John Piper's Stowe With a Foreword by John Piper & a Commentary by Mark Girouard.

Piper, John & Mark Girouard

Verlag: Hurtwood Press in association with The Tate Gallery Westerham, Kent, 1983

Beschreibung

Folio. & portfolio. First edition. Limited edition of 300 copies of which this is number 49. Signed by John Piper on the limitation page. Original half black goatskin over marbled paper boards, gilt. Top edge gilt. In black cloth slipcase. Printed on French rag paper at Westerham Press. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. With two signed, numbered prints in a separate portfolio. Fine in slightly marked slipcase. 'Mr. Piper may go where he likes in the house and grounds, and is not to be molested'! John Piper's responses to Stowe are reproduced in a magnificent production issued to mark the diamond jubilee of Stowe School and the eightieth birthday of the artist. The special copies, numbered 1-50, included two signed prints by the John Piper and these are, for once, present here. Special copies were also available in superior bindings, either quarter bound black cloth or, as requested by this customer, half black goatskin in a black cloth slipcase. The portfolio also contains the original prospectus and the customer's correspondence with the publisher. A rare opportunity to own a complete and superior copy of this work. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 7598

Bibliografische Details

Titel: John Piper's Stowe With a Foreword by John ...

Verlag: Hurtwood Press in association with The Tate Gallery Westerham, Kent

Erscheinungsdatum: 1983

Einband: Hardcover

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers

Auflage: 1. Auflage