Phillips, Tom.

Heart of a Humument (competition binding).

[Edition Hansjörg Mayer], [1988]. Item #3930

5 3/8 x 4 1/4 in. clamshell box with brown paper over boards. The 4 x 3 in. book within is bound in green leather over boards, with the title and author name stamped in gilt and black on covers and spine in a unique design. The text-block is hand-painted burgundy, with endpapers of textured voile cloth over printed text. 

Published by Edition Hansjörg Mayer in 1985, Heart of a Humument is a miniaturized version of Tom Phillips' seminal altered bookwork,  A Humument. This design binding of Heart of a Humument was produced by an unknown binder for a competition, using the text block printed by Staib + Mayer in Stuttgart, Germany for the Edition Hansjörg Mayer trade edition. The work was purchased by Phillips from the binder directly, circa 1988.

From the library of Tom Phillips. Fine in a near fine box.

Photographs courtesy of Honey & Wax Booksellers.

Price: $5,500.00