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Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, with 12 Drawings by Wayne Thiebaud

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, with 12 Drawings by Wayne Thiebaud

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, with 12 Drawings by Wayne Thiebaud

$1,100.00

THIEBAUD / CALVINO

San Francisco, 1999

Book ID: 90421

Format: 14 by 12 inches, 164 pages. The paper, both colored and white, is Italian Tiziano, mouldmade at Fabriano mill. The types are Veronese (Monotype and handset) and Twentieth Century (handset). The type (on paper) and the photopolymer plates for the drawings (on mylar) were printed by letterpress. The book is bound in an anodized aluminum ring binding with U-posts, allowing the leaves to be turned over in sequence. A back cover supports four U-posts, a lid has four slots through which the U-posts rise, and a locking pin of aluminum rod slips through the hoops securing lid to base. The binding was fabricated by Paul Sheet Metal Works in San Francisco. The titling is screen-printed onto a side of the lid. Numbered and signed by the artist. Edition of 400. Condition -New, very good condition except tape was put on metal case and there are black marks where tape was.