Published by Northampton, MA: The Gehenna Press, March 1964., 1964
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
Copy "C II" of a limited edition of 300 copies. Large clamshell box, H 40.75cm x L 30.25cm. Black spine well scuffed particularly along joints with large patch of peeling at center from removal of sticker; spine's title/press label intact at head as is heel date label; brown cloth boards. Brown cloth four flap folder which is supposed to contain Cornell plates only contains twenty-one tissue guard sheets instead. Second brown cloth four flap folder contains handsome full dark leather portfolio with six laid-in quires and twenty laid-in Thomas Cornell pencil signed portrait etchings on blue Fabriano paper (plus additional unsigned b/w frontispiece portrait immediately opposite title page); rear colophon provided limitation statement, pencil written copy#, and a Thomas Cornell pencil signature (unfortunately Leonard Baskin's signature is not present). Interior contents are all fine; exterior clamshell box took the wear. Jpeg images provided upon request. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 7.25 pounds (3.28 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.
Published by [Portland ME]: Romulus Editions, [March] 1989., 1989
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
Rear unpaged colophon provides limitation with this being Copy "d" - part of the Livres De-Luxe Edition [Livres Deluxe] limited to 24 copies and being a more exclusive production than the additional seventy-five copy numbered edition (total print run of 99 copies). Rear colophon also has pencil signatures of David Walker and Thomas Cornell. Dark gray cloth clamshell box, H 32cm x L 21.25cm, made by Jeffrey Haste; paper title label on rear spine panel; light rubbing to top and bottom panels with some brown streaks caused by the flaking leather of neighboring shelfmates. Clamshell box contains: {#1} Hardcover, H 30.75cm x L 19.5cm. Quarter-leather binding book; four slightly raised bands to dark blue morocco spine with paper over boards. [6], 38, [1] pages. {#2} Gray cloth folder, H 30.75cm x L 19.75cm, featuring suite of five loose color etchings all with tissue guard sheets and all printed by James Cambronne and pencil signed at their lower right margins by artist Thomas Cornell (the book shares the same five images although those examples are unsigned but do have guard sheets laid-in). Box's interior contents are all quite fine with the book and folder sheets all being bright and clean. Please note that this item has an approximate shipping weight of 3.75 pounds (1.7 kg) and will require additional postage/insurance above AbeBooks' preset rate.
Framed Print. Condition: As New. Etching of Michelangelo. Signed by the artist, Thomas Browne Cornell (1937-2012). Number 3 of 210 Copies. Blue-grey Fabriano (Italy) paper. Dimensions with frame 56 x 69.5 cm, 50 x 37.5 cm outside of frame. (19-1/2 x 14-1/2 + margins). Neatly matted, in glass-fronted gilt wood frame. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Signed.