Feb 23, 2012 - Sale 2269

Sale 2269 - Lot 252

Price Realized: $ 510
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(RED ANGEL PRESS.) Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Sights From A Steeple. Printed in blue, green and black, on Frankfurt (text pages) and Sekishu paper. Illustrated by Ronald Keller with a folding three-color woodcut that displays a panoramic view from the top of the steeple. Tall 4to, full green blind-stamped buckram, directions for opening the woodcut laid in, paper corner protector intact. Bremen and New York, 1988
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number 46 of only 100 copies signed and numbered by keller. An innovative production and emblematic of the press' startlingly original book designs. In this case the woodcut provides the viewer with Hawthorne's perspective from the top of the steeple while allowing for the complementary text to be displayed.
with--Dickey, James. The Owl King. Illustrated by Ronald Keller. Leaves are cut horizontally to separate text and images, thereby allowing the reader to create their own progression of verse and illustration. Folio, 1/4 linen over navy cloth; board slipcase. Number 87 of only 100 copies signed by Dickey and Keller. New York: Red Angel Press, 1977.