Description

Large, oversize hardcover bound in black paper covered boards lettered in white, in publisher’s original black and white illustrated dust-jacket. 350 pages. Bold color illustrated pictorial end-papers. Introductory essay by Micha Ramakers. Text in English, German and French. Profusely illustrated throughout with hundreds of monochrome and several dozen colored drawings. No indication of edition, copyright date of 1998 given with no other printings listed. This volume represents the “most comprehensive monograph of Tom of Finland ever published, presenting every phase of his career, from the excited sketches of a young boy in Finland to his last drawings in America.” A clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy. Printed on offset stock which shows a hint of toning to margins, else like new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. A very large and heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible.