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Hockney's Alphabet [INSCRIBED BY DAVID HOCKNEY]

Hockney, David; Stephen Spender (Ed.)

New York: Random House, 1991. First US edition. Hardcover. Large Quarto. xiii, 92pp. Original red half-cloth over blue paper-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine, in original illustrated dustjacket with red, blue and black lettering on spine. Bright red endpapers. Half-title and title page in colored lettering with red and blue framing. Inscribed "This is the one I hate David H" on title page.

"Sir Stephen Spender invited a number of distinguished writers in Britain and America to contribute original texts for an alphabet to be specially drawn by David Hockney, the proceeds of which would benefit AIDS research and services to people with AIDS. The result is this stunning volume of ABCs for grownups, a unique anthology of art and literature." (Publisher).

Among the contributing authors are Joyce Carol Oates, Iris Murdoch, Paul Theroux, Gore Vidal, Norman Mailer, Doris Lessing, William Golding, T.S. Eliot, Arthur Miller, Kazuo Ishiguro, John Updike, Susan Sontag, Anthony Burgess, among others. Each contribution with sketches by David Hockney on facing pages. Fine condition. Item #56153
ISBN: 067941066X

Price: $1,500.00