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Petersburg Press. paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. By Alberto Savinio, with illustrations by Francesco Clemente. Large paperback with elaborate foldout flaps. Reproduction of the first translated edition. Text unmarked, gentle wear.

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Germany: Petersburg Press, 1986. Book. Very good+ condition. Paperback. First Edition. Folio. 48 double page lithographs, reproduced from the original. Oversize paperback binding with shelfwear to the bottom edge, and a bump and scuff to the top edge resulting in a tiny tear to the top of the rear cover. Profusely illustrated. Text printed in red and black. The bottom edge of the closed pages is lightly spotted, but the text is clean and unmarked. With illustrations by Francesco Clemente. First edition in English..

(CLEMENTE, FRANCESCO) (SAVINIO, ALBERTO). Savinio, Alberto & Francesco Clemente. THE DEPARTURE OF THE ARGONAUT. New York & London: Petersburg Press, 1986. First Edition Thus. 4to. Wrappers in Dust Jacket. Illustrated Book. Near Fine./Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated. This is a facsimile of the Petersburg Press deluxe Livre D'Artiste for which Francesco Clemente produced a series of forty-eight lithographs - each embellishing every double-page spread of the text. This is the is the first English translation of the wartime diary cum travelogue of Alberto Savinio - brother of Giorgio de Chirico - and himself one of the seminal figures of 20th Century Italian literature. A most handsome example. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 019624

Germany: Petersburg Press, 1986. Soft cover. Fine/Fine.

Petersburg Press, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Text is LIKE NEW. Very Clean. No writing or tears to text. Book and Dust Jacket have very minor shelf wear. Only real flaw is that there is sticker residue/scuffing on a dust jacket flap.

like new oversize pb, rare volume, text in English by Savinio, 48 large zincographies by Clemente

1986. CLEMENTE, Francesco. The Departure of the Argonaut. By Alberto Savinio. [102] ff. With 49 photolithographs, 46 in color and 3 in black on cream paper. Elephant folio, bound in original wrappers and beige linen box designed by Rudolph Rieser. London: Petersburg Press, 1986. Clemente's images are extraordinary and elevate this work to one of monumental bookmaking in conception, design, and production. The artist's designs range from monochromatic and brooding to intensely imaginary and vividly colourful. The text itself, first issued in 1917, is the travelogue and wartime diary of Alberto Savinio, one of the seminal figures in 20th-century Italian arts and letters. It is translated here from the Italian for the first time. Limited to 200 copies signed by the artist. Johnson, Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870-2000, No. 169. Castleman, A Century of Artists Books, p. 217.