning and pinholes to the corners. Tennyson pp. 68-69 80. N.p. unknown books
1915réf. 857611915. DESIGN Saikasha. SAIKA. Tokyo 1924-9. 30 issues bound into 10 volumes out of 36 issues bound in 12 volumes. Significant run of the SAIKA series which captured Japanese and Asian design in all its manifestations - objects utensils. fabrics rugs architectural elements lacquerware cloisonnee etc. etc. There is a total of approximately 500 plates of which about 100 are color woodblock printed and another dozen or so are color collotypes and color lithographs. The remainder are collotypes and offset. An interesting series from the reference library of the Mitsukoshi Department Store. Two of the volumes are disbound with a few plates missing but they have the original covers. Sold with all faults and priced accordingly. Unusual set. unknown
1915réf. 857611915. DESIGN Saikasha. SAIKA. Tokyo 1924-9. 30 issues bound into 10 volumes out of 36 issues bound in 12 volumes. Significant run of the SAIKA series which captured Japanese and Asian design in all its manifestations - objects utensils. fabrics rugs architectural elements lacquerware cloisonnee etc. etc. There is a total of approximately 500 plates of which about 100 are color woodblock printed and another dozen or so are color collotypes and color lithographs. The remainder are collotypes and offset. An interesting series from the reference library of the Mitsukoshi Department Store. Two of the volumes are disbound with a few plates missing but they have the original covers. Sold with all faults and priced accordingly. Unusual set. unknown books
1960réf. 169927N.p.: N.p. 1960. An archive of 43 photographs 3 large format color slide transparencies and a set illustration reproduction totaling 47 items all belonging to art director and production designer John Robert Lloyd. Shot and struck between 1954 and early 1960s. The archive includes 26 set design photographs 8 on-the-set photographs 3 reference photographs and 6 vernacular color photographs. 32 of these are borderless single-weight photographs and 2 are double weight satin-finish photographs. The remainder are bordered photographs. Detailed inventory available upon request. Renowned art director and production designer John Robert Lloyd began his career in television in the early 1950s working as set designer and art director on noted television anthology series such as "Lux Video Theatre" 1950 "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" 1952 and 1954 "Schlitz Playhouse" 1958 and most notably "General Electric Theater" 1954-1959 with examples from eight "General Electric Theater" episodes found in the archive here. By the late 1960s Lloyd began working as a production designer in film most notably "Midnight Cowboy" 1969 "The Boys in the Band" 1970 "The Owl and the Pussycat" 1970 "The Exorcist" 1973 uncredited art director and "Clue" 1985 among many others. The majority of the archive is grouped by production with a half-sheet title page for eight of the nine identified productions with six of the photographs and the three large format color slide transparencies from unidentified productions. Eighteen of the photographs have hand-written labels affixed to the versos identifying the production the set depicted a photograph ID number and the photograph size. The identified productions include: Three set design photographs for "General Electric Theater: The Long Way 'Round" season 3 episode 5 which aired on CBS on October 10 1954. Six set design photographs for "General Electric Theater: I'm A Fool" season 3 episode 8 which aired on CBS on November 14 1954. Two set design photographs for "General Electric Theater: D.P." season 3 episode 16 which aired on CBS on January 9 1955. One set design photograph for "General Electric Theater: Love Is Eternal" season 3 episode 21 which aired on CBS on February 13 1955. Three set design photographs and six vernacular color on-the-set photographs for "General Electric Theater: Mr. Blue Ocean" here under the working title "The Courtship of Mr. Blue Ocean" season 3 episode 31 which aired on CBS on May 1 1955. The vernacular photographs depict the actors in the production Boris Karloff Susan Strasberg and Anthony Perkins though not clearly focusing on the set design. Five on-the-set photographs for "General Electric Theater: Second Stranger" season 5 episode 7 which aired on CBS on October 28 1956 four featuring actor Burl Ives. Three set design photographs and one on-the-set photograph for "General Electric Theater: The Breach" here under the working title "The Letter" season 5 episode 12 which aired on CBS December 9 1956. The on-the-set photograph depicts actors Betty Field and Marian Seldes though not clearly focusing on the set design. One set design photograph and one set illustration reproduction for "General Electric Theater: A Child Is