Broken Manual (Special Edition)

SOTH, Alec

Published by Göttingen: Steidl, 2010

About this Item

Special Edition. Quarto. Number 19 of 300 unique copies of Alec Soth's Broken Manual; "an underground instruction manual for those looking to escape their lives," documenting monks, survivalists, hermits, and runaways. In keeping with this clandestine theme, each of the Special Edition copies were housed/hidden in their own unique "shell-books;" in this case, a hollowed-out copy of Asa Briggs' The Nineteenth Century (Thames and Hudson, 1970). SIGNED and numbered by Soth to the library card sleeve affixed to bottom of the shell's tray, which has been lined with a sheet from an unidentified turn-of-the-century German serial (January 1900). The work has also been signed by Soth to rear wrapper, along with Little Brown Mushroom stamp. Accompanied by two effaced photographic prints; one self-portrait of Soth (8 x 10 in.), SIGNED and numbered to verso, and a a color print (sometimes mistaken as an original photograph) of a family scene, with the father's face aggressively scratched out. The latter laid into a copy of Soth's Liberation Billfold Manifest. Fine in printed wrappers; minor rubbing to the shell-book. Prints also fine. Seller Inventory # 30319

Bibliographic Details

Title: Broken Manual (Special Edition)

Publisher: Göttingen: Steidl

Publication Date: 2010

Binding: Soft cover

Signed: Signed by Author(s)