Heart of a Humument (Richard Minksy binding).
The Talfourd Press, 1986. Item #3929
5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. clamshell box with aubergine paper over boards and an original lithograph title label on front panel. The 4 x 3 in. book within is bound in red leather over boards, with artwork stamped and hand-painted on front boards, with a hand-painted spine. The binder's name, Richard Minsky, is gold-stamped along the bottom lip of the interior of the back cover, along with the date of the binding. Autograph colophon (before text begins) signed by Phillips, and signed by Phillips with date of 1985 at rear.
Published to the trade by Edition Hansjörg Mayer in 1985, Heart of a Humument is a miniaturized version of Tom Phillips' seminal altered bookwork, known as A Humument. This special edition of Heart of a Humument was produced from the text block of the earlier Talfourd Press edition in 1984, and is notable for its binding by Richard Minsky, founder of Center for Book Arts in Manhattan, among many other notable endeavors in the world of book arts.
This is no. 5 from an edition of 30 copies, from the library of Tom Phillips. Near fine with only minor loss of gold on gilded edges and a minor impression, 1/2 in., in the leather on the back cover. Box near fine with small instance of wear to paper on bottom left corner of the back panel, else overall fine.
Photographs courtesy of Honey & Wax Booksellers.
Price: $6,000.00