Born" season 5 episode 14 which aired on CBS on December 23 1956. The set design illustration is affixed to the verso of and folds behind the title card. And six set design photographs for "Suspicion: Diagnosis: Death" season 1 episode 25 which aired on NBC March 31 1958. The remaining six photographs are from unidentified productions and include three reference photographs two on-the-set photographs and one set design photograph all circa late 1950s and early 1960s. The three large format color slide transparencies circa late 1950s are all reference images from unidentified productions likely beer commercials for the anthology television series "Schlitz Playhouse" as two of the slide transparencies and one of the six unidentified photographs whose actors and setting match the third slide transparency prominently feature the beverage in the image. 37 set design on-the-set and reference photographs 7 x 6.5 inches to 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with cello tape residue to the far left edges. Six vernacular color photographs 3.25 x 3.25 inches. Very Good plus with small patches cello tape residue to one or more of the corners. Three large format color slide transparencies 5 x 4 inches. Near Fine. Set illustration reproduction 16 x 8.5 inches. Very Good plus with two vertical folds and cello tape residue to the left edge. N.p. unknown
1960réf. 169927N.p.: N.p. 1960. An archive of 43 photographs 3 large format color slide transparencies and a set illustration reproduction totaling 47 items all belonging to art director and production designer John Robert Lloyd. Shot and struck between 1954 and early 1960s. The archive includes 26 set design photographs 8 on-the-set photographs 3 reference photographs and 6 vernacular color photographs. 32 of these are borderless single-weight photographs and 2 are double weight satin-finish photographs. The remainder are bordered photographs. Detailed inventory available upon request. Renowned art director and production designer John Robert Lloyd began his career in television in the early 1950s working as set designer and art director on noted television anthology series such as "Lux Video Theatre" 1950 "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" 1952 and 1954 "Schlitz Playhouse" 1958 and most notably "General Electric Theater" 1954-1959 with examples from eight "General Electric Theater" episodes found in the archive here. By the late 1960s Lloyd began working as a production designer in film most notably "Midnight Cowboy" 1969 "The Boys in the Band" 1970 "The Owl and the Pussycat" 1970 "The Exorcist" 1973 uncredited art director and "Clue" 1985 among many others. The majority of the archive is grouped by production with a half-sheet title page for eight of the nine identified productions with six of the photographs and the three large format color slide transparencies from unidentified productions. Eighteen of the photographs have hand-written labels affixed to the versos identifying the production the set depicted a photograph ID number and the photograph size. The identified productions include: Three set design photographs for "General Electric Theater: The Long Way 'Round" season 3 episode 5 which aired on CBS on October 10 1954. Six set design photographs for "General Electric Theater: I'm A Fool" season 3 episode 8 which aired on CBS on November 14 1954. Two set design photographs for "General Electric Theater: D.P." season 3 episode 16 which aired on CBS on January 9 1955. One set design photograph for "General Electric Theater: Love Is Eternal" season 3 episode 21 which aired on CBS on February 13 1955. Three set design photographs and six vernacular color on-the-set photographs for "General Electric Theater: Mr. Blue Ocean" here under the working title "The Courtship of Mr. Blue Ocean" season 3 episode 31 which aired on CBS on May 1 1955. The vernacular photographs depict the actors in the production Boris Karloff Susan Strasberg and Anthony Perkins though not clearly focusing on the set design. Five on-the-set photographs for "General Electric Theater: Second Stranger" season 5 episode 7 which aired on CBS on October 28 1956 four featuring actor Burl Ives. Three set design photographs and one on-the-set photograph for "General Electric Theater: The Breach" here under the working title "The Letter" season 5 episode 12 which aired on CBS December 9 1956. The on-the-set photograph depicts actors Betty Field and Marian Seldes though not clearly focusing on the set design. One set design photograph and one set illustration reproduction for "General Electric Theater: A Child Is Born" season 5 episode 14 which aired on CBS on December 23 1956. The set design illustration is affixed to the verso of and folds behind the title card. And six set design photographs for "Suspicion: Diagnosis: Death" season 1 episode 25 which aired on NBC March 31 1958. The remaining six photographs are from unidentified productions and include three reference photographs two on-the-set photographs and one set design photograph all circa late 1950s and early 1960s. The three large format color slide transparencies circa late 1950s are all reference images from unidentified productions likely beer commercials for the anthology television series "Schlitz Playhouse" as two of the slide transparencies and one of the six unidentified photographs whose actors and setting match the third slide transparency prominently feature the beverage in the image. 