Casanovachevalier

2014 · 1481 — <p><strong>Signed by Tiago Casanova</strong>. Condition: As New with previous owner's blindstamp on front endpaper. First edition. Hand-made double-hinge hardcover no dust-jacket as issued; the book is a 3-panel "Z" shape with a binding on each opposite side. 128 pages. 9.0" x 7.0" x 0.8". ISBN 9789899906303. The cover of each copy of<em> Pearl</em> is handmade with a silkscreen produced by Carapau Amarelo from an original work by Pascal Ferreira and Tiago Casanova himself binds each copy. "'Pearl: Hard object that grows around a grain of sand or other foreign matter as a defensive measure of certain molluscules.' <em>Pearl</em> is a book about Madeira Island nicknamed as 'The Pearl of the Atlantic' a highly touristic place known for its nature and its unique Laurisilva Forests. Tiago was intrigued by this phenomenon of natural transformation of a living being through the creation of a non-living hard object that turns out to be a very rare and valuable object referenced as an example of beauty. So how subjective can beauty get when a bizarre defensive measure turns out as a model of beauty This book is about this relation between the subjective senses of beauty and ugliness and how the line between both senses is so thin and insignificant working on this specific place the Pearl of the Atlantic." -Publisher's notes. Edit and Sequence: Vanessa Winship George Georgiou. USA customers please note: We only ship our books via USPS Media Mail with insurance & tracking. <strong>International</strong> <strong>customers</strong> ie outside of the USA <strong>please note</strong>: The standard international shipping cost quoted by Biblio is generally much less than the actual international shipping cost we ship only with insurance & tracking – we will first notify you of the actual shipping cost before you complete your purchase. SKU 1481</p> XYZ Books hardcover