signed first edition Color photographs by Barry Brukoff. 1 vols. Oblong 4to
1980 · London
by Fowles, John, and Barry BRUKOFF
London: Jonathan Cape, 1980. First edition, presentation copy in same binding as edition of 100, signed by author and photographer on the limitation page, with a loosely inserted original photograph on heavy card, inscribed by the photographer, "For Jim. Color photographs by Barry Brukoff. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Black morocco spine, brown cloth. Fine in matching cloth slipcase (minor toning). First edition, presentation copy in same binding as edition of 100, signed by author and photographer on the limitation page, with a loosely inserted original photograph on heavy card, inscribed by the photographer, "For Jim". Color photographs by Barry Brukoff. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. The deluxe edition of this extended personal essay and historical overview of the "Giant's Dance", Stonehenge, by acclaimed novelist John Fowles, with atmospheric and richly saturated photographs by Barry Brukoff (1935-2023).
"What is Stonehenge? It is the roofless past" - Siegfried Sassoon
Inscribed by the photographer to Summit Books editor Jim Silberman, "For Jim whose vision allowed it to come to fruition, Barry"
With a loosely inserted card from the photographer (ca. 2005), reading in part: I'm just beginning to pull together a memoir entitled 'A Charmed Life in Ruins'. I realized that the many adventures, travels, and tales may very well not have come to fruition had it not been for your vision in imagining our project in collaboration with John Fowles. There may have been no books at all."
A choice association. (Inventory #: 367968)
"What is Stonehenge? It is the roofless past" - Siegfried Sassoon
Inscribed by the photographer to Summit Books editor Jim Silberman, "For Jim whose vision allowed it to come to fruition, Barry"
With a loosely inserted card from the photographer (ca. 2005), reading in part: I'm just beginning to pull together a memoir entitled 'A Charmed Life in Ruins'. I realized that the many adventures, travels, and tales may very well not have come to fruition had it not been for your vision in imagining our project in collaboration with John Fowles. There may have been no books at all."
A choice association. (Inventory #: 367968)