Dictator Banknotes [together with] Dictator Postage Stamps

Published by Cultural Traffic, London, 2021

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Limited Edition. Hardcover. DICTATOR BANKNOTES Designed by Sam Boxer "Dictator Banknotes is a curation of Mott's fascination with the darkness of power, absolute power in particular. Designed as an album, the book contains 16 genuine dictator banknotes with text for each dictator alongside anecdotes of their barbarity and/or humorous notes on their colourful lives. Dictators featured in the publication: Sultan of Brunei, Chairman Mao, Papa Doc, Suharto, Shah of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, Saddam Hussein, Colonel Gaddafi, Genghis Khan, Samora Machel, Kim Il- Sung, King Fahd, Bashar al-Assad, Niyazov, Idi Amin, and Tito." [publisher's statement] DICTATOR POSTAGE STAMPS Designed by Sam Boxer "Dictator Postage Stamps is a companion to Dictator Banknotes (published 2020) that takes a further look at Mott's fascination with the darkness of power, absolute power in particular. The book is designed as an album and contains 25 genuine dictator postage stamps with accompanying text for each dictator, plus anecdotes of their barbarity and/or humorous notes on their colourful lives. Dictators featured in the publication: Enver Hoxha, King Leopold II, The Sultan of Brunei, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Simón Bolivar, Fidel Castro, Mobutu Sese Seko, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Haile Selasse, Napoleon Bonaparte, Philipp Pétain, Adolf Hitler, Gaius Julius Caesar, Sukarno, António de Oliveira Salazar, Nicolae Ceaus escu, Vlad the Impaler, Hendrik Verwoerd, Francisco Franco, Bashar Hafez al-Assad, Chiang Kai-Shek, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Joseph Stalin, Hugo Chávez, Ho Chi Minh." [publishers statement]. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Red paper boards, black ink lettering, tipped in banknotes. 8vo. Illus. Limited edition of 50. Signed by the author. // Printed yellow paper boards, black ink lettering, tipped in stamps. 8vo. 25pp plus blanks. Illus. Limited edition of 60. Signed by the author.…

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Title
Dictator Banknotes [together with] Dictator Postage Stamps
Author
Mott, Toby
Publisher
Cultural Traffic, London
Publication year
2021
Condition
Fine. No DJ, as Issued
Dust jacket
dj
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Limited Edition.

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