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Binding by Antonio
61. Kickshaws Press. Crombie, John.
And So On. Paris, France: Kickshaws Press, 1999.
$750
One of
65 copies, all on Arches paper. Page size: 4-½ inches x 3-¼
inches; 30pp. Bound by Antonio: simplified structure,
printed flesh-colored morocco with blue plaid and images of
small plaid dogs (wearing plaid coats) and plaid dog houses,
dog bones and flowers, title printed in blue metallic on
front panel, spine royal blue box calf, doublures of pink
morocco; spine with author stamped in nude pink, original
wrappers of Moulin du Gue paper bound in, signed by the
binding on the lower front turn-in, “Antonio / P. N.”,
housed in nude pink paper over boards chemise and etui with
author and title stamped in nude pink on blue box calf
spine, fine. Set in 60 point Morland in black and two
colors, the author / printer has used punctuation marks to
enhance this dialogue of one word - repeated over and over.
So? So! (9658)
62. Lalou, Frank. Psalm 23, The
Lord Is My Shepherd. Lettered and Painted by Frank Lalou.
Nice: 1993. $1,500
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One of a
kind artist’s book, on Fabriano paper. 34pp; plus one
four-fold page. Page size: 14-15/16
inches x 7-1/16
inches. Bound: hand-painted and lettered Fabriano wrappers
by Lalou in various shades of white and blue with “David -
The lord is my shepherd - Lalou” within white frame lettered
in very deep blue, title repeated on spine. Loose in folios,
red guards, fine. Lalou has lettered the 23rd Psalm in
Hebrew and English and using the English and Hebrew
letters in his paintings of blue, black, and flame
red and orange. This is a beautiful book; Lalou’s letters in Hebrew and
English in black with initial letters in orange and black
are modern, yet in keeping with the sacred text. (5345) |
63. Land Marks Press. Avadenka,
Lynne. An Only Kid. Huntington Woods, MI: Land Marks
Press, 1990. $200
| One of
75 copies all on Frankfurt cream paper, each signed and
numbered by the author / artist / publisher, Lynne Avadenka.
Page size: 6-3/16
inches x 9-7/16
inches. 16pp; including blanks, title page and colophon.
Bound: brown wrappers made by Twinrocker cotton rags, goat
hair, and pigment with cream label with title printed in
blue, red and gray, hand-sewn, fine. Avadenka tells us the
HAGGADAH is the book that explains, through the use of
legend, commentary, scriptural sources and allegory, the
Exodus of the Jews from Egyptian slavery. She offers a new
version of one of the most beloved HAGGADAH songs, Chad
Gadya. |
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The center illustration / text is printed in gray
with deep red and the Hebrew letters drawn in black by Avadenka and printed letterpress. Each page of text is cut
out with descending tabs, printed with text headers in red
and blue and gray. Avadenka tells the reader that the book
was inspired by the life and work of El Lissitzky,
1890-1941, “revolutionary artist and designer.” (9380)
64. Land Marks Press. Avadenka,
Lynne. Root Words - an Alphabetic Exploration by Lynne
Avadenka in collaboration with Mohamed Zakariya.
[Huntington Woods, MI]: Land Marks Press, 2001. $2,750
One of
30 copies all on Gampi Torinoko and Hanga-shi papers, all
signed by Lynne Avadenka and Mohamed Zakariya. 16 leaves
bound concertina style, each 9-¾ x 12 inches, with 14
folios sewn with pamphlet stitch each 7 x 8 inches, and 14
folios sewn with pamphlet stitch each 3 x 3 inches folded
within larger pamphlet. The book is 77 inches wide when
opened. The image and text pages make up the front and back
pages that form the concertina. The pages containing the
Arabic and Hebrew words are folios that sewn within one
another and then into the concertina. Housed in box designed
and constructed by Linda Lembke of Green River Bindery. This
is a very elaborate piece of book making from the well-known
artist, Lynne Avadenka, who conceived the project as an
exploration of the Arabic and Hebrew languages. The book is
based on seven words, whose meanings are the same and whose
pronunciations are very close in both languages. These
words, calligraphically rendered by Avadenka and Zakariya,
are framed by images made by Avadenka, inspired by the
combined beauty of Hebrew and Arabic letterforms. The seven
words are also flanked by a text, written by Avadenka and
Zakariya that traces the development of Hebrew and Arabic
from their shared beginnings to modern languages.
The Arabic and Hebrew words were hand lettered, then
transferred to photopolymer plates and printed letterpress.
The images were created through letterpress and lithography.
The text pages were composed on the computer in Trajan and
Garamond types, then printed letterpress from photopolymer
plates.
