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Lot 120
Sale 6004 - Books and Manuscripts
May 20, 2021
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[Private Press] [Arion Press] Abbott, Edwin Abbott Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1980. First and limited edition, #260 of 275 numbered copies, signed by Ray Bradbury and illustrator Andrew Hoyem. Tall folio, 14 x 7 in. (366 x 178 mm). Illustrated with line drawings and hand-colored die-cuts by Hoyem. Original aluminum covers over accordian-style binding; top and bottom edge stained black, fore-edge trimmed; in aluminum frame, latch at top, by Q-Rolo Sheet Metal Products; instruction sheet wanting; book-plate on front paste-down.
Arion Press's seventh publication. A scarce and clever rendition of Edwin Abbott Abbott's mind-bending mutlidimensional satire. Bound accordian style, each segment can be read as a square, and when opened measures 33 ft. per side.