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The Prints of Ralph [Deluxe Issue]
by Steadman, Anna; introduction by Ralph Steadman
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Tucson, AZ and Lexington, KY: Sylph Publications / Petro III Graphics, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A diary of Ralph and Anna Steadman visits with Joe Petro III, a screenprinter, and an account of their seriograph collaborations between 1994 and 2000. The book is illustrated with drawings by Ralph and photographs by Anna.
Published in an edition of 64 copies, this is one of 10 deluxe copies with original Ralph Steadman art for endpapers. This edition is also signed by Ralph Steadman, Anna Steadman, and Joe Petro III and lays into a folding clamshell box. The endpapers are described on the colophon as "original pieces of Ralph Steadman's drawing board backing paper." They look like abstract art.
29 pages. 5-1/4 by 7-3/4 inches. Sylph Chapbook no. 4. First edition (first printing). A fine copy (no jacket, as issued) in a fine clamshell box. This is copy of VIII of X. The front endpaper of this copy has a four-line doggerel poem handwritten by Steadman.
Published in an edition of 64 copies, this is one of 10 deluxe copies with original Ralph Steadman art for endpapers. This edition is also signed by Ralph Steadman, Anna Steadman, and Joe Petro III and lays into a folding clamshell box. The endpapers are described on the colophon as "original pieces of Ralph Steadman's drawing board backing paper." They look like abstract art.
29 pages. 5-1/4 by 7-3/4 inches. Sylph Chapbook no. 4. First edition (first printing). A fine copy (no jacket, as issued) in a fine clamshell box. This is copy of VIII of X. The front endpaper of this copy has a four-line doggerel poem handwritten by Steadman.
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- Bookseller
- Downtown Brown Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 306959
- Title
- The Prints of Ralph [Deluxe Issue]
- Author
- Steadman, Anna; introduction by Ralph Steadman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sylph Publications / Petro III Graphics
- Place of Publication
- Tucson, AZ and Lexington, KY
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- list24
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION; Limited Edition; Printmaking;
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