[FINE PRESS -- ARION PRESS]. ABOTT, Edwin A. (1836-1926). Flatland. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1980.

Tall 4to. Initials by Gill Shadow; 14 line drawings and 10 diecuts by Andrew Hoyem. 56 accordion-folded pages in original aluminum covers that sits in a metal frame, hinged with a top latch. Provenance: From the collection of Robin and Marsha Garces Williams (sold, PBA Galleries, 5 October 2023, lot 4).

COMEDIAN ROBIN WILLIAMS' COPY OF ONE OF THE MOST UNUSUAL BOOKS EVER PRINTED.

LIMITED EDITION, number 255 of 275 copies, SIGNED BY BRADBURY AND HOYEM. One of the most sought-after books printed by the Arion Press, Flatland is the greatest classic of mathematical fiction. The work describes the existence and adventures of a square in a 2-dimensional world, as it encounters geometrical figures of both higher and lower dimensions; and the work is deemed a science-fiction satire of the mores of Victorian England. The Arion Press has very wittily printed the book in an accordion format, such that the entirety of the text folds out to be a single flat 30-foot sheet of paper (like the plane-geometrical citizens of Flatland) and text runs contiguously in columns on both sides of the sheet. Great care has been given to the printing of the text—the entire book was printed by hand, with additional color work applied by hand—and the aluminum binding that houses the book is one of the most famous “publisher’s bindings” ever conceived.

[FINE PRESS -- ARION PRESS]. ABOTT, Edwin A. (1836-1926). Flatland. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1980.

[FINE PRESS -- ARION PRESS]. ABOTT, Edwin A. (1836-1926). Flatland. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1980.