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SIXTEEN WORKS - LIMITED HARDBOUND EDITION SIGNED BY RICHARD LONG
(LONG, RICHARD). Long, Richard & Sean Rainbird. London: Anthony d'Offay Gallery & Coracle Press, 1983. First Edition 1/500 Deluxe. Oblong 4to. Debossed Cloth. Artist's Book. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (42pp), 16 two color hand letterpress plates printed recto only and 1 b&w illustration. Limited to five hundred hardbound copies printed by the Coracle Press, this artists' book by Richard Long consists of sixteen typographic pieces based on his walks between 1979 and 1983. A handsome example (cited as the forty-ninth entry in the comprehensive bibliography of artist's books and monographs on page 222 of Clarrie Wallis' "Richard Long: Heaven and Earth" published in 2009 by the Tate, Britain Museum) of the 1983 clothbound printing issued in an edition of five hundred unnumbered copies BOLDLY SIGNED "Richard Long" in orange crayon at the rear colophon, as issued, showing a tiny bit of typical light soiling to the yellow cloth along the spine. Inventory Number: 023899