First edition, signed issue. Drawings by David Hockney. Edited by Stephen Spender. Small folio. [128]pp. Illustrated reproducing 26 full-page drawings in color by David Hockney. Bright yellow buckram printed in gold and black on spine. Fine in fine publisher's slipcase. This publication was created to raise money for the AIDS Crisis Trust. Editor Stephen Spender invited British and American authors to contribute texts that could accompany artist David Hockney's specially drawn alphabet. Special issue in yellow buckram binding, limitation unspecified, signed by Stephen Spender and David Hockney on the limitation page. Prints original contributions by twenty-seven authors, one for each letter of the alphabet (plus '&' by T. S. Eliot), including: Stephen Spender (A), Joyce Carol Oates (B), Iris Murdoch (C), Paul Theroux (D), Gore Vidal (E), Norman Mailer (F), Seamus Heaney (G). Martin Amis (H), Erica Jong (I), Ian McEwan (J), Nigel Nicolson (K), Margaret Drabble (L), Craig Raine (M), William Boyd (N), V. S. Pritchett (O), Doris Lessing (P), William Golding (Q), T.S. Eliot (&), Arthur Miller (R), Ted Hughes (S), Kazuo Ishiguro (T), Julian Barnes (U), John Updike (V), Susan Sontag (W), Anthony Burgess (X), Douglas Adams (Y) and Patrick Leigh Fermor (Z). Signed by David Hockney and Stephen Spender, on the limitation page (as issued). Seller Inventory # 468653
Title: Hockney's Alphabet
Publisher: Faber and Faber for the Aids Crisis Trust
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
Book Description Condition: Good. A+ Customer service! Satisfaction Guaranteed! Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. Seller Inventory # 0679417664-2-4
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Used: Good. Seller Inventory # SONG0679417664
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stephen Spender was not only the editor for this publication but also contributed to the text for the Alphabet. Other writers that were included are: Joyce Carol Oates, Gore Vidal, Iris Murdoch, Paul Theroux, Martin Amis, Seamus Heaney, Norman Mailer, Erica Jong, Ian McEwan, Nigel Nicolson, Margaret Drabble, Craig Raine, William Boyd, V. S. Pritchett, Doris Lessing, William Golding, T. S. Eliot, Arthur Miller, Ted Hughs, Kazuo Ishiguro, Julian Barnes, John Updike, Susan Sontag, Anthony Burgess, Douglas Adams, Patrick Leigh Fermor, with "Alphabetical Alliteration by C. C. Tombaugh which was chosen by John Julius Norwich. There are 92+xiii pages to this volume with blue paper and red cloth covered boards. There is gilt lettering on the spine, and the First US Edition and a number line 2-9 above it on the copyright page. The book was initially published in Great Britain the same year as this volume. The interior and exterior of the book are clean and bright. The dust jacket, which is now protected by a clear removable cover, is soiled and appears a bit toned. It also has the sticker affixed to the front panel which indicates the proceeds of the sale wold go to the American Friends of the AIDS Crisis Trust. Seller Inventory # Sp845
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. book has rubbing on front and back cover, small mark on front cover, a few small stains near bottom on front cover, otherwise this is a very attractive copy, the book has excellent binding, pages are crisp and well-bound, the spine is strong, and the book is attractive. The dust jacket has light rubbing, crumpling near bottom corner, smudge near bottom left corner, rubbing on back cover, otherwise this is an attractive dust jacket, color is bright, integrity is strong, now protected in archival cover. Seller Inventory # 975382
Book Description Audio Book (Cassette). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. David Hockney (illustrator). 1st Edition. First US edition. No flaws. Seller Inventory # 000867
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. David Hockney (illustrator). 1st Edition. Book in very good condition; light to moderate foxing to boards; light foxing to outside edges of book; light foxing to upper area of several interior pages; interior otherwise clean; binding tight. Dust jacket in very good condition; slight foxing; light red-colored staining lower edge reverse side; not price clipped. 92 numbered pages. Blue papered boards with red cloth spine and gold stamped lettering on spine. 11 5/8 x 9 1/8 in. Seller Inventory # 005583
Book Description 32.0 x 25.0cms unpaginated with b/w &colour Illusts, very good+ hardback & dustwrapper Hockney designed the typography for each letter of the alphabet and Spender invited 26 distinguished writers to contribute the text. The proceeds went to the American Friends of AIDS Crisis Trust. Seller Inventory # 168543
Book Description Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 96 pages; VG-/VG-; spine white, with red and blue lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; mild foxing to lower halves of flap folds; mild soiling to jacket back; price uncut '$35.00'; mild soiling to upper and fore edges; illustrated in full color; pages clean; shelved Front Table. 1354524. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Seller Inventory # 1354524
Book Description Condition: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages. Seller Inventory # 88676
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book and dust jacket are in near fine condition. Colour illustrations throughout. Seller Inventory # 014411