Hockney David Posner David (8 results)

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition & Limited Edition. Gainesville: The University Presses of Florida, 1976. First Edition. Signed and numbered by the author on the limitation page. Copy #80 of 100 copies. Frontis portrait of Posner by David Hockney. Octavo, 117 pp. Black cloth with gilt and gray, green jacket, greem slipcase. Fine book in a near fine jacket with only trace scuffing near one corner. Slipcase has a spine-top nick, some rubbing, and is Very Good +. Posner's stylish collection of poems was one of five manuscripts - out of more than 1,000 submitted - to win a contest initiated by Virginia Commonwealth University. L-31n. Hockney, David (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: Sehr gut. No. 218 of a limited edition of 450 copies. Square Folio (39.5 cm wide x 36 cm high). 84 unnumbered pages with illustrations by Hockney throughout. Hardcover / Designed by John Tomlinson. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Wonderful, firm example of this rare publication. Poems by David Posner and illustrated with 16 high-quality reproductions of colour-engravings by David Hockney.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Large black cover by Posner and 16 etchings by David Hockney. The Errata leaf is inserted. 450 copies with the plastic grip style spine. Colour illustrations throughout. Beautiful book.

Large 4to, pp. [82] including 16 full-page etchings. Errata slip loosely inserted. Original black cloth backed in black plastic, front board lettered in grey. Small mark to half-title. Boards lightly soiled and a little marked, edges just a touch bumped in places. The etchings date from the early sixties and were originally conceived as a series of 8, transposing the subject of Hogarth?s namesake series of paintings to North America. At the suggestion of the Royal College of Art Hockney expanded the series, and they were first published in 1963 in an edition of 50. When the Lion and Unicorn Press prepared this edition, they commissioned American poet David Posner to write a poem which, per the verso of the half-title ?which was to be a work in its own right and not necessarily an illustration to David Hockney?s engravings..…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Large 4to (15 & 1/2 inches X 14 & 1/2). pp 82. A poem in 5 parts by David Posner & 16 etchings by David Hockney. Issued without d/w in 450 copies ( inc 50 for America) Original black cloth lettered light blue, plastic grip style spine. Faint rubbing at corners o/w very good indeed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Large 4to, with 16 full-page etchings. Errata slip as loose insert.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Large 4to (15 & 1/2 inches X 14 & 1/2). pp 82. A poem in 5 parts by David Posner & 16 etchings by David Hockney. Errata leaf inserted. Issued without d/w in 450 copies ( inc 50 for America) Black cloth lettered light blue, plastic grip style spine. Faint surface wqear at rear, some wear at lowwer inside edges of rear pastedown o/w very good indeed.…

First edition, with the errata sheet loose as issued; one of 450 copies only. Simultaneously an homage and riposte to Hogarth's moralizing series of the same name, A Rake's Progress was Hockney's first major print series, reproduced on a smaller scale here and juxtaposed with Posner's poem. While Hogarth's rake descends into ruin, Hockney's is faced with a crisis of identity, rather than morality. The series is viewed as a thinly veiled autobiographical account of Hockney's own experience of arriving in New York. Hockney began work on the original etchings in September 1961 and the set was published as an edition of 50 in 1963 by Editions Alecto. Hockney himself suggested Posner write the accompanying poem, designed to function as a stand-alone work in its own right, for this edition. Square folio. Illustrated with 16 reduced halftone letterpress blocks after etchings by Hockney. Original black cloth boards with slide-on plastic spine binder, front cover lettered in grey, illustrated endpapers, printed on Dual White Proven art paper. With original packing box. Spotting to boards, first and last leaves, and errata: otherwise, a very good copy with illustrations clean and bright.…