[Rarebooks] FS: John Ashbery & Jane Freilicher, 1/300

[Charles Agvent]

ASHBERY, John. DESCRIPTION OF A MASQUE. New York: Limited Editions
Club  1998. Folio (11" x 15-1/2") bound in full light gray linen  with
a  large  rust-colored leather title label mounted to the front  cover
and  another  to  the spine of the clamshell box covered in  the  same
linen.  Printed  on hand-made paper with three color illustrations  by
Jane  Freilicher  that  have been transformed  into  multi-color  wood
blocks  by  Keiji  Shinohara  with  each  illustration  requiring  the
cutting  of  thirty  or more separate blocks. Copy #170  of  only  300
SIGNED  by both the poet and the artist. Monthly Letter laid in.  Fine
in Near Fine clamshell box with a ding at the top.            $2500.00

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