Robert Ryman, Signed (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine condition. First thus edition. 128 pages of text. Bound in full black Nigerian goatskin, lettered in gilt on spine and front cover. Complete with the black cloth clamshell box lined in gray suede, with gilt lettered leather spine label; in near fine condition. Illustrated with 6 white/off-white aquatint etchings by Ryman on Arches and handmade Japanese paper, each protected with the original tissue guard. Number 232 of 550 copies signed by Beckett and Ryman on a limitation page. A trilogy of three novellas, including Company, Ill Seen Ill Said, and Worstward Ho. One tiny scuff on the spine; otherwise fine condition. Book height measures 10 13/16" (275mm). Box height is 12 1/4" (311mm). First thus edition. Signed by Author and Illustrat.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine condition. First thus edition. 128 pages of text. Bound in full black Nigerian goatskin, lettered in gilt on spine and front cover. Complete with the black cloth clamshell box lined in gray suede, with gilt lettered leather spine label; in fine condition. Illustrated with 6 white/off-white aquatint etchings by Ryman on Arches and handmade Japanese paper, each protected with the original tissue guard. Number 236 of 550 copies signed by Beckett and Ryman on a limitation page. A trilogy of three novellas, including Company, Ill Seen Ill Said, and Worstward Ho. Book height measures 10 13/16" (275mm). Box height is 12 1/4" (311mm). First thus edition. Signed by Author and Illustrat.

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. Ryman, Robert (signiert / inscribed copy) (illustrator). Erste Ausgabe. 2 Blatt, 128 S., 1 Blatt. Etwas größerer schwarzer Orig.-Lederband mit goldgeprägtem Deckel- und Rückentitel in mit grauem Samt ausgeschlagenen Orig.-Leinenkasten. Eins von 550 numerierten Exemplaren, deren Impressum von Samuel Beckett und Robert Ryman eigenhändig signiert wurde: "This edition consists of five hundred and fifty copies. Typset in English Monotype Bodoni at Golgonooza Letterfoundry with new descending characters from punches cut by Daniel Carr. The display type is Bauer Bodoni. The text was printed at The Shagbark Press on a paper made at Cartiere Enrico Magnani. The etchings were printed on arches at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press. The design is by Benjamin Shiff. Copy number 459." "Die drei kurzen Texte 'Company', Ill Seen, Ill Said' und "Worstward Ho' des Schriftstellers Samuel Becket erschienen erstmalig Anfang der achtziger Jahre. Unter dem Titel 'Nohow On' zusammengefaßt und mit sechs Radierungen des 'Malers der weißen Quadrate' versehen, kamen sie 1989 bei der amerikanischen Bibliophilen-Gesellschaft 'The Limited Editions Club' heraus. Die von Ryman bevorzugte äußerste Sparsamkeit der künstlerischen Mittel zeigt Verwandtschaft mit der späten Sprache des Dichters Beckett, der sie fast bis zur Grenze des Schweigens löscht" (Papiergesänge 161). "Robert Ryman brings to this edition one of the most singular explorations in the visual arts. Staying within his strict field of expression he has focused on a necessary and inevitable element of modernism. His process is one of distillation and the miracle of these works is the essence of the moment captured in context with Beckett's prose. The images are firmly anchored in Beckett's text; to discover them is a breathtaking experience the committed reader will appreciate. The discovery of something profound in seeming nothingness, a metaphysical exploration of consciousness. The pages of this book are both intimate and monumental. They are extremely clean typographically so as not to interfere with the text, while the typeface, leading, and margins combine to give space and breath within a small format" (From the enclosed sheet of The Limited Editions Club). Der Leinenkasten am Rücken minimal aufgehellt, sonst schönes, nahezu neuwertiges Exemplar in einwandfreiem Zustand. Signatur des Verfassers.

Pappband. Condition: Gut. 30 x 24 cm 195 S. Orig.-Pappband. Mit zahlreichen Textabbildungen. Der weiße Einband ist etwas angestaubt. Der hintere Deckel mit einigen Flecken am oberen Rand. Innen sauber. Mit kurzer Widmung vom Künstler, signiert und datiert. Text in englischer, französischer und deutscher Sprache.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. This book is in Very Good condition. The gilt lettering to the spine and front cover is bright and unrubbed. There are no bookplates, signatures, or markings of any kind. The pages are clean and free of any foxing. This is the limited edition #490/550 signed by both Samuel Beckett and Robert Ryman. The book comes with its rare original clamshell box also in very good condition. Signed by Author(s).

RYMAN, Robert; LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB (illustrator). LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. RYMAN, Robert, [artist]. Nohow On [LEC]. With Etchings by Robert Ryman New York: Limited Editions Club, 1989. Full Description: BECKETT, Samuel. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. RYMAN, Robert, [artist]. Nohow On [LEC]. With Etchings by Robert Ryman New York: Limited Editions Club, 1989. Limited to 550 copies, signed by Beckett and the artist Ryman on limitation page. This being number 37. Quarto (10 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches; 269 x 185 mm). With 6 aquatints by Ryman on Arches and handmade Japanese paper. Samuel Beckett designed a new typeface for the text. Publisher's original full black goatskin. Front board and spine lettered in gilt. Housed in a black cloth clamshell lined in gred ultrasuede. Box with morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. A fine copy. "Beckett wrote this series of short, intense novels in the late 1970's. Company is about old age, about childhood, young love and parental memories. Ultimately, the narrator realizes that all the voices are his own invention, created to keep him company. Ill Seen Ill Said concerns an old woman living in a ghostly cabin who can sometimes be seen, sometimes not. The God of Genesis is very much involved. Worstword Ho is Beckett's modern equivalent of The Tempest. He literally becomes Prospero--or God-- bringing life into being. Nohow On-- the title for the trilogy- is paradoxical. "Nohow" is the situation all of us confront every day. "On" suggests hope. In any event, we must go "on." Robert Ryman's six aquatints, firmly anchored in Beckett's text, invite the viewer to find something profound in seeming nothingness. By being able to discern anything, even the most delicate "white space next" to another, we are able to discover something." (From the publisher). LEC Bibliography. HBS 69338. $2,000. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: F. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine. The 1st book of the 50th Series of the LEC and the 557th publication by the club. One of 550 copies, this being #300 and signed by Samuel Beckett and Robert Ryman. The typeset in English Monotype Bodoni at Golgonooza Letter Foundry with new decending characters from punches cut by Daniel Carr. Text printed at The Shagbark Press on paper made by Cartiere Enrico Magnani. The etchings were printed on arches at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press and book design by Benjamin Shiff. One of the best books coming from the LEC. A fine book in a NEar Fine clamshell case. Signed.