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(Milano: Strenna per gli amici, 1999). First edition. One of 300 numbered copies printed; this copy out of series. Spine a bit cocked, else fine copy. 12mo, illustrated, white wrappers with design by Eduardo Chillida, wrap-around band. Spine a bit cocked, else fine copy.

(Haverford, PA): Green Shade, 2005. First edition, published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York City, of twenty small impressionist landscapes painted during a residency at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, Ireland. The catalogue was designed by The Grenfell Press and printed by Trifolio, Verona, Italy. As new, at publication price. Oblong 8vo, illustrated in color, original wrappers with printed cover label. As new, at publication price.

London: Gogmagog Private Press, 1978. First edition. One of three copies specially bound in full decorated vellum by Gemma O'Connor out of a total edition of 75 copies; like the other copies in the edition of 75, the book is printed on Hosho and coloured Japanese paper, with an original blind-drawn frontispiece, and signed by Cox, Franklin and O'Connor. The rest of the edition was bound in quarter vellum and Japanese patterned paper boards. "For many years he [Cox] had practised shutting his eyes, concentrating, drawing. . . . All sorts of effects were achieved in blind drawings, a whirling ballet in line on white. Each was signed, dated and given a BD stamp of affirmation in red". Chambers, Franklin & Tucker 30, p. 156-158. The present book represents some of Cox's finest achievements using this idiosyncratic mode of drawing. Far from a mere curiosity, Cox's blind drawings clearly reflect a spiritual accomplishment of a high order; though the result of an unconventional discipline, the drawings are… Read More

(No place): Sea Cliff Press, 1985. First edition. One of 120 numbered copies. Corners of box a little bumped, otherwise a fine copy. JACKSON, Jean Jones. Oblong 4to, loose sheets laid in to publisher's cloth folding box. Corners of box a little bumped, otherwise a fine copy.

West Stockbridge, MA: Hard Press Inc, 1997. First edition. One of 100 copies signed by the artist & Ashbery. "If all art aspires toward the condition of music, as Pater wrote, Trevor Winkfield must be counted among the most successful artists of all time." - from Ashbery's Introduction. As new.. Oblong 4to, illustrated in color, original pictorial wrappers. As new.

West Stockbridge, MA: Hard Press Inc, 1997. First edition. One of 26 lettered copies with an original silk-screen print by Trevor Winkfield laid in, signed by the artist and Ashbery . "If all art aspires toward the condition of music, as Pater wrote, Trevor Winkfield must be counted among the most successful artists of all time." - from Ashbery's Introduction. As new.. Oblong 4to, illustrated in color, original pictorial wrappers. As new.