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This sale features some of the rarest Ernest Hemingway items to come to market in recent years, along with rare and important newspapers, a closely-curated selection of works by African-American authors, and some of the finest early printed books to come to market in recent memory. Purchase Catalog
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Lot 126

[ARTIST'S BOOK]. [ARANGO, Jose Rafael [and] ASSATLY, James [and] BATTISS, Walter, et al., contributors]. Anti-Utopia. Vol. I, No. 3. Thorny Edition. [

Estimate: $300 - $500
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$150

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[ARTIST'S BOOK]. [ARANGO, Jose Rafael [and] ASSATLY, James [and] BATTISS, Walter, et al., contributors]. Anti-Utopia. Vol. I, No. 3. Thorny Edition. [New York: Anti-Utopia, March, 1989]. 4to. Illustrated throughout on various papers, with some illustrations signed. 71 pp. Specially bound in copper-colored metal covers with soldiered accents, a red arrowhead decal affixed to front, with small wooden branch affixed to the spine with a copper wire. THORNY EDITION, OF THIS RARE AND UNUSUAL ARTIST'S BOOK, #64/100 COPIES WITH SIGNED ILLUSTRATIONS, SEVERAL OF WHICH ARE MULTI-MEDIA. The artists who have signed include: Bobbie Fultz, and Eric Hanson. Contributors include: Jose Rafael Arango, James Assatly, Walter Batiss, Jay Bogan, Gayle Brown, Kelly Bugden, Andrew Castrucci, Paul Castrucci, Norman Catherine, Nadia Cöen, Ray Crossley, Robin Dann, Susan Demirjian, Danielle Epstein, Bobbie Fultz, Linda Givon, Eric Hanson, Leslie Hill, Rik Letendre, Rosemary McShane, Katy Merz, Donald Miller, Cara Perlman, Tony Pinotti, John Ranard, Edward Rollins, Martin Rollins, Ruben Ruenes, Nancy Spero, Robert Vitale and Bruce Witsiepe.

Condition

Fine. Laid-in is a gallery exhibition flyer displaying artwork in this book. 

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