Sanctum [SIGNED BY BOTH THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND THE AUTHOR]

Stivers, Robert (Photographs by); Eugenia Parry (Essay by). Sanctum [SIGNED BY BOTH THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND THE AUTHOR]. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms, [2006]. Limited First edition.

1/1000. Folio (14 1/4 x 11 1/2″). Unpaginated. [88]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth, with blind-stamped lettering to spine. Decorative endpapers. Title page signed by both Robert Stivers and Eugenia Parry.

In “Sanctum,” Robert Stivers “takes us into alcoholic twilight. Shuddering exiles in watery purgatory, the human figures as well as forests, clouds, plants, works of art and even architecture seem never actually to have existed…. Each photograph visualizes the anguished lament of the current that runs through him… All of this mirrors his dream books and journals, where the trials of actual experience and his mind’s nocturnal dream machinery are indistinguishable. Stivers’ pictures are figments of his material philosophy of escape.” (From the Publishers).

Sporadic faint scratches to dust-jacket. Pages slightly age-toned along edges. DJ in overall good, binding and interior in very good condition. g to vg. Hardcover. (41856) $75