William Bailey, Mark Strand, Harry N. Abrams, 1987, HC, VG.

Strand, Mark, and William Bailey. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1987.

English, Very Good, HC, 8vo, 9 3/4" x 10 1/4", [6] 80 pp.

ISBN: 0810907208

White cloth over board, stamped red lettering to spine, minor soiling to front panel and bottom tips, otherwise, clean, sharp tips, tightly bound, and unmarked throughout. Very Good cream pictorial dust jacket, featuring William Bailey's 1980 artworks "Manhattan Still Life" to front panel, and "Portrait of S." to back panel, black lettering to front, back, and spine, minor wear to tips, light shelf wear to front and back panels, otherwise, clean and intact. Protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. [6] 80 pp. Includes 41 illustrations, 20 color plates, essay by Mark Strand, List of Plates, Biography, List of Exhibitions, Public Collections, and Select Bibliography. From the dust jacket: "Whether in still-life paintings of objects seemingly perfectly arranged on a tabletop, or figure paintings of a compelling frankness, the signature of a Bailey work lies in its formal presence, intensity, and unusual use of color."