Modern Nature Journals by Derek Jarman, First Edition (4 results)

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1991. First edition. Century. London. 1991. First edition. Hardback, octavo; blue cloth-bound boards, dust jacket. 314 pages. B&w photographs. English. 240x160mm. 0.7kg. Very good, in good dust jacket; light shelf wear to jacket, some staining to verso, small nick at head of spine, price-clipped; light wear to boards, slight lean to spine, no inscriptions. Over a period of two years (1989 and 1990) the artist and film maker Derek Jarman reflected on his life in his journals. These are published here in Modern Nature. Jarman's writings muse on his current film projects, his life at Prospect Cottage in Dungeness and his HIV positive diagnosis. They also look back on his childhood, his development as an artist and his sexuality. Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st printing. 8vo in black faux cloth, white lettering to spine. 314pp, plates. Inscribed to Karsten (Schubert) the art dealer, and signed by Jarman (as Derek) on the front blank fly-leaf. Books signed by Jarman are rare . [CONDITION: An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW unmarked copy (merest hint of tanning to leaves) in an AS NEW complete Dust Jacket. An excellent copy ] . __To see more of our books on Film related type DbbFILM in the Keywords search box . __NOTE. Depending on destination, this item may require an extra payment for shipping insurance. If so, orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved the extra cost . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 314pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, cheeky little gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing, 1cm closed tear to top corner of front cover.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original dark blue cloth lettered in white to the spine, in the dustwrapper designed by the Senate. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout, the top edge of the page block a little dusty. In the very near fine dustwrapper, the gilt lettering on the spine a little worn, the red pigment there also a touch faded. Not price-clipped (£16.99 to the front flap). Loosely laid in to this copy is a beautifully printed flyer for Ian Shipley's now defunct, and much missed, Art bookshop on Charing Cross Rd. Shipley (briefly mentioned in the book on p. 208) was a friend of Jarman, who would often pop in to sign copies of his books. An attractive copy. Uncommon signed. Signed by Derek Jarman in blue ink on the front free endpaper. In 1987, shortly after discovering he was HIV positive, Jarman bought a cottage (in the shadow of a nuclear power station) on the Dungeness coast. Moving between Kent and London, where Jarman had kept his small Charing Cross Road flat, these beautifully written journals, beginning in January 1989 and ending in September the following year, document his life at the cottage: among much else, the creation of his extraordinary garden in the shingle around the cottage, the filming of 'The Garden' (1990) and early stages of the adaptation of Marlowe's 'Edward II', as well as a remarkable section recording a stay at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington after having contracted tuberculosis. Early in the diary, Jarman writes of "describing the [Dungeness] garden to Maggi Hambling at a gallery opening. [I] said I intended to write a book about it. She said: 'Oh, you've finally discovered nature, Derek.' 'I don't think it's really quite like that,' I said, thinking of Constable and Samuel Palmer's Kent'. 'Ah, I understand completely. You've discovered modern nature'". An heir to the great tradition of published English diaries and nature writing (Dorothy Wordsworth, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Gilbert White, Denton Welch) and now a modern classic, 'Modern Nature' offers a unique insight into the precarious life of a gay, HIV positive man and artist living in England during the late, dark days of Margaret Thatcher's tenure as prime minister. Provenance: From the library of Richard Salmon, gallerist, friend, and sole dealer of Jarman's paintings and sculptures. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.