Freedom: A Fable Tapa dura - 1997

[Santa Monica, California]: Peter Norton Family, 1997. First Edition, First Printing, 1/4000 copies. Hardcover. Square Octavo, unpaginated. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's burgundy bonded leather, Blind-stamped titling to spine and device to front board. Illustrated throughout with pop-up silhouettes by Walker alongside her text. One cloud pop-up with small crease. Lacking Christmas card. Shelved case 11. "'Freedom, a Fable' is an illustrated artist's book with text and pop-up silhouettes. At first glance it appears to be a nineteenth-century children's book, but it is decidedly not. It tells the story of a female slave whose life after emancipation veers far from her dreams of meritocracy, revealing that Freedom, a Fable is not just the title of the work but is also the lesson to be learned" [National Gallery of Art]. 1380450. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Typecraft], 1997. leather_bound. Very Good. 9x8x0. Leather bound--limited edition--offset lithographs and 5 laser cut, popup silhouettes on woven paper--cover very slight chipping upper and lower spine--otherwise no flaws

UsedLikeNew. Pristine with tight hinges, like new pop-ups. Page block firm and clean, binding unblemished, boards straight, without markings of any kind. Fine, like new condition. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

Santa Monica: Peter Norton Christmas Project, 1997. Limited. hardcover. fine. Kara Walker. Pop-up book with offset lithographic illustrations and laser cut silhouettes, on wove paper. Square 8vo, dark red bonded leather. [Santa Monica]: Privately published by the Peter Norton Christmas Project, 1997. Limited first edition - one of 4000 copies. A fine copy, as new.<br/> <br/> Each year the Peter Norton family commissions an art edition to celebrate the Christmas season and holidays, and gifted to friends.<br/> <br/>