Ivan Albright (Signed Limited Edition)

New York: Abbeville Press, 1978. First edition and first printing. Large hardcover. 308 pages. Small folio. Number 51 of only 150 specially bound copies. Features a foreword by Jean Dubuffet and text by Michael Croydon. Includes 170 plates with 83 in color. A clean near fine copy in three quarter leather binding with some very slight color shift to the cloth portion and with all page edges gilt. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Albright on the limitation page. No lithograph. A lovely copy of the deluxe issue of what remains one of the best books on this underappreciated American artist. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping.