"DENNIS HOPPER: Out of the Sixties" 1988 Twelvetrees Press Photographs /Gravures
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"DENNIS HOPPER: Out of the Sixties" 1988 Twelvetrees Press. Dennis Hopper was unique in that he knew the era in which he lived was unique around him -- and he was going to take pictures! LOTS of pictures of subjects that few had access to. It was an obsession to record the happenings around him -- and fortunately, he chose to share some with us. This book is one of four thousand casebound copies. Mr. Hopper took all of them. The photographs are reproduced very carefully here as sheet-fed gravures. Though the publisher is Twelvetrees Press out of Pasadena, CA, this fine volume was Printed and Bound in Japan (with some evident obsession about craft and quality). Noteworthy is that this book is held in very high regard in Japan where many copies reside, as well as in Canada, the UK and Europe. (You probably won't run into two on a shelf.) I've run out of shelf space and have decided to eliminate the bookcase entirely. This particular one is painful because it's a treasure. But I'm sticking to the program. Everything goes. Please look at my awful photos. They show the condition honestly (nearly perfect except for slight scuffing on leading edge and spine of the paper dust jacket). The book is still stiff and I don't believe it's been fully opened since I got it. The spine seems robust and unbroken. I have treasured this book because of the historical significance of the photographs and subjects. From John F. Kennedy, to Andy Warhol, from The Grateful Dead, to Timothy Leary. The s
- Publisher: Twelvetrees Press
- Year: 1988
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN: 9780942642254
- Condition: Very Good
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