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Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Description: Post card (5 by 6 1/2 inches). Post card announcement of Pacific Editions' publication of Quartet, four essays by Lewis Thomas with four original color etchings by Joseph Goldyne. Postmarked.
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Thomas, Lewis. Quartet. Pacific Editions & Arif Press, San Francisco & Berkeley, 1986.
Price: US$978.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto. 36pp. One of 165 copies, signed by the author and artist. "A collaboration among artists," this work contains four essays by Dr. Lewis Thomas, each accompanied by a specially commissioned color etching by Joseph Goldyne, plus one additional etching, laid in, that "[pays] homage to the overall spirit of Dr. Thomas's writings." Introduction by Dr. Carl Djerassi. The volume was designed, handset, and letterpress printed by Wesley B. Tanner of the Arif Press. Unique papers, called Quartet and Berkeley, were commissioned from Twinrocker Paper Mill for this book, and they incorporate calligraphy by John Prestianni in the watermark, as well as in the design for title and initial capitals. Bound by Klaus-Ullrich Rötzscher in quarter leather and paper over boards. Fine. Housed in a drop-back box, bumped at the lower corner. Prospectus laid in.
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Description: One of 165 copies all on Twinrocker handmade rag paper, each signed by the author and artist. Page size: 12 inches x 8-1/4 inches. Bound by Klaus-Ullrich Rotzscher: gilt stamped morocco and Twinrocker paper in custom clamshell box. Four of the five etchings accompany each of the four essays by Thomas and a fifth, For Quartet, weaves visual metaphors of the themes of the four essays. The etchings incorporate a variety of graphic techniques, including aquatint, spitbite, drypoint, and hard and soft ground methods. They were proofed by Kay Bradner at Katherine Lincoln Press and the edition was printed by Robert Townsend and Kate Hanlon. The text is handset in 16 point Bembo and Centaur and printed letterpress at the Arif Press by Wesley B. Tanner who also designed the book. Title calligraphy is by John Prestianni. This is a real collaborative effort among artists and the result encompasses Thomas' central themes: the dominant role of symbiosis in life on our planet; guarded optimism in the face of great odds; the magical role of music and metaphor; and the idiosyncracies of language and communication. The late Lewis Thomas, National Book Award winner, had a long and distinguished career as a scientist before combining that career with that of writing. Joseph Goldyne, trained as a physician before embarking on a career in art. His work is widely collected and critically acclaimed.
Seller: Priscilla Juvelis Inc., ABAA, Kennebunkport, ME, U.S.A.