Name/Title
Impressions / John UpdikeEntry/Object ID
2025.16.78Description
Sylvester and Orphanos, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED LETTERED EDITION. 76pp, colophon. 14 color photos inlaid. 8vo, grey cloth with gilt stamped covers in floral pattern, gilt slipcase. Signed on the limitation page and lettered, edition limited to 330 copies (300 numbered, 26 lettered, 4 named). Letterpress printed by Patrick Reagh in Bembo type on Arches Mouldmade paper. The color plates were never inlaid on the majority of the backstock copies and many of these have trickled out in the trade without them. A series of eleven essays on art. 'Compared to writing, pictorial and sculptural art are holy, unproblematical, and resolute; we are invariably better for time spent in their contemplation' - from Updike's foreword. This is number 107 of 330Collection
Howard KistlerLexicon
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BookNomenclature Sub-Class
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Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsInscription/Signature/Marks
Language
EnglishLanguage
EnglishBook Details
Author
John UpdikeEditor
Arches BookhouseEdition
First EditionPublisher
Sylvester and OrphanosPlace Published
City
Los AngelesState/Province
CaliforniaCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1985 - 1985Printer
Patrick ReaghPlace Printed
City
PortlandState/Province
OregonCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Printed
1985Binding
Binding Type
Hardcover or Case BoundBinding Designer
Sylvester and Orphanos
