THE BUTTERFLY TREE by [Andy Warhol]. BELL, Robert - (1959)

Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1959). First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 8vo. Original quarter orange cloth over black cloth boards. Very good in like jacket. Mild shelf-wear and sunning to extremities. Slight lean. In very good DJ designed by Andy Warhol. Some toning and sunning to spine. Mild wear to edg- es. A faint spot or two of soil. SIGNED by Warhol in full to front panel of the jacket.

Scarce example of Warhol's early com- mercial book design. A poignant novel set in Alabama and based heavily on Bell's own experiences. Though well re- viewed at the time of publication, THE BUTTERFLY TREE sold poorly. Nevertheless, The University of Alabama republished it in 1991 and the book is now recognized as a significant contribution to the lit- erature of the state. Similarly, Warhol's early graphic design is in- creasingly seen as an important and fertile period in his career, and examples of his dust-jacket work are becoming increasingly uncom- mon. And rare when signed by the artist, this being only the second we've encountered. [READING ANDY WARHOL p. 294].