Swallowing Helmets (4 results)

Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, 110 p., offset n&b, broché, 1000 ex. 21 x 15 cm. This copy is not numbered on the title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. First edition. Limited edition number 350 / 1000. Signed by author. 8vo. pp.viii, 110 (ibl). Original wrappers in black and white with black lettering on spine and both covers, black and white photograph on front cover. In very fine condition internally and overall. Loosely inserted card printed with three poems, signed by the author, Artist's Proof in limited edition of 300. David Robilliard was a poet and painter, championed by Gilbert and George. Born in Guernsey in 1952, he was part of London's queer scene in the 1980s. Both his written and his painted work has a deceptive simplicity. He died too young in the AIDS epidemic which devastated London's gay community in that era. David Robilliard (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing, signed by the author. Noted as one of 1000 copies but it seems that the artist did not sign the entire edition as signed copies are rare. A fine clean tight copy with the only marking being Robilliard's signature to the colophon page. Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. 21×15 cm. English, softcover, 110 pp. Artist book. One of only a handful of publications by the artist during his short lifetime. In his signature style mixing poetry and drawings this is an excellent entry book for Robilliard's universe, published only a year before his untimely death due to AIDS-related illness in 1988. This is a numbered and signed copy. Although a 1000 numbered and signed copies were announced, maybe more than half remained unsigned and unnumbered making 'proper' copies like this exceedingly uncommon. Near Fine. Signed by Author(s).…