Vintage 1975 Mel Ramos Elizabeth Claridge Signed 1st Ed Art HC DJ Illustrated

by Ed Art

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First edition · Signed · In dust jacket

Vintage 1975 Mel Ramos Elizabeth Claridge Signed 1st Ed Art HC DJ Illustrated Dust jacket is worn with jagged tears and chips at the top, creasing, tape staining, and noticeable soiling. Maroon cloth boards remain clean with mild shelf rubbing at corners and spine ends. Interior pages are gently age-toned but clean and unmarked apart from the artist's signed 1975 inscription, with clear images and a tight, secure binding. 3P Title: Mel Ramos Author: Mel Ramos; text by Elizabeth Claridge Publisher: Mathews Miller Dunbar Ltd, London Publication year: 1975; first edition Format: Hardcover art monograph with original dust jacket Subject/Genre: Art & photography; Mel Ramos; pop art; figurative painting Language: English Country of origin: Printed in West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) Binding/Design: Maroon cloth boards with silver title lettering on the front cover and spine, orange endpapers, large quarto format on coated paper stock Dust jacket: White illustrated jacket featuring Ramos keyhole artwork on the front panel, with printed text and author photograph on the flaps Pagination/Size: Large-format volume of approximately 155 pages including index, with numerous full-page color plates and additional black-and-white illustrations Contents: Sections include Before Superman, Clark Kent Transformed, Wonder Woman and After, Keyholes and Wolf Calls, Brand-name Beauty Queens, Consumer Odalisques, Fashionable Illusions, Leda and Friends, Salute to Art History, Selected Bibli

• Publisher: Mathews Miller Dunbar Ltd
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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