Search Results: Authors starting with M from The Limited Editions Club

Naguib Mahfouz' brilliant, intrigue-woven, timeless and witty satire, Arabian Nights and Days. We are honored that this Nobel Prize winning author chose to have us to publish his 1979 masterpiece.For the prints, Mahfouz wisely chose his friend, the superb Cairo artist, Nazli Madkour. We were amazed when we saw her images. So intricate and luminous, they dance before the eyes. Almost three dimensional, their portrayals capture the essence of Mahfouz' wicked, biting, horrifying, at times amusing novel. We produced the prints by the serigraph giclee pro-cess that produces rich, deep saturated color, the only process that could do them justice.Seven color serigraph giclee prints by Nazli Madkour.Edition limited to 300 numbered copies.Each book signed by Naguib Mahfouz and Nazli Madkour.English translation by Denys Johnson-Davies. Printed letterpress on paper specially milled in Germany. Mohamed Zakariya's gold calligraphy is set into the natural colored linen binding. Hand sewn and hand bound. The same… Read More

The Sonnets To Orpheus by the greatest writer of poetry in German since Goethe. Rainer Maria Rilke endowed the words of his native tongue with a new and unique significance. Rilke "rarely describes a thing straightforwardly," explains a biographer. "Instead, he uses the methods of a painter…He hints at parallels in other, unrelated realms, until the object stands before us, clearly and recognizable as itself…"These fifty-five sonnets, published in 1923, three years before the poet's death, describe his relationship to every aspect of creation, and view death as a continuation not a termination of life. Our special edition offers a selection of twenty-nine of the sonnets in the original German with the superb English verse translation by Stephen Mitchell on facing pages. Balthus was encouraged by Rilke to dedicate his life to the arts. The two illustrations for this edition are a tribute to his childhood friend.Two color woodcut prints by Balthus.Edition limited to 300 numbered copies.Each signed… Read More

Letter from Birmingham City Jail, honors the hero who made our nation and our world vastly better. From the dank confines of a hell-on-earth Southern jail cell, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote one of the most eloquent and important documents in American history. Faith Ringgold has written a brilliant introduction and created eight magnificent serigraphs for the book and print portfolios. Dr. C. T. Vivian, one of Dr. King's dearest friends, marched and endured beside him the beatings and tragedies. He worked along with him to achieve the triumphs. Now as he dedicates his life to carrying forward Dr. King's dream, he gives us his touching and inspired Afterword. Eight Serigraph Prints by Faith Ringgold.Edition limited to 425 numbered copies. Each signed by Faith Ringgold. Printed letterpress on handmade paper. The prints were editioned by Curlee Holton at his studio in Easton, Pennsylvania. The book is hand bound in red linen, with the same fabric covering its hinged and lined case. One volume, 14-1/2… Read More