Published by Los Angeles: Lapis Press / Sam Francis, 1990
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Very scarce! Limited edition of only 38 copies, of which this is number 25 and signed on the title page by Joe Goode (known also as Jose Bueno). The volume contains 12 etchings in color of abstracted interpretations on the subject of water. -Plates & proofing by Jacob Samuel -Edition printing by Robert Aull -Letterpress by Les Ferriss -Binding by Ulli Rotzscher Elephant folio bound in blue silk-covered boards in gray silk-covered slipcase. Each color plate is individually mounted on its own page. Condition: slipcase is sun-faded with some wear and minor fraying; the spine of the volume is sun-faded. Otherwise, the book is in fine condition in a very good slipcase. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by The Lapis Press, Los Angeles, 1990
Silk Over Boards in Slipcase. Condition: Fine. First Edition 1/38. np (32pp), 12 color etchings. "Water" is Joe Goode's - credited as Jose Bueno - exquisite 1990 limited edition book from The Lapis Press consisting of twelve color etchings of abstracted water executed by master printer Jacob Samuel on handmade paper at Sam Francis' Litho Shop. The title page and colophon were typeset and printed by hand letterpress by Les Ferriss, with its striking Royal Blue silk binding and grey slipcase by Ulli Rotzscher. A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon first and only edition limited to thirty-eight copies NUMBERED (38/38) AND BOLDLY SIGNED "Joe Goode" in pencil on the title page showing just a bit of age-toning to the spine of the book and some light wear to the slipcase. Illustrated Book.
Published by The Lapis Press, Los Angeles, 1993
Handmade Wrappers in Slipcase. Condition: Fine. First Edition 1/25. np (20pp), 8 monochrome etchings. Designed by Joe Goode. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Nature's Revenge" is the beautiful 1993 Joe Goode limited edition book from The Lapis Press consisting of eight gorgeous monochrome Chine-colle etchings of abstracted tornados executed by master printer Jacob Samuel on Hiromi paper at Sam Francis' Litho Shop. The title page and colophon were typeset and printed by hand letterpress by Les Ferriss, and the wrappers are bound and sewn in the Japanese style using unprinted handmade Hiromi paper and housed in a like paper-over-boards slipcase by Klaus-Ullrich S. Rotzscher. A brand new, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon first and only edition limited to twenty-five copies NUMBERED (22/25) AND BOLDLY SIGNED "Joe Goode" in pencil. Illustrated Book.