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The Seven Deadly Sins
by Burroughs, William
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Black cloth over boards lettered in gilt and red, and with a buckshot-riddled onlaid red wood panel on upper cover. Fine, with p
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York/St. Louis/Amsterdam: Lococo • Mulder, 1991. First edition. Frontispiece portrait of Burroughs aiming a shotgun after the photograph by Robert Mapplethorpe, and color reproductions of 7 pieces of Burroughs's shotgun art. The images are composed of woodblocks shot by the artist with a 12 gauge shotgun in February of 1991 and paintings on Mylar made by the artist in March and June of 1991. The text was written by the artist from February to July of 1991.". Small folio (31 x 22 cm.). Black cloth over boards lettered in gilt and red, and with a buckshot-riddled onlaid red wood panel on upper cover. Fine, with pictorial red endpapers & tissue guards at front & rear, as issued. First edition. Frontispiece portrait of Burroughs aiming a shotgun after the photograph by Robert Mapplethorpe, and color reproductions of 7 pieces of Burroughs's shotgun art. The images are composed of woodblocks shot by the artist with a 12 gauge shotgun in February of 1991 and paintings on Mylar made by the artist in March and June of 1991. The text was written by the artist from February to July of 1991.". Small folio (31 x 22 cm.).
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- Seller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 300959
- Title
- The Seven Deadly Sins
- Author
- Burroughs, William
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece portrait of Burroughs aiming a shotgun after the photograph by Robert Mapplethorpe, and color reproductions of 7 pi
- Book Condition
- Used - Black cloth over boards lettered in gilt and red, and with a buckshot-riddled onlaid red wood panel on upper cover. Fine, with p
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Lococo • Mulder
- Place of Publication
- New York/St. Louis/Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- American | American | William S. Burroughs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Literature;
Terms of Sale
James Cummins Bookseller
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.
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