(The Arion Press) THE APOCALYPSE: THE REVELATION OF SAINT JOHN THE DIVINE: THE LAST BOOK OF THE NEW TESTAMENT FROM THE KING JAMES VERSION OF THE BIBLE, 1611. WITH TWENTY-NINE PRINTS FROM WOODBLOCKS CUT BY JIM DINE. San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1982. LIMITED EDITION; #139 of 150 copies, signed by the artist, and one of only 8 copies of the special box edition with the skull sculpture. Folio - 15" x 11". White pigskin backed oak boards with lightening-bolt pattern to front and back covers, with titles blind-stamped to spine, for what is a magnificent copy of the book. Original publisher's special oak box, limited to just eight examples thereof, housing a relief sculpture of a skull face by Jim Dine, cast in bonded plaster and individually painted by the artist; book is housed in a recessed tray located in the base of box, which is held in place by way of four flush-mounted oak latching mechanisms. [64] pp. This was the tenth book published by The Arion Press, and the first in collaboration with a major American artist; letterpress text set by hand and printed damp on French handmade Apta Velin from the Richard De Bas Mill; illustrated with twenty-nine black and white woodblock prints by Jim Dine. Included with this offering is a copy of the original [4] pp. prospectus for the book. The condition of all three items, i.e., the prospectus, the book and the sculptural box is FINE. Only three copies of the original prospectus located on OCLC/WorldCat. RARE. No copies of the special edition of eight in the sculptural box located on OCLC/WorldCat, and only two copies have appeared at auction since its issue in 1982. EXCEEDINGLY RARE.

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Title: THE APOCALYPSE: THE REVELATION OF SAINT JOHN THE DIVINE: THE LAST BOOK OF THE NEW TESTAMENT FROM THE KING JAMES VERSION OF THE BIBLE, 1611. WITH TWENTY-NINE PRINTS FROM WOODBLOCKS CUT BY JIM DINE
Publisher: The Arion Press, San Francisco
Publication Date: 1982
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Dine, Jim
Edition: Limited Edition
Condition: Fine
Signed: Signed by Illustrator(s)

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