Flatland by Edwin Abbott, Signed (5 results)

Andrew Hoyem (illustrator). DESCRIPTION: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott, Arion Press, 1980. Introduction by Ray Bradbury entitled "Flatland Revisited." Signed and numbered by both Ray Bradbury and book designer and proprietor Andrew Hoyem. Limited edition of 275 copies. Metal case is 14 x 7 inches, text is an accordion fold of 56 folded panels. Printed using Universe type, composed in Monotype, then reset by hand. Printed on T. H. Saunders hot-press finish, mould-made paper. Illustrated by Andrew Hoyem with fourteen line drawings and ten die-cuts with watercolors added by hand. Housed in a hinged aluminum case with metal clasp. Titling on both aluminum covers and frame in Gil shadow. Signed by both Bradbury and Hoyem.____CONDITION: Fine. A superficial 3 mm scratch within the square on the rear panel and a faint superficial scratch over the first "L" and "A" on the side panel (see photo). A tiny bit of the inevitable rubbing (normal) where the aluminum covers slip into the aluminum case. The accordion-fold text panels are in entirely fine condition. Overall, a fine copy.____DISCUSSION: One of the most original and imaginative of the Arion Press books. "Andrew Hoyem's radical design and illustrations realize many implications of the book such as: the "volume" can be opened out flat to form a thirty-three foot plane: the plane-geometrical citizens of Flatland are infinitely thin (holes in paper); they cast shadows; their edges glow". The first half of the book is printed on one side of the panels while the second half of the book is printed on the opposite side. ____NOTE: This is a heavy book and will incur an additional shipping charge domestically. International shipping cost with USPS International Priority EXPRESS Mail with tracking to most locations in the United Kingdom and Europe is $100 U.S. dollars. Shipping cost to more distant locations may incur additional cost.

Hardcover. Limited Edition #100/275. Tall quarto, unpaginated. In Very Good minus condition. Double-sided accordion fold binding encased in aluminum boards and encased in a latching aluminum frame. Frame has mild general scuffing, hinge lacking its pin. Aluminum boards have moderate general scuffing, especially along the edges. Textblock head and tail edges dyed black and moderately scuffed, fore and rear edges have mild age-toning and soiling. Signed flat by Ray Bradbury at the conclusion of introduction. Signed flat by Andrew Hoyem beneath the colophon. GH Consignment. Shelved Case 9 3/4. Andrew Hoyem's Arion Press edition of FLATLAND by Edwin Abbott Abbott, originally published under the tongue-in-cheek pseudonym "A Square" in 1884 by London's Seeley & Co. FLATLAND satirizes socioeconomic class structures, following the various strata of geometric shapes who must traverse a two-dimensional world. Barely successful upon release, FLATLAND slowly earned its cult status in the science fiction canon following Albert Einstein's publication of his general theory of relativity. Einstein, not unlike Abbott, posited the concept of a fourth-dimension and elaborated upon the importance of time affecting Earthly phenomena. Afterwards, Abbott's work was perceived as almost prophetic, albeit fictional. Throughout the 1960s, several writers produced work inspired by FLATLAND, including Norton Juster. Released two decades later, the Arion Press edition is the truest attempt to contain Abbott's text in a form reflective of its content. Laid out in its entirety, the double-sided accordion fold spans 30 feet and contains unique die-cuts that illustrate the world of FLATLAND. 1405941. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. This book is in Very good condition. There are no bookplates or markings of any kind. The original metal boards are in very good condition. This book is a Limited Edition, one of only 275 copies signed by Ray Bradbury who wrote the introduction It was published by the Arion Press in 1980. A rare edition of Abbott's classic work. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Near Fine. Limited edition. Limited edition. Copy #190 of 275, Signed by sci-fi author Ray Bradbury. Illustrated with 14 line drawings and 10 die-cuts by Andrew Hoyem, with watercolor added by hand. Bound accordion-style in original decorated aluminum covers, edges dyed black with the scarce paper instruction sheet. Housed in a hinged, locking aluminum frame. Near Fine with light shelf wear and slight soiling to instruction leaf. An inventively-designed deluxe edition of the Victorian satirical novel by Andrew Hoyem's Arion Press. The Arion Press Bibliography 7.

ABBOTT, Edwin Abbott. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. With an introduction by Ray Bradbury. [56] ff. Illustrated with 14 line drawings and 10 die-cuts by Andrew Hoyem, with watercolour added by hand. Folio, 354 x 180 mm., bound accordion-style in original decorated aluminum covers, in a hinged and locking aluminum frame. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1980. One of 275 copies printed Monotype Univers on T.H. Saunders hot-press mould-made paper. Andrew Hoyem's radical design and illustrations realize many implications of this satire about a two-dimensional world. Signed by Ray Bradbury. Scarce. Arion Press Checklist 7. Reed and Phillips Artists and their Books p.102.