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Lot 155
Sale 6331 - The Collected Library: Summer Reading
Lots Open
Jul 31, 2025
Lots Close
Aug 13, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$600 -
900
Price Realized
$845
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Lot Description
[FINE PRESS - ARION PRESS]. A group of 6 titles, comprising:
1) THOMPSON, Jim. South of Heaven. San Francisco: Arion Press, 2010. 4to. Illustrations by Raymond Pettibon, printed on red paper. Original black cloth, red and black paper covers and spine labels. LIMITED EDITION, number 6 of 400 copies signed by Pettibon (from a total of 426). Publisher's bookmark and prospectus laid in.
2) ALBEE, Edward. A Delicate Balance. San Francisco: Arion Press, 2011. 8vo. With mounted color illustrations by Tom Holland. Original quarter purple morocco over lilac cloth, printed pictorial cover label, spine stamped in silver. LIMITED EDITION, number 26 of 300 copies signed by Edward Albee and Holland (from a total of 326).
3) KETCHAM, Diana. Thomas Jefferson's Paris Walks. San Francisco: Arion Press, 2012. 4to. Illustrations by Michael Kenna. Original light green cloth, stamped in black; slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 168 of 400 numbered copies signed by Kenna (from a total of 426).
4) COLLINS, Wilkie. The Moonstone. San Francisco: Arion Press, 2012. 8vo. Illustrations by Stan Washburn. Original blue cloth, stamped in yellow, light yellow endpapers; slipcase with Swarovski crystal "moonstone" on upper spine. LIMITED EDITION, number 9 of 300 copies signed by Washburn (from a total of 326).
5) WEST, Nathanael. The Day of the Locust
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2013. 8vo. Illustrations by Lucy Gray. Original chartreuse green cloth, stamped in green; slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 13 of 400 copies signed by Gray (from a total of 426). Prospectus laid in.
6) GRAHAM, Jorie. What the End is For
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2014. 4to. Color illustrations by Julian Lethbridge. Original lilac cloth, stamped in dark purple; slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 40 of 300 copies signed by Jorie Graham and Lethbridge (from a total of 326).
