[BLUES] [PRIVATE PRESS] CIARDIELLO, Joe (portraits); KRUTH, John (introduction)

Black White & Blues [Limited Edition, Signed]

Brooklyn, NY: Strike Three Press, 2011. First, Limited Edition. One of 64 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the illustrator, this being copy no.40. Quarto (38cm); dark blue Asahi cloth boards and black cloth backstrip, titled in gilt on spine, with printed title label mounted to upper front cover; text printed letterpress; [48]pp; illus. A Fine copy.

An attractive volume of expressive pen and ink portraits of American blues musicians by illustrator Joe Ciardiello (b.1953), including portraits of Leadbelly, Memphis Minnie, Muddy Waters, Charlie Patton, Mississippi John Hurt, Howlin' Wolf, and others. With an introduction by John Kruth. OCLC notes just 2 holdings (Columbia, Ringling College of Art & Design). 88848.

Price: $450.00

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