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Arion Press Invisible Cities

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Title: Invisible Cities
Author: Calvino, Italo
Description: 164pp. 14x13", binding constructed of anodized aluminum, U-bolts, and locking post. Signed by the artist and numbered 227 of 400 copies printed on Italian mouldmade papers and clear plastic sheets.Translated from the Italian and with a new introduction by William Weaver. With 12 illustrations by Wayne Thiebaud. "Wayne Thiebaud had the idea for drawings of cities that would be invisible until the reader took the action of turning the page. The concept involved printing his drawings on transparent sheets in different colors of inks". A most unusual volume. Signed by Thiebaud in pencil on verso of fly-title.
Heading: (Arion Press)Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher: Arion Press
Date Published: 1999