Buy this book on-line BAXTER, GLEN: : ATLAS. [Author SIGNED copy.]LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE Ltd.,1982. ISBN 022402941X.
UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued, author SIGNED,1st edn.[Originally and first published in 1979 by Uitgeverij De Harmonie,Amsterdam,The Netherlands.This is the first UK edition issued by CAPE.] FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's neat black ink handwritten signature - without dedication to foot of ffe,no dw/dj - as issued.Bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered,glossy laminated,b/w+colour pictorial cartoon illustrated front board, with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Near immaculate plain white endpapers with a small,pale blue circular spot/stain to front pastedown with corresponding presence to front free endpaper; author's neat,handwritten black ink signature - without dedication - towards foot of same. Top edges lightly aged/toned - as usual/ normal,fore-edges brighter and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original glazed boards with bright,crisp,black ink printed letters to inevitable,but still lightly sunned/faded spine/backstrip,and near immaculate plain white endpapers - spot/stain,author signature excepted.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,author SIGNED 1st edn, 96pp [unpaginated] includes b/w illustrated half-title page,b/w illustrated contents list/table,91 b/w cartoons - nearly all with accompanying text/caption.
Glen Baxter has exhibited his drawings and paintings in New York,Amsterdam and London.His first book to be published in UK was 'Impending Gleam' and this is his 9th published work/title.A master of incongruousness and fatuity,fusing the familiar with the absurd and improbable, giving new,surprising and hilarious life to verbal and visual cliches.An excellent,SIGNED 1st edn,particularly uncommon with the signature,for the discerning collector.
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