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Rubbing and shelf wear to covers, edge and corner wear, light creasing, surface marks, and general handling. Original yellow N.P.G. price sticker to rear cover. Interior appears clean. Clippings show folds, toning, creasing, and newspaper fragility consistent with retained press material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith retained period newspaper and magazine clippings.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdea Books publication on Robert Mapplethorpe, issued in Milan in 1983 with an interview by Germano Celant. Portraits, bodies, flowers, studio arrangements. The classical pose and the charged image held inside a compact Italian publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis copy includes a group of retained newspaper and magazine clippings relating to Mapplethorpe’s public reception after publication: reviews, censorship coverage, obituary material, television listings, and articles around obscenity, public funding, and institutional display. 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