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  • Limited Edition 75 Copies Signed by Artist

    Fante, John

    Prologue to Ask the Dust

    $650.00

    The Redbridge Book Co.

    Magnolia Editions, Okeanos Press: San Francisco, 1990.   John Fante’s gritty, tersely lyrical novel Ask the Dust has been praised by critics and writers for more than 60 years; Charles Bukowski once wrote that “Fante was my god.” This previously unpublished manuscript, found by Joyce Fante five decades after its composition, was written by Fante as a condensed preview of the novel for his publisher.  Issued by the Black Sparrow Press a year later, this is the scarce limited edition, one of only 75 copies (110 total) accompanied by a series of etchings excised in hardground, aquatint, and drypoint by John Register and is signed by the artist. A fine copy, slipcase with small area of damp staining (book unaffected).  A lovely production.

    Offered for Sale by: The Redbridge Book Co.

  • One of 15 Copies Bound in Full Morocco

    Hawkes, John (Author); Solien, T. L. (Artist).

    Innocence in Extremis

    $500.00

    The Accidental Bookseller

    New York: The Grenfell Press, 1985.   From the colophon: “118 copies have been printed & published at The Grenfell Press, New York City, in spring/summer 1985. Copies numbered 1-85 are printed on Saunders paper and bound in quarter morocco with the covers and frontispiece by T. L. Solien. Roman numeral copies I-XV are bound in full morocco hand-colored by the artist and contain a frontispiece. Lettered copies A-R are for the author and artist. Bindings are by Claudia Cohen; Michael Bixler has set the text in Dante. Each copy has been signed by John Hawkes and T. L. Solien.” Copy XIII of the Roman numeral edition. T. L. Solien’s work has been the subject of numerous exhibitions across the country and is included in public and private collections around the world.  Selected collections include: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art; Smithsonian American Art Museum; Art Institute of Chicago; Milwaukee Art Museum; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art;  Minneapolis Institute of Art; Tate Gallery, London;  National Gallery of Australia; Singapore Art Museum, among others. (source: Tory Folliard Gallery). Near fine, slight uneven tanning to boards, small and shallow abrasion to rear cover.  In publisher’s plexiglass slipcase, one seam split as appears to be common to be this title, small chip and a couple of cracks, neither affecting the case’s integrity.

    Offered for Sale by: The Accidental Bookseller
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