|
Sylph Publications PAGE 3 - | ||
|
JOE MEETS THE ALIENS
Sylph Chapbook Number 2 Cloth Edition, vii,
21pp. , illustrated (October 2002) Includes color illustrations and photographs by the author. Quarter-bound in dark green World cloth and hand-made marbled paper. Signed by Ralph Steadman, Anna Steadman, and their administrator Joe . Roman numeraled copies are housed in custom clamshell boxes with leather spine labels and include an original multi-color ink drawing of an alien (bound in) by Ralph Steadman. The first seven copies of the fifty copy numbered edition are slipcased and include an original multi-color drawing. The
author recalls his trip to Las Vegas and Area 51 in the summer of 2001 with
his wife Anna and their administrator Joe. Through e-mail
correspondences, photos, and drawings, Ralph Steadman offers this account so
that others may read the signs. After a controlled frenzy in Vegas and
depletion of a set amount of funds, the three "get the hell out into the
Nevada desert". As they approach Rachel, "The desert mobile
home site of UFO's, Ralph and Anna notice changes in Joe's character -
excessive smoking, compulsive gambling, and a general urgency. Joe was,
after all, the one that didn't believe. When Joe doesn't return from the
restroom at a lunch place, Ralph and Anna continue on to Area 51. There
they are reunited with Joe at the rear entrance, except that he is followed by
two turkeys that seem to know who they are...
You Can't Get To East Kilbride From Here: Poems 1968 - 2003
Cloth Edition, vii, 116 pp., illustrated (December 2003) Includes 56 two-color illustrations. Half-bound in dark blue Asahi cloth with illustrated front board and black mohair cloth rear board with black leather spine label stamped in gold. Signed by Gordon Kerr and Ralph Steadman. Ten copy edition housed in custom full dark blue cloth clamshell box with black leather spine label stamped in gold. Included is the original silkscreen print "An Evening With Ted Hughes", hand colored and signed by Ralph Steadman and laid into a printed folder inside box. Friends for years, Gordon Kerr and Ralph Steadman collaborate to produce Gordon Kerr's first book of poems ranging in topic from the personal to observations made on his travels. This collaboration has also produced Ralph Steadman's first fully illustrated book of poetry.
Edition: 60 copies (total)
THE LITTLE RED COMPUTER by Ralph Steadman
Sylph Chapbook Number 5
Illustrated throughout with color
artwork. Quarter-bound in rd cloth with illustrated front panel and
turquoise Asahi cloth rear panel with red leather spine label stamped in
silver. Signed by Ralph Steadman. Clamshell boxed edition of book
bound in full red cloth with illustration set in front panel well with color
dust jacket. Laid in is the original 2 color signed silkscreen print
"Graduation Day" in printed folder.
Edition: 60 copies (total)
BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN by
Tony Palmer
Lettered Edition
Numbered Edition Cloth
Edition, x, 212 pp., illustrated (November 2004) 26 lettered copies half-bound in black Asahi cloth and hand-made marbled paper. Front panel artwork by Ralph Steadman. Black leather spine label stamped in silver. Signed by Tony Palmer and Ralph Steadman. Color print "The King" tipped-in as a frontispiece. Housed in full black Asahi cloth clamshell box with kozo paper lining and black leather spine label stamped in silver. Laid into a printed folder is the original signed silkscreen/collage print "Pop Pedestal" by Ralph Steadman. 100 numbered trade copies bound in full black cloth with mylar dust jacket illustrated by Ralph Steadman. Signed by Tony Palmer and Ralph Steadman. The re-publication of Tony Palmer's first book on the state of pop music at the beginning of the 1970's. Originally published by William Kimber in 1970, copies have become elusive. This new edition is revised and contains a new introduction by Tony Palmer. Ralph Steadman's black and white collage artwork perfectly compliments the text - among the best and least known of his early work. Edition:
126 copies (total)
|
RED SHARK
Sylph Chapbook Number 3 Cloth Edition, vii, 29pp., illustrated (May 2003)
THE PRINTS OF RALPH
Sylph Chapbook Number 4 Cloth Edition, vii, 29 pp., illustrated (June
2003) Includes color illustrations and photographs by
Ralph and Anne Steadman. Half-bound in teal Asahi cloth and photographic
front board and black cloth rear board with black leather spine label
stamped in silver. Signed by Anna Steadman, Ralph Steadman, and
their administrator Joe. Roman numeraled edition housed in custom full teal cloth
clamshell box with black leather spine label stamped in silver. Endpapers
for this edition made from original pieces of Ralph Steadman's drawing board
backing paper. A facsimile of a page from Anna's diary is bound in.
FLOWERS FOR THE MOON by Ralph Steadman
Sylph Chapbook Number 6 Cloth Edition, ix, 35 pp., illustrated (October
2004) Illustrated throughout with color artwork. Quarter-bound in gray cloth with illustrated front panel and taupe Asahi cloth rear panel with dark gray leather spine label stamped in silver. Signed by Ralph Steadman. Clamshell boxed edition of book bound in full gray cloth with illustration set in front panel well with color dust jacket. Laid in is the original 4 color signed silkscreen print "Technicolor Moon" in printed folder. Originally published only in German in 1974, Flowers for the Moon finally makes its first English language appearance. Contains a new introduction by the author. The continuing story of The Little Red Computer and his trip to the moon. Edition: 60 copies (total) THE THRESHOLD by Ted Hughes
(Front Cover)
(Endpaper Example)
(Title page)
(Book page)
Cloth edition (12" x 17"), 22 pp., illustrated (December 2005) The 25th Anniversary edition of this illustrated short story by Ted Hughes originally published in 1979 by Steam Press in an edition of 100 signed and numbered copies. This new edition is made from the remainder of the original sheets (lithographs) printed by Ralph Steadman in 1979. 63 numbered copies (of a total edition of 75) bound in full red Asahi cloth with unprinted mylar dust jacket. Front panel silkscreen printed in medium/dark red and black. Endpapers in each copy are hand illustrated by Ralph Steadman and are unique to each copy. Endpaper was hand-made by Barcham Green & Co., Loose Valley, Kent, England in 1972. Title page in each copy contains a collaged piece of Ralph Steadman's drawing board backing paper unique to each copy. Title page is signed by Ralph Steadman in red ink. Edition: 63 copies (total) ______________________________________ TO ORDER
**NOTE Prices on this page include Media Mail postage. | |
