Dyspepsia Works [aka : The White Books] : [Sure I'm Sure ; You'll See ; But I Wasn't There ; Now Then ; I Pretend To Know ; Look at Me ;  The Sweet Smell of Sage ; It Isn't True ; You What? ; I Feel Sorry For You ; A Performance]
  • artists' book
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • monochrome
  • 19.7 x 16 cm.
  • 11 vol. : [20] pp. each
  • edition size unknown
  • signed and unnumbered

Dyspepsia Works [aka : The White Books] : [Sure I'm Sure ; You'll See ; But I Wasn't There ; Now Then ; I Pretend To Know ; Look at Me ; The Sweet Smell of Sage ; It Isn't True ; You What? ; I Feel Sorry For You ; A Performance]

[Complete Set / Eleven Volumes]

Ida Applebroog

Dyspepsia Works [aka : The White Books] : [Sure I'm Sure ; You'll See ; But I Wasn't There ; Now Then ; I Pretend To Know ; Look at Me ;  The Sweet Smell of Sage ; It Isn't True ; You What? ; I Feel Sorry For You ; A Performance]

description

Set of eleven artist's books by Ida Applebroog. The books are individually titled as follows: "Sure I'm Sure;" "You'll See;" "But I Wasn't There;" "Now Then;" "I Pretend To Know;" "Look at Me;" "The Sweet Smell of Sage;" "It Isn't True;" "You What?;" "I Feel Sorry For You;" and "A Performance."

[New York], [NY]: [Self-Published],
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$1,750.00
Condition:  Very Good. All copies in Very Good condition with light rubbing and yellowing of cover edges with faded numeric pencil marking on verso of each book. Additional wear as noted: "Sure I'm Sure," dated in pencil "Sept 15, 1979" on first page; "You'll See," 5 mm. soiling to recto, 8 mm. dog-ear to bottom right corner of first page; "But I Wasn't There," 2.7 cm. soiling to verso and dated in pencil on inside of recto "Nov 10, 1979;" "Now Then," 1 mm. yellow soiling to verso; "I Pretend To Know," dated in pencil on inside of recto "Jan 5, 1980;" "Look at Me," 7.4 cm. dog-ear to top right corner of recto, date "Jan 26, 1980" written in pencil on inside of recto, and vertical creasing and rubbing across verso; "The Sweet Smell of Sage," light foxing of page edges with scratching and bumping of covers and three 3 mm. areas of soiling on verso; "It Isn't True," light bumping of top age of covers and pages; "I Feel Sorry For You," 5 mm. tear to verso; and "A Performance," soiling of covers and 9 cm. of soiling to page 4. This set is NOT signed.
[Object # 39310]