A Beehive Arranged on Humane Principles
Gilbert Sorrentino
Published by The Grenfell Press, New York City, 1986
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Leatherbound
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Panoply Books, Lambertville, NJ, U.S.A.
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Orange full morocco covers are mostly clean, with gilt, leather overlay and blind stamped illustration. Boards show a few smudges. Corners are sharp. Spine has brown text and is bright with firm ends. Binding is strong. End papers/ pastedowns show little sign of age or wear; a little shading at edges from binding. Illustrations are bright and clear. Interior exhibits minimal signs of age and wear. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges have deckle fore and foot edges, pages are French-fold. Full cloth tray case of charcoal gray has orange morocco label on spine side.** PS2024.1010** 32 pages. 8 3/4 x 10 7/8 inches** A very fine example of letterpress printing from The Grenfell Press in full morocco binding, fitted in a cloth tray case. With linocut illustrations. Included in the case is the original Publisher's announcement of the edition.** The contents are verbal art by Gilbert Sorrentino (1929-2006), a comic, layered query utilizing nouns from the poetry of Wallace Stevens. Sorrentino, an American novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic, professor, and editor, explored the comic and formal possibilities of language and literature in his fiction and poetry. The accompanying prints are by David Storey (b. 1948), who "created a sycopated balance with the text's humor and with the type page." (Publisher)** Edition of 85 copies. This is copy V (5) of 15 bound in full morocco. Signed on the colophon by author and artist. Hand bound by Claudia Cohen.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #010077"**. Seller Inventory # 010077
Bibliographic Details
Title: A Beehive Arranged on Humane Principles
Publisher: The Grenfell Press, New York City
Publication Date: 1986
Binding: Leatherbound
Illustrator: David Storey
Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Artist & Author
Edition: Limited Edition
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A Beehive Arranged on Humane Principles
Published by
The Grenfell Press, (New York), 1986
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. [26]pp. Illustrated with four linocuts by David Storey printed from the original blocks in eight colors. Quarter morocco spine and illustrated handmade Japanese paper over boards. Laid into the book is publisher's errata slip and publishers prospectus Endpapers are foxed due to binder's glue used, else a near fine copy in fine (publisher's?) unprinted acetate dust jacket. Limited to 70 numbered copies (of a total edition of 85) Signed by Gilbert Sorrentino and David Storey. Seller Inventory # 522740
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A Beehive Arranged on Humane Principles
Published by
The Grenfell Press, (New York), 1986
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Quarto, unpaginated (about 40pp.), illustrated. A fine copy in the publisher's full inlaid pictorial orange-brown morocco, housed in the publisher's grey clamshell box with matching leather spine label. Per the colophon: "85 copies printed on Whatman paper and published by The Grenfell Press, New York, January 1986. Typography by Michael Bixler; binding by Claudia Cohen. Copies 1-70 bound in full paper [note: errata slip corrects this: "copies 1-70 are bound in quarter morocco"]; copies I-XV bound in full morocco. All copies signed by the author and the artist." This is copy III of the Roman numeral edition. Scarce. Seller Inventory # 12638
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