37 set design on-the-set and reference photographs 7 x 6.5 inches to 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with cello tape residue to the far left edges. Six vernacular color photographs 3.25 x 3.25 inches. Very Good plus with small patches cello tape residue to one or more of the corners. Three large format color slide transparencies 5 x 4 inches. Near Fine. Set illustration reproduction 16 x 8.5 inches. Very Good plus with two vertical folds and cello tape residue to the left edge. N.p. unknown books
2010réf. 41065Bay Shore NY: Universal Limited Art Editions 2010. Very Good . Bay Shore NY: Universal Limited Art Editions 2010. Limited Edition. Suite of 12 graphic prints on heavy paper stock approx. 28x35.5cm Lotus Bed I & II and Lotus I - X printed digital ink-jet each with additional title sheets printed on tissue paper; title and publisher on additional tissue sheets 29 printed sheets total. Also includes oblong quarto sting-bound booklet 16ll. with essays on Rauschenberg by Mimi Thompson and Judith Goldman. Text in Chinese followed by English translations. Housed in original decorated silk-covered case with string ties which is in turn housed in the rather worn original white Styrofoam shipping box. Minor creasing and folds along edges of sheets and booklet; rubbing to case; Very Good and sound. Colophon notes that this work was presented to Holding Capital Company and Global China Holdings to commemorate the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. We note the 2008 Lotus Series Da Feng Gallery Exhibition Catalog is rather uncommon with only one holding at The Whitney Museum in OCLC. We find no record of this slightly later and rather neat production. Universal Limited Art Editions unknown
2010réf. 41065Bay Shore NY: Universal Limited Art Editions 2010. Very Good . Bay Shore NY: Universal Limited Art Editions 2010. Limited Edition. Suite of 12 graphic prints on heavy paper stock approx. 28x35.5cm Lotus Bed I & II and Lotus I - X printed digital ink-jet each with additional title sheets printed on tissue paper; title and publisher on additional tissue sheets 29 printed sheets total. Also includes oblong quarto sting-bound booklet 16ll. with essays on Rauschenberg by Mimi Thompson and Judith Goldman. Text in Chinese followed by English translations. Housed in original decorated silk-covered case with string ties which is in turn housed in the rather worn original white Styrofoam shipping box. Minor creasing and folds along edges of sheets and booklet; rubbing to case; Very Good and sound. Colophon notes that this work was presented to Holding Capital Company and Global China Holdings to commemorate the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. We note the 2008 Lotus Series Da Feng Gallery Exhibition Catalog is rather uncommon with only one holding at The Whitney Museum in OCLC. We find no record of this slightly later and rather neat production. Universal Limited Art Editions unknown books
1970réf. 3115103New York/paris/geneve: Alexandre Iolas. Fine with no dust jacket. 1970. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First edition. 'As new' in white printed wrappers with orange title. Stiff plain acetate protective wrapper supplied. unpaginated 6 1/2" X 8 1/4" Features a 2pp. Essay by Henry T. Hopkins and 13 full-page illustrations and 1 b&w. Text in English. The artist's second solo show in New York and first significant exhibition catalogue. ; 6 1/2" x 8 1/4" . Alexandre Iolas. paperback
2015réf. 3117261Berlin: Spruth Magers Berlin. Very Good. 2015. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with promotional poster. First edition. Fine in tan cloth covers without dust jacket as issued with title plate afixed to front cover. Acetate protective jacket supplied. un-paginated 7 1/2" X 9 1/2" 1500 copies produced. The specially produced promotional poster for the exhibtion is aid-into the book.Fine on a sheet folded in eights as received. Image is acrylic Metro Mattress #9. 17 1/4" X 23" Exhibition dated 3. November - 16. January 2016. In Berlin. Perfectly suited to frame. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Spruth Magers Berlin hardcover
réf. DADAX0824712811New unknown
1880réf. 18114ABWien, ca. 1880. 16 : 41 cm.
