Accession number
PML 197644
Creator
Wrightson, Berni.
Published
[New York, NY] : Published by Tyrannosaurus Press, ©1977.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2017.
Notes
Cover title.
Suite of 6 unnumbered plates with captions and publisher's press release in an illustrated envelope; the first in a series of three Frankenstein portfolios featuring illustrations created by Wrightson for a proposed edition of Frankenstein and issued by the publisher as part of their effort to finance the production of the fully illustrated edition of Mary Shelley's novel; Wrightson's Frankenstein was ultimately issued by Dodd, Mead in 1983.
"Tyrannosaurus Press is proud to announce the upcoming publication of a newly illustrated edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein [illustrated by] Berni Wrightson. ... This portfolio is the first in a series of selected illustrations from our edition of Frankenstein. These plates have been chosen by the artist from the illustrations he has completed to date ..."--Publisher's press flyer.
Signed limited edition of 1000 copies, signed and numbered by the artist on the front of publisher's illustrated envelope.
Library has copy number 515 of 1,000, signed and numbered by the artist, as issued.
Library's copy lacks the publisher's explanatory press flyer/prospectus.
Suite of 6 unnumbered plates with captions and publisher's press release in an illustrated envelope; the first in a series of three Frankenstein portfolios featuring illustrations created by Wrightson for a proposed edition of Frankenstein and issued by the publisher as part of their effort to finance the production of the fully illustrated edition of Mary Shelley's novel; Wrightson's Frankenstein was ultimately issued by Dodd, Mead in 1983.
"Tyrannosaurus Press is proud to announce the upcoming publication of a newly illustrated edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein [illustrated by] Berni Wrightson. ... This portfolio is the first in a series of selected illustrations from our edition of Frankenstein. These plates have been chosen by the artist from the illustrations he has completed to date ..."--Publisher's press flyer.
Signed limited edition of 1000 copies, signed and numbered by the artist on the front of publisher's illustrated envelope.
Library has copy number 515 of 1,000, signed and numbered by the artist, as issued.
Library's copy lacks the publisher's explanatory press flyer/prospectus.
Description
1 portfolio ([1] leaf, [6] leaves of plates) : chiefly illustrations ; 41 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
The six individual plates signed in pen and ink at foot by the artist.
Binding
Loose plates in publisher's envelope featuring an illustration by Berni Wrightson.
Classification
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