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Book is in fine condition with a near fine dust jacket. 288pp with colour and b/w illustrations.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Cloth/dust jacket Quarto. Hardcover. Very good/very good. blue cloth, blindstamped lettering, dust jacket, 287 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Yale University Press, 2006-11-01. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x1x12.

Blue cloth boards, color-illustrated dust jacket with black lettering. 287 pp. 175 color and 135 BW illustrations. Best known for his barbed art for the New Yorker, Saul Steinberg did much more. This work looks at Steinberg's extraordinary contribution to twentieth-century art, which was that of a modern-day illuminator. It raises questions about the historiography of modernism and the status of 'the middlebrow avant-garde' in an age of museum-bound art. -WorldCat Published on the occasion of an exhibition, organized by the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and held the Morgan Library, N.Y., Dec. 1, 2006-Feb. 28, 2007 and other locations.

New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press, 2006. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 287 pages. Published in conjunction a traveling exhibition. Features an introduction by acclaimed writer Charles Simic as well as text by Joel Smith. Includes 175 color and 133 black and white illustrations, a chronology, list of previous exhibitions, a selected bibliography, checklist and an index. A clean and tight very near fine copy in blue cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Joel Smith on the title page. Uncommon as such.

First printing. 287pp, notes, Selected Bibliography, Chronology and Selected Exhibition History, Appendix: Saul Steinberg to Katherine Kuh 1961, Works in the Exhibition, index. Published on the occasion of the Exhibitiion "Saul Steinberg Illuminations", Vassar College Nov 30, 2006-March 4, 2007. Introduction by Charles Simic. Fine blue cloth cover, recessed letters on spine, drawings on end papers, heavy paper pages. Fine illustrated jacket in protective plastic. Foreword by James Mundy, Director Frances Letman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College. Illustrations on every page. "This is the first comprehensive look at Steinberg's extraordinary contribution to 20th century art, which was that of a modern day illustrator, putting word and image in play to create art that speaks to the eyes and minds of readers.Previously unseen sketches, documents and printed matter from the artist's papers illustrate the essay, career chronology, and entries for the works featured in this important book."

Hardbound in dust jacket.1st edition. Minor wear to dust jacket, otherwise very good [ Heavy. Contact for overseas shipping quote. ]

287 S. Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. 4°. Sauberes Exemplar ohne Stempel und Anstreichungen. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen und Tafeln. Originaleingeschweißt. Neuwertig. Sprache: eng

Clean and tightly bound with fine, unmarked contents and plates. Small sticker residue on rear panel and very light shelf wear, otherwise near fine. A nice copy. International shipping may require added postage charges.