1968réf. 27489ABLondon, Holland Press 1968. 2°. XVI, 112 S., (Tafeln), 113-115 S. OLwd mit OU. Kapitale minimal gestaucht, Schutzumschlag geringf. angerändert.
1897Studi e disegni del Professore Andrea Busiri-Vici, primo architetto della Reverenda Fabbrica, direttore della canonizzazione celebrata dal S. Padre Leone XIII il 27 maggio 1897. Un volume in folio (26x39 cm) di (6)-64-(4) pagine + 5 tavole doppie, tranne una singola, su 9 facciate incise in carta pesante. Cartonato editoriale (un po' sporco, un paio di piccole macchie) con titolo in rosso e nero e facsimile dei drappelli originali del Bernini; invio a penna “Omaggio dell'Autore” a un angolo. Mancanza di 2 cm al dorso, in basso, etichetta al dorso, cerniere fendute. Qualche fioritura soprattutto alle pagine bianche. - Raro documento sul restyling (si direbbe oggi) degli addobbi della Basilica Vaticana operato dal Busiri Vici.
1963255 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Cheskin was a renowned marketer with many successes to his name, including the development of the Marlboro man. In this book he "unveils tested techniques which guarantee sales success." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this classic marketing work. Book
1935Sans lieu, sans date vers 1935-1945. Un ensemble de 49 dessins projets d'ébéniste ou décorateur (+2 petits). Planches sur carton, aquarellées de modéles de meubles mis en situations. Dimensions 39 x 27 cm hors marges - 50 x 32 cm avec marges, la plupart sous serpentes. Salons, salle à manger, bureaux, chambres. Certains meubles ont été inspirés de l'ébéniste suédois MEWESEN. Quelques rousseurs dans certaines marges néanmoins très bon ensemble.
1950réf. 11018ABKrefeld, Werkkunstschule, n.d.(ca.1950). 38,5 :53 cm. 54 coloured plates. Original half cloth.
1987réf. 056020Hambug., 1987. 1987 - 2011. 4°. H OBroschur.
réf. 52314Moscow: Gosizdat 1928. Octavo 22.3 × 15.2 cm. Original staple-stitched photo-illustrated wrappers by Aleksandr Rodchenko; 47 1 pp. With two leaves of plates featuring for example photographs and pictures of stage designs by A. Rodchenko to recto and verso on somewhat thicker paper stock. Wrappers somewhat dust-soiled and with traces of use; front cover nearly loosened; few leaves with small annotations; back cover with contemporary Soviet bookstore stamp; else very good. A single issue of this leading avant-garde journal of the eponymous artistic group Levyi front iskusstva Left front of the arts: LEF edited by the futurist poet and artist Vladimir Mayakovsky. Published monthly 1927-1928 twenty-four issues of the journal appeared in total. The original LEF published 1923-1925 introduced Constructivist design and formulated "productivism" as a movement in the arts. The editorial team also understood art as playing a central role in the class struggle. By 1925 just seven issues of the central organ of the Russian avant-garde had appeared. Due to massive criticism of its apparent incomprehensibility to the masses the journal was discontinued. Two years later the series continued under the name Novyi LEF New LEF for two more years with the final year appearing under the direction of Sergei Tretiakov. From the beginning Aleksandr Rodchenko was responsible for the cover design having won a cover design contest in 1923. See John Bowlt and Béatrice Hernad Aus vollem Halse Munich 1993 p. 135f. The 1927-1928 issues focused on Factography or "photography of fact" with a special interest in left-leaning cinema. The new publication positioned itself against the "poor taste" and "lack of class-consciousness" of art of the NEP period. Aware of the upcoming drive toward industrialization the editorial team understood the "twinning of art with production a necessary factor in the industrialization of the country." Novyi LEF featured Rodchenko's photographic experiments which were highly controversial at the time characterized by extreme perspectives dynamic oblique views and spatial superimpositions that significantly influenced the photography of the New Vision see Claudia Gabrielle Philipp in: Kat. MKG Hamburg 2001 p. 205ff. Scarce in the trade. One of 3.000 copies printed. Cat. MoMa Rowell/Wye 715; Cat. MoMA Rodchenko 210. unknown
réf. BN90654Vitra Design Museum. Balkrishna Doshi: Architektur für den Menschen Balkrishna Doshi: Architektur für den Menschen Vitra Design Museum; Wüstenrot Stiftung; Kugler Jolanthe and Hoof Khushnu Vitra Design Museum unknown
