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The Vision of the Fool: Early Drawings by Cecil Collins
by Violette, Robert, Collins, Cecil
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0947564357
- ISBN 13
- 9780947564353
- Seller
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, 1991, trade paperback in white card covers with grey dustjacket, 60 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good+ in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight corner and edge bumps. Dustjacket, spine spotted, nicks to head and heel of spine. The catalogue for the Spring 1991 exhibition held at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London which featured 56 of Collins' early works, circa 1933-1952. Illustrated with eight color plates. Included is a memoir authored by his widow Elisabeth, the text of Collins' own "The Vision of the Fool" originally published in 1947 by Grey Walls Press, London, and a complete listing of works from the exhibition, Foreword by Robin Vousden. ISBN 9780947564353
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- Bookseller
- West of Eden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8434
- Title
- The Vision of the Fool: Early Drawings by Cecil Collins
- Author
- Violette, Robert, Collins, Cecil
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0947564357
- ISBN 13
- 9780947564353
- Publisher
- Anthony D'offay Gallery
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1991
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