Aphorisms by Francis Sam (5 results)

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket. First Edition Thus 1/600. np (36pp), no illustrations. Designed and printed by Jaime Robles. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Printed by hand letterpress without illustrations, this charming little collection of brief aphorisms by the late, great Sam Francis is one of the very first publications of the artist's own Lapis Press. While the colophon calls for six hundred copies, we know from the publisher that the vast majority of the print run was never jacketed, signed, nor distributed. An internally bright, most handsome example lacking the dust jacket and showing some mild soiling to its matte white wrappers. It has been priced accordingly. Artist's Book.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Limited Edition, 600 copies perfect bound in plain white wrappers. This copy lacking a dustwrapper, though displaying a pastedown title label to front cover. Printed on rectos only. Fine. Interesting meditations relating to art. Q11446.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Author (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st. Edition Limited to 600 copies , Plain paper soft cover in a tan paper dust jacket. This copy is signed by Sam Francis the artist ( June 25, 1923 - Nov. 4, 1984 ) on the last page . A very scarce book of poetry by this artist. Condition : Near Fine. Very light corner bumps. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 64pp. Perfectbound plain white wrappers. Near fine with some light toning and a bump. A collection of poems/thoughts by abstract painter Sam Francis, founder of Lapis Press. While the trade version of *Aphorisms* was published in an edition of 600 copies, we have only been able to locate one other copy of it in this larger format issued without a dustwrapper, in the archives of the Sam Francis Foundation. The foundation could not definitively date this variant; its sparse production suggest it is possibly a proof copy. Rare. *OCLC* locates no copies of this variant (five of the trade edition).

Wrappers. Condition: Fine. First Edition. np (36pp), no illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Printed offset without illustrations, this charming little self-published collection of brief aphorisms by the late, great Sam Francis precedes the 1986 Lapis Press edition by over a decade. A bright, most handsome unique example of this exceedingly uncommon true first printing issued hors commerce without dust jacket to be given by the artist to his friends additionally BEARING A BOLD SELF PORTRAIT DRAWING INITIALED AND DATED "S.F. / '73" in black ink on the front cover. Signed and Dated by the Artist With a Drawing. Artist's Book.