Surfadelic Calligraphy
Take Your Pleasure Seriously [Signed, Numbered]
Publication: Milan: Lazy Dog, 2012. First Edition.
Notes: The limited edition, one of 50 copies, of this survey of the graphic designer and calligrapher Luca Barcellona's lettering work, with a custom calligraphy example, the word "Surfadelic", commissioned by the original owner. This limited issue also includes a second original calligraphy example reading "Take your pleasure seriously" laid into the clamshell box cover. Published at EUR500.
The book is housed in an embossed clothbound clamshell box (7-1/2 by 10-1/2 inches). 224 pages plus a smaller text pamphlet of 32 pages inserted in four separate sections. Illustrated with more than 400 color plates. Text in English and Italian.
Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine folded poster used as a dust jacket. This is one of 50 deluxe copies, signed by Barcellona with an original piece of calligraphy, in this case reading "Surfadelic" on the limitation page.
Item No: #363596
Price: $200
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