The Plain of Smokes: A Poem Cycle (Signed with 20 prints)
by PRICE, Kenneth and Harvey Mudd
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very minor curling to sheet corners, else fine in a near fine slip case with minor edge-wear. An impressive production.
- Seller
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East Hampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Santa Barbara: Arabesque Books, 1981. Very minor curling to sheet corners, else fine in a near fine slip case with minor edge-wear. An impressive production.. Limited Edition; number 77 of 150 copies, SIGNED to colophon by both artist and author. A poem cycle by Harvey Mudd brilliantly illustrated by Ken Price; a collaborative ode to Los Angeles. With 19 loose folio gatherings of text (76 pages), accompanied by 20 original serigraphs-nine in colors-designed by Price and printed by Gary Lichtenstein (15.5 x 12 inch sheets); each with respective blind-stamps of artist, publisher, and printer. Three of the prints signed and dated in pencil by Price; two of those also hand-numbered. Publisher's pamphlet also laid-in loose. Contents laid into a clamshell case fully-illustrated by Los Angeles map, housed within orange cloth slipcase with printed label to front panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harper's Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27686
- Title
- The Plain of Smokes: A Poem Cycle (Signed with 20 prints)
- Author
- PRICE, Kenneth and Harvey Mudd
- Book Condition
- Used - Very minor curling to sheet corners, else fine in a near fine slip case with minor edge-wear. An impressive production.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Santa Barbara: Arabesque Books
- Date Published
- 1981
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
Terms of Sale
Harper's Books, Inc.
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About the Seller
Harper's Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2009
East Hampton, New York
About Harper's Books, Inc.
Harper's Books, founded in 1997, is a bookshop and photography gallery located in East Hampton, New York. We are one of the world's leading dealers in photographic literature, with particular emphasis placed on association copies and landmark books presented in exceptional condition. In addition to our book business, we maintain a gallery space where photographs are exhibited in concert with books. Harper's Books is a member of the ABAA, and the only American rare book dealer chosen to exhibit yearly at Paris Photo.
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- Cloth
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- Colophon
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- Laid-in
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