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A Bestiary, Compiled by Richard Wilbur, Illustrated by Alexander Calder, Limited Edition #73/800, Signed by both.
Wilbur, Richard (Ed.), Illustrated by Alexander Calder · New York
- Author
- Wilbur, Richard (Ed.), Illustrated by Alexander Calder
- Date
- 1955
- Place
- New York
- Publisher
- Printed at The Spiral Press for Pantheon Books.
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Folio.(9" x 12.125") Special Limited Edition #73/800 copies. (76) pp. Lacking origianl glassine dust cover.Full dark gray cloth boards with silver gilt decoration to upper board, silver gilt lettering to spine, in original black paper slipcase in good condition. Spine lightly sun-faded with lettering starting to flake. Slipcase with paper label, black paper box chipped at edges. A beautiful copy of this book, signed by the pioneer of Kinetic Art, Alexander Calder.
- Format
- Attestation page states: The Edition of this Bestiary, designed and printed at the Spiral Press, by Richard Blumenthal, has been Limited to Fifty Numbered Copies on Rives Mould-Made Paper each with an original, signed, drawing by Alexandwr Calder; Seven Hundred and Fifty copies numbered 51 to 800 on specially made "Curtis Rag" Paper; and 25 lettered Review Copies. All of the numbered copies have been Signed by Mr. Calder and Mr. Wilbur. This Copy is Number 73. (signed by) Alexander Calder and Richard Wilbur.
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Category
- Autographs & Manuscripts
- Record
- S.I.10318
A Bestiary, Compiled by Richard Wilbur, Illustrated by Alexander Calder, Limited Edition #73/800, Signed by both. 1955. New York: Printed at The Spiral Press for Pantheon Books.
Limited edition of A Bestiary, compiled by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur and illustrated by Alexander Calder. Copy no. 73 of 800, signed by both Calder and Wilbur, with Calder’s distinctive modernist animal illustrations throughout.
Folio.(9" x 12.125") Special Limited Edition #73/800 copies. (76) pp. Lacking origianl glassine dust cover.Full dark gray cloth boards with silver gilt decoration to upper board, silver gilt lettering to spine, in original black paper slipcase in good condition. Spine lightly sun-faded with lettering starting to flake. Slipcase with paper label, black paper box chipped at edges. A beautiful copy of this book, signed by the pioneer of Kinetic Art, Alexander Calder.
Attestation page states: The Edition of this Bestiary, designed and printed at the Spiral Press, by Richard Blumenthal, has been Limited to Fifty Numbered Copies on Rives Mould-Made Paper each with an original, signed, drawing by Alexandwr Calder; Seven Hundred and Fifty copies numbered 51 to 800 on specially made "Curtis Rag" Paper; and 25 lettered Review Copies. All of the numbered copies have been Signed by Mr. Calder and Mr. Wilbur. This Copy is Number 73. (signed by) Alexander Calder and Richard Wilbur.
Condition
Very Good
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