The Sibyls [SIGNED]
by Rubottom, Sibyl
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- near fine
- Seller
-
Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
San Diego: Bay Park Press, 2006. Limited edition. Hardcover. near fine. 1/10. Oblong quarto. 12 x 10". 8 leaves (6 fold-out pages). Textured half tan over red cloth, with square cutout, framing an intaglio print on handmade paper on the front cover. Gold-brown lettering. The publication is a beautifully produced artist's book by printer and printmaker Sibyl Rubottom, looking at the different "Sibyls" throughout history and their roles. Each "Sibyl" mentioned is accompanied by a piece of text or poem, and an original intaglio print. Each print is hand signed and dated by the artist in pencil. As stated on the colophon the book has been printed on "Dutch etching paper in Bodoni, Bernard Modern, Albertus, and Palatino type. There are eight intaglio prints in a limited edition of ten books." The colophon is signed and hand-numbered (#4) in pencil, by the artist. Missing the original box. Binding and interior in near fine condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42745
- Title
- The Sibyls [SIGNED]
- Author
- Rubottom, Sibyl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- Bay Park Press
- Place of Publication
- San Diego
- Date Published
- 2006
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.
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