Item Details
A Fable [Design Binding].
Carpe Noctum Press, 2003/2018. Limited Edition/Unique. Hardcover. "The book is an artist book by Sialia Rieke who recounts a story of an angel coming to earth and falling in love with a human. The bat is my interpretation of him flying to the woman on a cloudy day forming the heart breaking story that is soon to come." [Artist statement]. Fine and Fine Archival Box. TIght, bright, and unmarred. Bound in tan goatskin with laced-in boards and Pergamena vellum set into the cover with gilt ornament corners, sewn in the style of montage sur onglets with hand sewn silk end-bands, brown paper pastedowns and flyleaves with leather hinges. 4to. Illus. (color plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 24 of 27. Signed by the author. Item #10252
Price: $2,000.00