The signed first edition of Maira Kalman's Women Holding Things (2021) is now sold out. I do not know the size of the edition, but the booklets sold for $75 including tax plus $5 for shipping. The project raised $100,000 for various charities fighting hunger. If $50, say, were set aside from the sale of each booklet for charity, the edition size would have to be 2000. If only $25 could be set aside, that would make the edition size a conjectured 4000. However the math worked out, Ms. Kalman clearly has a lot of devoted fans willing to bring this charitable effort to fulfillment at this price. The book was offered on Ms. Kalman's website with the following images:
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| Maira Kalman |
Shipping was delayed for about a month at the printer. My copy arrived only last week:
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| Maira Kalman's signature |
The balloon is glued into the back of the booklet. Should it be kept there to keep the book in its original pristine condition? It can easily be removed and this would allow the back cover of the book to sit better. If it is not removed, the balloon will very likely melt into the inside back cover of the book in the coming years. O the dilemmas of book collectors.
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