1958réf. 4465New York: Lester Rossin Associates 1958. Very good. 4to 295 x 230 mm. Original 4-flap portfolio of brown pictorial paper containing three folders of bifolium sample illustrations designs and photographs loose as issued collated complete. Portfolio margins and folds with a little wear and creasing contents in excellent state. "MAD MEN" ERA GRAPHIC DESIGN BEING A PROMOTIONAL PORTFOLIO FOR A NOTED NYC ADVERTISING AND MARKETING AGENCY. THE PORTFOLIO IS ITSELF INGENIOUSLY DESIGNED AND THE CONTENTS PRESENT A "STABLE" OF INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ILLUSTRATORS DESIGNERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS INCLUDING RAY PROHASKA AND D. STONE MARTIN. Lester Rossin is recognized as being one of the original "Mad Men" an elevated advertising art and marketing firm that thrived in the 1950s and 1960s. Offered here is an original portfolio of design work that was no doubt distributed to potential clients. The portfolio was designed by Clifford Condak and contains three color-coded folders with samples from the firm's three divisions. The folders are: Illustrators blue folder with a circle: 13 samples; Photographers green / square: 4 samples; and Designers red / triangle: 6 samples. Each folder bears the names of the individuals whose work was contained therein. On the front of the portfolio is an extraordinary "raison d'etre" by the firm which bears reprinting: "Design is the basis of a creative illustration. Whatever the medium message or technique only a heightened sense of design will raise the work from craftsmanship to the level of art. This is our belief. It is the basis of our achievement the discipline of our daily work and the guarantee of our future." On the back of the portfolio is a long list of the company's "Distinctions" including "Bests" at the 1957 International Poster Annual and the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Here the potential client is informed that "In the past 12 months we have designed and produced art for 2198 advertisers 1561 mailing pieces and 932 point-of-sale units." On the upper cover is the statement that this "First in a series"; no other subsequent portfolio has been located by us and not even this one is listed in WorldCat. Lester Rossin Associates unknown
1958réf. 4465New York: Lester Rossin Associates 1958. Very good. 4to 295 x 230 mm. Original 4-flap portfolio of brown pictorial paper containing three folders of bifolium sample illustrations designs and photographs loose as issued collated complete. Portfolio margins and folds with a little wear and creasing contents in excellent state. "MAD MEN" ERA GRAPHIC DESIGN BEING A PROMOTIONAL PORTFOLIO FOR A NOTED NYC ADVERTISING AND MARKETING AGENCY. THE PORTFOLIO IS ITSELF INGENIOUSLY DESIGNED AND THE CONTENTS PRESENT A "STABLE" OF INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ILLUSTRATORS DESIGNERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS INCLUDING RAY PROHASKA AND D. STONE MARTIN. Lester Rossin is recognized as being one of the original "Mad Men" an elevated advertising art and marketing firm that thrived in the 1950s and 1960s. Offered here is an original portfolio of design work that was no doubt distributed to potential clients. The portfolio was designed by Clifford Condak and contains three color-coded folders with samples from the firm's three divisions. The folders are: Illustrators blue folder with a circle: 13 samples; Photographers green / square: 4 samples; and Designers red / triangle: 6 samples. Each folder bears the names of the individuals whose work was contained therein. On the front of the portfolio is an extraordinary "raison d'etre" by the firm which bears reprinting: "Design is the basis of a creative illustration. Whatever the medium message or technique only a heightened sense of design will raise the work from craftsmanship to the level of art. This is our belief. It is the basis of our achievement the discipline of our daily work and the guarantee of our future." On the back of the portfolio is a long list of the company's "Distinctions" including "Bests" at the 1957 International Poster Annual and the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Here the potential client is informed that "In the past 12 months we have designed and produced art for 2198 advertisers 1561 mailing pieces and 932 point-of-sale units." On the upper cover is the statement that this "First in a series"; no other subsequent portfolio has been located by us and not even this one is listed in WorldCat. Lester Rossin Associates unknown books
