Broken Manual [SIGNED - DELUXE LIMITED EDITION 1/300 WITH SIGNED PRINT IN UNIQUE BOOKSAFE]

Steidl & Alec Soth, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. NEW. STL. SIGNED COPY LTD EDITION WITH PRINT 1/300 - Broken Manual. By Alec Soth & 'Lester B. Morrison'. Steidl, Göttingen, 2010. 68 pp. Small quarto (8.25 x 11.75 in./21 x 30 cm.) One of only 300 individually numbered copies signed by Soth and Lester B. Morrison, housed in a unique 'book safe' cut into a larger book. 17 color and 33 black & white illustrations. Accompanied by color print (8 x 10 in./20.5 x 25.5 cm.; C-print signed and numbered by Alec Soth and Lester B. Morrison laid in the book), plus small booklet entitled 'Liberation Billfold Manifest' with additional smaller print, housed in pastedown pocket. SIGNED and numbered by Alec Soth & Lester B. Morrison (see photos). Cited in Parr & Badger Vol. 3. Book & Print Condition: New/Fine (the set). Housed in a used and reworked "bookcase" as planned by Soth for this limited edition. SIGNED It is common for artists to follow up the publication of their books with 'Special Editions,' but in the case of Broken Manual, this edition is being presented first. Made in an edition of 300, Soth calls this the 'Ideal Edition' of Broken Manual. Each copy of the book is housed inside of another, one-of-a-kind book. These signed and numbered 'shell' books are unique and cut by hand. Inside the shell, there is also a small booklet entitled 'Liberation Billfold Manifest' and an 8 x 10 print signed and numbered by Alec Soth and Lester B. Morrison"--Little Brown Mushroom Created over four years (2006-2010), Alec Soth's newest book represents a significant departure from his three previous Steidl publications. Entitled Broken Manual, Soth investigates the places in which people retreat to escape civilization. Soth photographs monks, survivalists, hermits and runaways, but this isn't a conventional documentary book on life "off the grid." Instead, working with the writer Lester B. Morrison, the authors have created an underground instruction manual for those looking to escape their lives".