Writing Desk: Signed (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. A truely fine copy which is signed by the author. Set in colonial New Zealand, this beautifully illustrated graphic novel follows the lives of sisters Margaret and Elsie Balfour as they come of age on a South Canterbury farm in the late nineteenth century. While ambitious Elsie leaves to study medicine at Edinburgh University, Margaret remains at home, carrying the responsibilities expected of the eldest daughter. As family tragedy and changing fortunes reshape their futures, the sisters' contrasting paths reveal the opportunities and limitations faced by women of their time. Drawing on family history and archival material, Di Morris combines evocative artwork with historical photographs and documents to create a moving and meticulously researched portrait of family, resilience and women's lives in colonial New Zealand. Di Morris (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Thames & Hudson. 1976. First edition. Hardback in DW. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, "Edward Wakeling, On the occasion of joining the Society of Carrollians. Francis Huxley 10.12.76." A very clean and fresh copy in wrapper that is faded to spine and slightly worn along top edge.

Kelly M. Houle. 2004. Two pieces of Anamorphic Art. 1) A small back cloth hardback book with a mounted metal framed portrait of Carroll. Inside is mirror that can be levered to form a cylinder. The rest is a big fold-out collage You have probably seen those photo mosaics where a large image is made up of many smaller images acting as pixels. Kelly Houle has taken the idea a mile further by creating a photo collage that is also anamorphic -- a collage of illustrations and related material from Alice in Wonderland that, when a curved mirror is placed in the correct position, forms a portrait of Lewis Carroll. Absolutely amazing stuff. SIGNED TO INSIDE BY LIMITATIONS - 136/350 for book and 56/750 for following card. A fine copy. 2) A card with the riddle of "Why is a Raven like a Writing Desk?" to the outside and another cylindrcal moving mirror and illustration to inside where raven can be turned to a writing desk in the reflection. Fine in original rexine envelope. Cylindrical anamorphosis is an art technique that creates distorted images that appear normal when viewed through a cylindrical mirror, manipulating perspective and light to produce a three-dimensional effect from a two-dimensional surface.…