Flatland Edwin Abbott

DESCRIPTION: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott, Arion Press, 1980. Introduction by Ray Bradbury entitled "Flatland Revisited." Signed and numbered by both Ray Bradbury and book designer and proprietor Andrew Hoyem. Limited edition of 275 copies. Metal case is 14 x 7 inches, text is an accordion fold of 56 folded panels. Printed using Universe type, composed in Monotype, then reset by hand. Printed on T. H. Saunders hot-press finish, mould-made paper. Illustrated by Andrew Hoyem with fourteen line drawings and ten die-cuts with watercolors added by hand. Housed in a hinged aluminum case with metal clasp. Titling on both aluminum covers and frame in Gil shadow. Signed by both Bradbury and Hoyem.____CONDITION: Fine. A superficial 3 mm scratch within the square on the rear panel and a faint superficial scratch over the first "L" and "A" on the side panel (see photo). A tiny bit of the inevitable rubbing (normal) where the aluminum covers slip into the aluminum case. The accordion-fold text panels are in entirely fine condition. Overall, a fine copy.____DISCUSSION: One of the most original and imaginative of the Arion Press books. "Andrew Hoyem's radical design and illustrations realize many implications of the book such as: the "volume" can be opened out flat to form a thirty-three foot plane: the plane-geometrical citizens of Flatland are infinitely thin (holes in paper); they cast shadows; their edges glow". The first half of the book is printed on one side of the panels while the second half of the book is printed on the opposite side. ____NOTE: This is a heavy book and will incur an additional shipping charge domestically. International shipping is $75 U.S. dollars.