2000réf. CNJL795Baltimore Maryland: Dolphin Press / Maryland Institute College of Art 2000. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Lorenz Hilary. No. 7 of 40 copies of the deluxe edition total edition 100 elephant folio size 40 pp. signed by Albert Mobilio and Hilary Lorenz. "The Handbook of Phrenology" is a collaboration between artist Hilary Lorenz an artist and printmaker whose work has been exhibited throughout the United States Europe and Asia and the co-founder of the Dolphin Press and writer Albert Mobilio a poet and literary critic whose work has appeared in The Village Voice Harper's Fortune and The New York Times Book Review n. b. artist bios from the book. The book is a collection of five prose fiction pieces that revolved around the nineteenth-century science of phrenology or "the reading of one's head shape to determine personality" n. b. from website of Hilary Lorenz and is a provocative examination of what is now recognised as a pseudoscience. ___DESCRIPTION: Full black Japanese Asahi cloth gilt vignette and lettering on the front board hand-marbled paste-down endpapers hand-sewn binding six etchings interspersed throughout the text both etchings and text printed on the rectos only; Dante monotype on Rives Heavyweight elephant folio in size 16" by 13.5" unpaginated with 20 leaves excluding front and back blank leaves per the colophon page a limited edition of 100 copies this being number 7 per the web site for Hilary Lorenz numbers 10-100 were for sale signed by Albert Mobilio and Hilary Lorenz on the colophon. The slipcase is covered in matching cloth gilt vignette and lettering on the front which mirrors the book lined with maroon paper. With a sheet with a description of the book serving as the prospectus one sheet printed on one side. ___CONDITION: Volume is fine with a strong square text block solid hinges perfectly straight corners with no rubbing the interior is clean and bright and it is entirely free of prior owner markings - crisp as new. Slipcase is also fine strong and sturdy clean without wear. The prospectus sheet is near fine clean with very light toning to the edges and light wear to the corners else fine. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is an oversize book and additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Dolphin Press / Maryland Institute, College of Art hardcover
2000réf. CNJL795Baltimore Maryland: Dolphin Press / Maryland Institute College of Art 2000. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Lorenz Hilary. No. 7 of 40 copies of the deluxe edition total edition 100 elephant folio size 40 pp. signed by Albert Mobilio and Hilary Lorenz. "The Handbook of Phrenology" is a collaboration between artist Hilary Lorenz an artist and printmaker whose work has been exhibited throughout the United States Europe and Asia and the co-founder of the Dolphin Press and writer Albert Mobilio a poet and literary critic whose work has appeared in The Village Voice Harper's Fortune and The New York Times Book Review n. b. artist bios from the book. The book is a collection of five prose fiction pieces that revolved around the nineteenth-century science of phrenology or "the reading of one's head shape to determine personality" n. b. from website of Hilary Lorenz and is a provocative examination of what is now recognised as a pseudoscience. ___DESCRIPTION: Full black Japanese Asahi cloth gilt vignette and lettering on the front board hand-marbled paste-down endpapers hand-sewn binding six etchings interspersed throughout the text both etchings and text printed on the rectos only; Dante monotype on Rives Heavyweight elephant folio in size 16" by 13.5" unpaginated with 20 leaves excluding front and back blank leaves per the colophon page a limited edition of 100 copies this being number 7 per the web site for Hilary Lorenz numbers 10-100 were for sale signed by Albert Mobilio and Hilary Lorenz on the colophon. The slipcase is covered in matching cloth gilt vignette and lettering on the front which mirrors the book lined with maroon paper. With a sheet with a description of the book serving as the prospectus one sheet printed on one side. ___CONDITION: Volume is fine with a strong square text block solid hinges perfectly straight corners with no rubbing the interior is clean and bright and it is entirely free of prior owner markings - crisp as new. Slipcase is also fine strong and sturdy clean without wear. The prospectus sheet is near fine clean with very light toning to the edges and light wear to the corners else fine. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is an oversize book and additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Dolphin Press / Maryland Institute, College of Art hardcover books
réf. SONG1585030805Used: Good unknown
