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The Last Good Kiss (Signed limited edition)
by Bradbury, Ray; Hans Burkhardt (illustrator)
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- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
Northridge: Santa Susana Press, 1984. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. Number 20 of 60 copies, signed by both author and illustrator on the limitation page. Fine in nearly Fine slipcase. 12 loose small folio leaves in plain paper sleeve. Housed in folding red slipcase. Printed on arches paper with deckled edges, all three prints dated, numbered, and signed by Bukhardt, stamped "ORIGINAL LINOLEUM CUT" on verso. One text leaf with light paint splatters; rest of interior as new. Red case with minor toning to edges, but maintaining paper title to font, interior folds bright. Laid in is an additional artist's broadside of Robert Herrick's poem: "Give Me a Kiss" titled "Valentine." no publisher, date or other information.
A memorable and unexpected collaboration between an American novelist, famous for his science and dystopian fiction, and a Swiss-American abstract expressionist painter & printmaker and professor (at Cal State Northridge, among other universities). Bradbury's love poem is dedicated to the pure transformational power of a single kiss from a beloved. In Burkhardt's three abstract prints, swirling forms and bright colors evoke passion and a feeling of instantaneous metamorphosis. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
A memorable and unexpected collaboration between an American novelist, famous for his science and dystopian fiction, and a Swiss-American abstract expressionist painter & printmaker and professor (at Cal State Northridge, among other universities). Bradbury's love poem is dedicated to the pure transformational power of a single kiss from a beloved. In Burkhardt's three abstract prints, swirling forms and bright colors evoke passion and a feeling of instantaneous metamorphosis. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Whitmore Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6176
- Title
- The Last Good Kiss (Signed limited edition)
- Author
- Bradbury, Ray; Hans Burkhardt (illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Santa Susana Press
- Place of Publication
- Northridge
- Date Published
- 1984
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