First edition, first impression, one of an edition limited to 1250 numbered copies, this being No. 431. Signed and inscribed by Steve Sabella on the title page, 'To Fernada' dated autumn 2016. This copy includes, loosely laid in, a promotional bookmark featuring some of Sabella's work and a message from the artist, presumably released at the time of publication. 300pp, bound in black cloth-covered boards folding over text block, creating a doubled upper panelled box. White lettering on the front panel. 8vo. A tad of yellowing on text block edges else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout.
Parachute Paradox is the semi-fictionalised , award-winning memoir of Jerusalem born artist, Steve Sabella, published 2016. It details Sabella's upbringing in occupied Jerusalem, his detention by Israeli authorities and his eventual flee from Palestine to the west; and it explores the twinned topics of physical and creative liberation through imagination. The book's design and physical production is also artistically unusual, conceived by Sabella himself and designed by Verlena Gerlach. The first edition was printed in a limited edition of 1250 numbered copies, in addition to 150 numbered artist proofs and a 100 copies reserved for the media.
