[Art] Thiebaud, Wayne, and Jim Dine, et al. Group of 5 Titles

1. Bayer, Herbert
book of drawings
Chicago: Paul Theobold, 1961. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by Bayer on title-page: "for George Cullen with many thanks for all your time and your good advice Herbert 1965 Aspen". 4to. Illustrated with 42 plates by Bayer. Plates and letterpress loose as issued in stiff white wrappers, library label along spine; library ink stamp on inner front wrapper, library pencil notations on same and on title-page; blindstamp on upper title-page; closed tear in fore-edge of final plate; library ink stamp and large blank label covering library pocket on inner rear wrapper; in original orange paper-board slip case, library label on lower spine.

2. [Dine, Jim] Wilde, Oscar
The Picture of Dorian Gray
London: Petersburg Press, 1968. First and limited edition thus, Edition A, #65/200 numbered copies, signed and numbered by Jim Dine in pink ink. Folio. Illustrated with 12 color lithographic plates (including one with collaged fore-edge and one with acetate overlay); lacking the six additional loose lithographs. Publisher's full purple velvet-covered boards, stamped in silver; pictorial endpapers; in black cloth slip case.

3. Meyer, Melissa
Sketchbooks 1993-1995
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997. First edition, #132/500 numbered copies signed by Meyer. Illustrated by Meyer. Publisher's quarter brown cloth over pale yellow paper-covered boards, paper cover label, spine lettered in gilt; in original slip case.

4. [Petrov, Dimitri] Hood, Thomas
Hood 6 Poems Petrov Drawings
Philadelphia: Sol Mednick and Arthur Williams, 1946. First and limited edition, one of 100 hundred copies with an original signed and numbered etching by Petrov (#31/100). Folio. With numerous illustrations by Petrov. Contents loose as issued in publisher's printed paper-board wrappers; in custom patterned slip case and chemise.

5. Thiebaud, Wayne
Private Drawings The Artist's Sketchbook
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (1987). First edition (one of 2,400 copies). 4to. With accompanying text booklet in pocket on front paste-down. With color and black and white reproductions of Thiebaud's work. Publisher's black cloth, stamped in gilt; in original pictorial slip case.

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The Collected Library

[Art] Thiebaud, Wayne, and Jim Dine, et al. Group of 5 Titles

The Collected Library

[Art] Thiebaud, Wayne, and Jim Dine, et al. Group of 5 Titles

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