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BILLY CHILDISH, PENGUIN BOOKS and BURNING BOOKS

SELECTED POEMS - Penguin 'ART' Edition of 100 SIGNED COPIES

PLEASE NOTE: This artwork is not authorised by Penguin and is not available for resale.

THE BOOK IN THIS IMAGE HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED YET. IT WILL BE SIGNED IN INK ON THE FRONT COVER. EACH BOOK WILL BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN APPEARANCE AND ANY UNSOLD COPIES WILL BE INCINERATED ON THURSDAY 21st JAN 2010 at 8.13 pm

ARTIST: Billy Childish

TYPE: Facsimile Penguin book containing selected poems by Billy Childish and presented as a homage to D H Lawrence. Signed, stamped and artificially aged by the artist.

EDITION: 500 copies of this book were printed but most will be destroyed on instruction by Penguin Books. This an artistically 'altered' edition of 100 that is signed and numbered on the front cover by the artist using the gallows symbol as his signature. It will also be stamped with a British Art Resistance 'Approved' stamp, the publishers edition stamp and an 'Unauthorised by Penguin - Not for Resale' stamp.

SIZE: 10.8 cm x 17.8 cm x 145 pages

All remaining books and all unsold copies will be burnt at 8.13 pm on Thursday 21st January 2010 during the launch event and reading for this and the Tangerine Press hand bound sister edition.

Price: £24.99

SOLD OUT

SELECTED POEMS - Penguin 'ART' Edition dedicated to D.H. Lawrence

PLEASE NOTE: This artwork is not authorised by Penguin and is not available for resale.

THE BOOK IN THIS IMAGE HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED YET. IT WILL BE SIGNED AND DEDICATED IN INK ON THE FRONT COVER. EACH BOOK WILL BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN APPEARANCE AND ANY UNSOLD COPIES WILL BE INCINERATED ON THURSDAY 21st JAN 2010 at 8.13 pm

ARTIST: Billy Childish

TYPE: Facsimile Penguin book containing selected poems by Billy Childish and presented as a homage to D H Lawrence. Signed, dedicated, stamped and artificially aged by the artist.

EDITION: 500 copies of this book were printed but most will be destroyed on instruction by Penguin Books. This book is number 1 from an edition of only 19 dedicated copies. It is the only one dedicated to D.H. Lawrence. It will be signed and dedicated in ink on the front cover with Billy Childish's full signature instead of the gallows symbol he usually signs with. It will also be stamped with a British Art Resistance 'Approved' stamp, the publishers edition stamp and an 'Unauthorised by Penguin - Not for Resale' stamp.

SIZE: 10.8 cm x 17.8 cm x 145 pages

A further 100 copies will be made signed with the gallows signature. The remaining books and all unsold copies will be burnt at 8.13 pm on Thursday 21st January 2010 during the launch event and reading for this and the Tangerine Press hand bound sister edition.

Price: £150.00

SOLD OUT