Lot 177
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Steadman, Ralph

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3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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  • Steadman, Ralph
  • Collection of four portfolios and 26 signed books, comprising:
  • Paper
i) First Folio [Steam Press Portfolio 1]. Steam Press, 1970-1972, NUMBER 9 OF 10 COPIES, each of the ten broadsheets signed by Steadman and the relevant poet, publisher’s portfolio, collector’s folding box; ii) Steam Press Portfolio 2. Steam Press, 1974, NUMBER 37 OF 50 COPIES, each of the six broadsheets signed by Steadman and the relevant poet (with the exception of Sylvia Plath), publisher’s folding box; iii) The Dogs Bodies Portfolio. Lexington: Petro III Graphics, 2000, NUMBER 32 OF 70 COPIES, complete with 1970 first edition of Dogs Bodies and a silk screen, both signed by Steadman, publisher's portfolio; iv) Modern Fiction and Art. Lexington: Petro III Graphics, 2001, ONE OF 8 ARTISTS PROOFS, complete with catalogue for the University of Kentucky Art Museum exhibition and two original signed silk screens by Steadman and Vonnegut, publisher's portfolio; v) Still Life with Raspberry. Rapp and Whiting, 1969, first edition, EMBELLISHED BY STEADMAN IN INK AND WITH A CUSTOM DUST-JACKET, original cloth, verso of half title adhered to title page as a result of the author’s embellishments; vi) Sigmund Freud. Paddington Press, 1979, NUMBER 27 OF 98 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION COPIES, original boards, edges flecked with ink, collector’s folding box; together with a signed and extra-illustrated copy of the first trade edition; vii) Still Life with Bottle. Ebury Press, 1994, first edition, SIGNED AND EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BY STEADMAN, original cloth, dust-jacket; together with a signed and extra-illustrated copy of the first American edition; viii) Red Shark. Sylph Chapbook Number 3. Tucson: Sylph Publications, 2003, NUMBER 26 of 100 COPIES, signed by the contributors, original cloth backed marbled boards; together with 20 others, mostly folio and 4to (30)