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First edition in a handcrafted, design bookbinding/scultpture by Jan Sobota. Approx. size of binding: 8" x 9 1/4", size of book: 5 1/2" x 8 1/8", 380pp. A copy of the first edition text-block which has been bound inside of a handcrafted, clamshell box/book sculpture by Jan Sobota, with his bookbinder's stamp, blind-stamped in the lower rim of the inner back cover of the sculpture. This specially constructed binding features various colored, soft-surfaced leathers; as olive green for the military cap & collar, black for the visor of the cap, tan/flesh-tone for the face of the figure (De Gaulle), white & black on-lays for the "target" form on the front & back covers; interior of this clamshell box is lined with a soft gray, textured paper, the flyleaves of the book have also been replaced with 3 sheets of this type of paper in other shades of color; small, circular colored velcro closures in the interior of the box, keep it lightly closed. Preserved in a sturdy, 9 1/4" x 10 3/8" x 2 1/4" (thick), drop-back clamshell box/case constructed by Sobota, this is covered in a textured tan cloth with a red leather title label, with gilt title, mounted at the top of the spine, red cloth edges; interior of the box is lined with white felt. Binding and case are in fine condition. Scan shows the front of the sculpture (front cover of binding). Created by Jan Sobota, sometime in the late 1980's, or early '90's. To quote an earlier catalogue description: First edition of the popular suspense novel in an extraordinary sculptural binding by one of the most interesting and inventive art binders of our day. Sobota has bound the book block into a clamshell box in the shape of President De Gaulle s head in right profile. A target is on-laid in the center. Sobota s work is unquestionably among the most distinctive and readily identifiable among his contemporaries. Weight: 4 lbs. Seller Inventory # ABE-213363132
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