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Published by Abbeville Press, 1983
ISBN 10: 0896594289ISBN 13: 9780896594289
Seller: Spenlow & Jorkins, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. *Gifty, collectible, fresh* Fine in Fine. Stated 1st American Edition (1983) in the 1st Printing. (This is the 2nd Edition, preceded only by the Italian edition of 1981. In 1983, three 2nd Editions appeared: the American, the Amsterdam, and the Munich.) A tall Folio: blind-stamped cloth over boards with a sewn binding in dustcover; 4.25 pounds.
Published by Abbeville Press, New York, 1983
ISBN 10: 0896594289ISBN 13: 9780896594289
Seller: Classic Books and Ephemera, IOBA, Lansdowne, PA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First American Edition. Approx 300 pages: color illustrations; 35 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title and blind-stamped cover title. Grey endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. A fascinating encyclopedia of imaginary things with constructed text and illustrations, both by Italian artist Luigi Serafini (b. 1949). A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. Book and dust jacket are in Fine Condition: clean and bright.
Published by Abbeville Press, 1983
ISBN 10: 0896594289ISBN 13: 9780896594289
Seller: Taos Books, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated First American Edition, Very Good Plus/Near Fine, in protective brodart cover, text tight clean unmarked, there is a machine defect about a third of the way through the text where the page wasn't cut at the top tip so two pages are attached still but certainly can be cut, boards new looking and undamaged, NO age toning, dust jacket clean and undamaged with just a speck of edge wear at top front and bottom rear tips, when viewed from the side the fore-edge of text block shows a little waviness probably from tightness of binding? there is absolutely no moisture exposure involved, 1983 first edition of collector's item.
Published by Abbeville Press, 1983
ISBN 10: 0896594289ISBN 13: 9780896594289
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Book
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1983 First American edition large hardcover in jacket, illustrated. Looks unread but exhibits faint age toning to edges. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.
Published by Abbeville Press, New York, 1983
ISBN 10: 0896594289ISBN 13: 9780896594289
Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, France
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Cloth/dust jacket Quarto. black cloth, gilt and blindstamped lettering, dust jacket, unpaginated dj lightly worn Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
Published by Abbeville Press, New York, 1983
ISBN 10: 0896594289ISBN 13: 9780896594289
Seller: Von Meyenfeldt, Slaats & Sons, Breda, Netherlands
Book First Edition
Cloth with dust jacket. Condition: Good. First Edition. First American edition - The book is an encyclopedia in manuscript with copious hand-drawn, colored-pencil illustrations of bizarre and fantastical flora, fauna, anatomies, fashions, and foods. It has been compared to the Voynich manuscript, "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", and the works of M.C. Escher and Hieronymus Bosch.The illustrations are often surreal parodies of things in the real world: bleeding fruit; a plant that grows into roughly the shape of a chair and is subsequently made into one; a lovemaking couple that metamorphoses into an alligator; etc. Others depict odd, apparently senseless machines, often with a delicate appearance, kept together by tiny filaments. There are also illustrations readily recognizable as maps or human faces. On the other hand, especially in the "physics" chapter, many images look almost completely abstract. Practically all figures are brightly coloured and rich in detail. (Wikipedia).
Published by Abbeville Press, 1983
ISBN 10: 0896594289ISBN 13: 9780896594289
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: near fine//near fine. First American Edition. Large quarto. (14" x 9 1/2") Unpaginated. Very nice copy in dust jacket. A work of fantastical imagery. Reminiscent of Escher.
Published by Abbeville Press, New York, NY, 1981
ISBN 10: 0896594289ISBN 13: 9780896594289
Seller: Lost Books, AUSTIN, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hard cover. American ed. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 250 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Very good in very good dust jacket.
Published by Abbeville Press, 1983
ISBN 10: 0896594289ISBN 13: 9780896594289
Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Luigi, Serafini (illustrator). First Edition. This is the First American Edition, published in 1983. Hardcover, dust jacket present. "Easily one of the strangest books ever published, THE CODEX SERAPHINIANUS is written entirely in a mysterious and as-of-yet undeciphered language. However, the numerous illustrations provide insights into the flora, fauna, inhabitants, and society of a non-existent world. These fantastic and whimsical drawings show skeletons being reassembled into people, fish that resemble eyes, a man and woman copulating and slowly turning into an alligator, the animals that make up a rainbow, and other wonderfully weird examples of an alien reality. First released in a limited Italian edition in 1981, the book has periodically been published in France, Spain, and the United States. The author, an Italian artist, has never spoken about the origins of the book or the meaning of his language, but theorists surmise that it is inspired by the Borges story "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" about a book from the (fictional) country of Uqbar that documents every aspect of an imaginary world called Tlön. Borges writes: "The metaphysicians of Tlön are not looking for truth, nor even for an approximation of it; they are after a kind of amazement." Lucky readers who stumble upon Serafini's rare oddity will find themselves confronted with a wealth of amazing nonsense." I credit the publisher for this description. The book has a number of minor flaws: Very light age tonning to the page edges (see photo) a gap in the pages from the location of a book mark ( now removed) some minor signs of shelf wear including rubbing to the dust jacket. Please email for photos to ask specific questions about the books condition. This is quickly becoming one of the most desired books of our time. We were skeptical until we purchased it and read it our selves.now we know why everyone enjoys holding it.however it is still hard to describe it's allure. We ship fast and secure. Size: Over Sized.