PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT L.B. TOBIN, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE TOBIN ENDOWMENT*
[PHILLIPS, Tom (b. 1937)]. A Humument: A Novel after W.H. Mallock. London: [Tetrad Press], 1966-73 [but 1970-75].
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[PHILLIPS, Tom (b. 1937)]. A Humument: A Novel after W.H. Mallock. London: [Tetrad Press], 1966-73 [but 1970-75].
8o (189 x 140 mm). Comprising a title card and 368 loose color reproductions of Phillips' artwork. Housed in two morocco folders, gilt-lettered; slipcase.
FIRST PRINTED EDITION of this seminal post-modern artist's book. Phillips has taken Mallock's Victorian novel, The Human Document and intricately overpainted the given text to create a wholly new poem. LIMITED EDITION, number 24 of 100 copies, signed, and with each page signed in initials by the artist. Additionally inscribed by the artist: "one of ten copies with original [drawing]", but no drawing present; as issued. The custom cases were commissioned as a trial for the whole of the edition, but are unique to this copy. (2)
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FIRST PRINTED EDITION of this seminal post-modern artist's book. Phillips has taken Mallock's Victorian novel, The Human Document and intricately overpainted the given text to create a wholly new poem. LIMITED EDITION, number 24 of 100 copies, signed, and with each page signed in initials by the artist. Additionally inscribed by the artist: "one of ten copies with original [drawing]", but no drawing present; as issued. The custom cases were commissioned as a trial for the whole of the edition, but are unique to this copy. (2)