Fornicon [SIGNED]
by Ungerer, Tomi
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Zürich: Diogenes Verlag AG, 1970. Luxusausgabe (Deluxe edition). Hardcover. vg. 1/300. Folio. 60 plates in black cloth clamshell box. Minor staining to box, one-inch closed tear along tail of spine on front board of box. Delightful portfolio with sixty reproductions of humorous erotic drawings by the French illustrator Tomi Ungerer (1931-). The drawings are of 'machine dominated' sex acts with a focus on phallic imagery. One drawing signed in pencil by Ungerer. Two page foreword in German by Walther Killy. This numbered limited edition was published especially for the "Klub der Bibliomanen." Most of the plates on heavy card stock, a few are on thinner paper with a greenish linear background. Clamshell box in very good, plates in near fine condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20280
- Title
- Fornicon [SIGNED]
- Author
- Ungerer, Tomi
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Luxusausgabe (Deluxe edition)
- Publisher
- Diogenes Verlag AG
- Place of Publication
- Zürich
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- French artists, Erotic drawings, Sexual drawings, French caricaturtists, Satiric sketches
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...