June Special: AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE: Cockney Visionary; Featuring Several Essays, and a Catalogue of Artworks by "Hisself" in the Southwark Art Collection. With a DVD, "The Bones Go Last", Laid in.
London: Jerusalem Press, 2010. Limited Edition of 900 copies, hand-numbered at the colophon. A Fine Cloth Copy in fine illustrated dust jacket. A landmark book which offers many Spare works, over one hundred forty color images, previously unseen in public. Contents: Introduction by Robert Ansell; "A Cartographic Study" by Gavin Semple; "Biographical Essay" by Geraldine Beskin of the Atlantis Bookshop; a map section with annotations by Gavin Semple; many period postcard images and photos of private views of Spare from Frank Letchford's archive; Essays on AOS by the curators, Christopher Jordan and Stephen Pochin, plus detailed commentaries on the works in the collection by renowned AOS commentator, Dr. William Wallace. Bonus DVD [All Regions. 33 minutes]: "The Bones Go Last" (Biographical documentary showing footage of Spare's London, then and now, which features interviews with Robert Ansell, Phil Baker, Dr. Christopher Jordan, Stephen Pochin and Dr. Robert J Wallis. 100 pages. Tall 4to. Item #19742
Price: $79.44
