Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Quarto, beige cloth; 67 pp. illustrated with 1 photogravure plate by Jim Dine. Edition of 226 copies; 200 numbered for sale, this #77. Signed in the colophon by Jim Dine. The photogravure is from Dine's "Ape and Cat" series.
Seller: Chanticleer Books, ABAA, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: One of 200 numbered copies specially bound and signed by Jim Dine, the first 75 of which were included with Dine's album of photogravures, Ape & Cat (this is copy no.133). Quarto (32cm); full taupe cloth, with titles stamped in dark brown on spine and front cover; [ii],[2],3-67,[3]pp, with a photogravure by Dine and one mounted plate. A Fine copy of this private press publication of James's short story, included in his 1879 collection The Madonna of the Future and Other Tales. Arion 52.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: The box with bas-relief and “Ape & Cat” are limited to 75 copies for sale, numbered 1 to 75. “The Madonna of the Future” is limited to 200 copies for sale, of which 75 copies are included in the box with “Ape & Cat.” The balance of the edition, 125 copies is offered for sale separately. An additional 26 copies of the box set were produced for collaborators and are lettered A-Z. This set is numbered 48. Bas-relief sculpture on cover of box designed by Jim Dine, signed in pencil by the artist. The relief mold was made at the Walla Walla Foundry, Washington, and the casting was done at the foundry of M & H Type, San Francisco. The sculpture is inscribed by Dine with his signature and the number 97 for the year. With original promotional flyer laid in. Two volumes, “Ape & Cat” by Jim Dine, “The Madonna of the Future” by Henry James, introduction by Arthur C. Danto. 18 photogravures in Ape and Cat by Jim Dine and 1 in “The Madonna of the Future.” Quarto (4to), accordion-style cloth binding, “Ape & Cat”. Very good condition, clean and solid in every way. Inventory #60863-1, This book will need special handling in shipping, at an additional cost. From the colophon: “Designed and produced under the direction of Andrew Hoyem at Arion Press, San Francisco, with the assistance of Gerald Reddan, Eric Holub, Stephanie Dal Porto, Peggy Gotthold, and Leif Erlandsson. The types are Ties New Roman. The intaglio printing was done by R. E. Townsend Studio, Georgetown, Massachusetts, by Robert Townsend and Katherine Hanlon, from plates made by Jeno Gindl, Berlin, and proofed by William Hall at Pace Editions, New York City. The paper is Hahnemuhle Copperplate. Published in an edition limited to 75 numbered and 26 lettered copies, each signed by the artist.”
Seller: The Old Print Shop, Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Jim Dine; Henry James. Ape & Cat and the Madonna of the Future.. Arion Press, San Francisco,, 1997.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Intro. by Arthur C. Danto, 2 Volumes; Ape & Cat: illustrated with 18 monochrome photogravures by Jim Dine, quarto (4to), accordion-style cloth binding, limited to 101 copies; The Madonna of the Future by Henry James, has one of the photogravures from Ape & Cat and a tipped-in monochrome photograph, octavo (8vo), cloth, limited to 226 copies both signed by Dine; together in a matching cloth box. With a relief sculpture by Jim Dine inset in front board, The relief mold was made at the Walla Walla Foundry, Washington, and the casting was done at the foundry of M & H Type, San Francisco. The sculpture is inscribed by Dine with his signature and the number 97 for the year. Very good condition, near mint. Inventory #60863. This item will incur additional shipping due to weight and special packing needed to assure safe arrival.
Seller: The Old Print Shop, Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.