From Centerbridge Books, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A. Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 25 September 1998
Patterned cloth. Folio. 47pp. Illustrated. Copy #73 of 300 copies signed by the artist. A portfolio of views of this British country house and school by the acclaimed artist and stained-glass designer. A very good copy with some light wear to the cloth. The text is very good with some scattered light foxing. Foreign postage will be extra on this large book. Seller Inventory # 12042
Title: John Piper's Stowe.
Publisher: London: Hurtwood Press in association with The Tate Gallery.
Publication Date: 1983
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Illustrator(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: Anthony Smith Books, London, LND, United Kingdom
Folio. First edition. Limited edition of 300 copies of which this is number 45. Signed by John Piper on the limitation page. Original marbled cloth binding by Smith Settle. Gilt to spine. Printed on French rag paper at Westerham Press. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Spine faded and with a tiny split to the cloth at the foot. A short scratch to the back board. Contents clean and fresh. Near fine. 'Mr. Piper may go where he likes in the house and grounds, and is not to be molested'! The artist's responses to Stowe are reproduced in a magnificent production. Copies 1-50 included two signed prints by the artist. These are not present in this copy. Uncommon. Seller Inventory # 6194
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, number 21 of 300 numbered copies, each signed by John Piper. Elephant folio (50" x 40"). 47pp. Original publisher's marbled cloth. Printed on 100% rag Fourdrinier paper especially made for the edition at the Rives-Fure Mill of Arjomari-Prioux in France. With fifty colour and duotone plates showcasing Piper's paintings of Stowe in Buckinghamshire, plus a 'visual index' of thumbnail reproductions. The merest hint of wear to the base of the backstrip, else in fine state. No dust wrapper, as issued. The first fifty copies - of which this is one - were issued with two additional signed prints, but these, alas, are no longer in situ. A quite magnificent book, produced under Rowley Atterbury's Hurtwood Press imprint (Atterbury studied under Berthold Wolpe at Faber and went on to become a pioneer of colour printing and computer typesetting. This is one of a number of his projects which is now deemed to have set new standards in the field). Most uncommon. Levinson 180. Signed by Illustrator(s). Seller Inventory # BC14153
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Holt Art Books, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Piper's paintings of Stowe in Buckinghamshire. Hurtwood Press in association with The Tate Gallery, London, 1983. Hardcover. Condition is Very Good. This is Number 106 of 300 which is signed by the artist John Piper. Set in Monophoto Baskerville series 169 sixteen point body and printed under the control of John Parfittat Westerham Press on 100% rag on Fourdrinier paper specially made for the edition at the Rives-sur-Fure Mill of Arjomari-Prioux in France. This copy does not come with the slipcase. Some sun fading to cover. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 014453
Quantity: 2 available
Seller: Holt Art Books, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Piper's paintings of Stowe in Buckinghamshire. Hurtwood Press in association with The Tate Gallery, London, 1983. Hardcover. Condition is Very Good. This is Number 257 of 300 which is signed by the artist John Piper. Set in Monophoto Baskerville series 169 sixteen point body and printed under the control of John Parfittat Westerham Press on 100% rag on Fourdrinier paper specially made for the edition at the Rives-sur-Fure Mill of Arjomari-Prioux in France. Black cloth slipcase with some wear. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 015285
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Holt Art Books, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Piper's paintings of Stowe in Buckinghamshire. Hurtwood Press in association with The Tate Gallery, London, 1983. Hardcover. Condition is Very Good. This is Number 257 of 300 which is signed by the artist John Piper. Set in Monophoto Baskerville series 169 sixteen point body and printed under the control of John Parfittat Westerham Press on 100% rag on Fourdrinier paper specially made for the edition at the Rives-sur-Fure Mill of Arjomari-Prioux in France. Housed in black cloth slipcase. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 020829
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Anthony Smith Books, London, LND, United Kingdom
Folio. & portfolio. First edition. Limited edition of 300 copies of which this is number 49. Signed by John Piper on the limitation page. Original half black goatskin over marbled paper boards, gilt. Top edge gilt. In black cloth slipcase. Printed on French rag paper at Westerham Press. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. With two signed, numbered prints in a separate portfolio. Fine in slightly marked slipcase. 'Mr. Piper may go where he likes in the house and grounds, and is not to be molested'! John Piper's responses to Stowe are reproduced in a magnificent production issued to mark the diamond jubilee of Stowe School and the eightieth birthday of the artist. The special copies, numbered 1-50, included two signed prints by the John Piper and these are, for once, present here. Special copies were also available in superior bindings, either quarter bound black cloth or, as requested by this customer, half black goatskin in a black cloth slipcase. The portfolio also contains the original prospectus and the customer's correspondence with the publisher. A rare opportunity to own a complete and superior copy of this work. Seller Inventory # 7598
Quantity: 1 available