Enchanted assassin . based on Kenneth Patchen's "The Journal of Albion Moonlight"

Rathman, David

Published by Vermillion Editions, Minneapolis, 1991

About this Item

Edition limited to 30 copies, plus 7 artist's/printer's proofs, and 6 "unfolded deluxe copies" for a total edition of 43; this is printer's proof no. 3 (of 4) signed by David Rathman; oblong 4to; 9 double-page spreads, each approx. 14" x 34½", "hand-printed in lithography and silkscreen by Steve Andersen, Philip Barber, and Todd Norsten on BFK Rives paper," and contained in the original hinged wooden box with a branded title burned into the cover over acid stains, as issued; fine. This copy obtained directly from Rathman himself. Most of the edition was not boxed. Rathman tells me only "ten or so" boxes were ever made, and not more than a dozen of the edition were ever sold. What wasn't sold was lost in a bankruptcy case, and the sheets are now ostensibly resting in a warehouse in Milwaukee where they have been for nearly 30 years. OCLC locates 4 copies only: Minnesota Historical, Phoenix Public Library, University of Wisconsin at Madison, and the Getty, to which we add the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and Columbia.

Seller Inventory # 60911

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Enchanted assassin . based on Kenneth Patchen's "The Journal of Albion Moonlight"
• Publisher: Vermillion Editions, Minneapolis
• Publication Date: 1991
• Seller catalogs:
  • Illustrated Books
  • Press Books