Lynne Avadenka started Land Marks Press in 1981 and since
that time has been creating limited edition books using her
own text and images, as well as in collaboration with
others, notably Israeli authors Amos Oz, Hulmith Hareven, et
al. Her works have been acquired by the Israel Museum,
Jerusalem, The New York Public Library (one featured in the
current exhibition, “Ninety from the Nineties”), The Toledo
Museum of Art, The Newberry Library, The Library of
Congress, among others. This is a beautiful book -
celebrating the gift of language and the beauty of the
written word. (9315)
65. Land Marks Press. Avadenka,
Lynne. The Uncommon Perspective of M.E.J. Colter.
Huntington Woods, MI: Land Marks Press, 1992.
$300
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One of
100 copies all printed on Frankfurt cream paper, signed and
numbered by the artist. Page size: 4-3/8
inches wide with pages 6-1/8,
7-7/8,
9, 10-½, and 11-¼ inches tall. Text printed on sheets 3-3/8
inches wide and 6-1/8,
7-3/16,
and 5-½ inches tall. These are inserted into folded wrappers
of hand-made paper from cotton rag, earth from New Mexico,
beaten straw and burlap, designed by the author / artist,
Lynne Avadenka, and made by Kathryn Clark at Twinrocker. The
wrappers have 8 folds; the three text booklets have
8, 16, and 12 pages respectively. Each of the three
booklets also has an image, one of Native American
motifs, one a photo of Mary Elizabeth Jane Coulter,
architect, and the subject of this book, and a photo
of a stone building. |
The text is
printed in Kennerly old style in a variety of sizes and in
light brown, red, and black. The front wrapper has a cut out
framed with paper tinted turquoise in the pulp, revealing
the title and author, printed in red and brown. The back
wrapper has a cut out framed with the same turquoise
revealing the colophon again printed in brown and red.
Housed in buff-colored paper fold case, blind stamped on
front, with grosgrain ties, fine.
Lynne Avadenka has created an homage to the memory of Mary
Elizabeth Jane Colter (1869-1958) American architect who
created most of the buildings at the Grand Canyon site,
including The Watchtower, and Bright Angel Lodge. Avadenka
notes that on a visit to the Grand Canyon, she found that
there was virtually no information about this woman who had
the unusual (for that time) profession of architect. She was
told that there was a book about her, but as it didn’t sell
it was now out of print. The author / artist asks the reader
how is it possible that a woman whose work is still valued
is, herself, completely unknown. A fair question - but I’ve
found that “Anonymous Was a Woman” is not just the title of
a book. Selected for inclusion in Wellesley College’s
exhibition and catalogue RESONANCE AND RESPONSE (2005).
(9379)
66. Land Marks Press. Oz, Amos.
Grandpa Isidore. Translated from the Hebrew into English by
Nicholas de Lange. Huntington Woods, MI: Land Marks
Press, 1997.
$385
| Signed,
limited edition, with text in Hebrew and English, one of 50
copies, all on Frankfurt white paper, each hand-numbered and
signed twice by the author, Amos Oz, and the artist /
publisher, Lynne Avadenka, on the two colophon pages - one
for the English translation and one for the original Hebrew.
Page size: 12 inches X 8-½ inches; 20pp; with an additional
double-fold original color etching by Lynne Avadenka. The
etching, set on a tab, opens flat and separates the
two texts. The text was composed on a Macintosh
computer in Garamond and David types, transferred to
photopolymer plates and printed letterpress.
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Bound: handmade green paper by Twinrocker (Sagebrush) and printed red with the title in
both Hebrew and English on the two wrappers, hand sewn. A
beautiful book, as befitting Amos Oz’s moving story. (9381)
67. Land Marks Press. Yehoshua, A.B.
A Journey to the End of the Millennium. An Excerpt from
the Novel... Translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de
Lange. Huntington Woods, MI: Land Marks Press, 1999. $425
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Signed,
limited edition, text in English and Hebrew, one of 30
copies, hand numbered and signed twice by the author, A.B.
Yehoshua and the artist / printer / publisher Lynne
Avadenka, on the colophon page for the English text and
again on the colophon page for the Hebrew text. Printed on
Arches text wove paper; printed letterpress from
photopolymer plates in gray and maroon for title page and
black for text, in Garamond, Charlemagne and David types.
Page size: 9-½ inches x 6-¼ inches; overall book size is 9-5/8
inches x 13 inches wide. |
Bound: Twinrocker Fifth Avenue
paper that is a mixed media relief print by Avadenka that is
the actual construct that holds the two text blocks
together. An ingeniously elegant and beautiful solution to
the problem of bi-lingual editions from an innovative book
maker. (9382)
New from Nancy Leavitt
68. Leavitt, Nancy Ruth. The Book
of Stamps Three. Stillwater, ME: 2006. $2,500
Unique
artist’s book, all on handmade papers by Katie MacGregor and
Th Saunders as well as found papers decorated with postage
stamps, signed and dated by the artist, Nancy Ruth Leavitt.
Page size: 5-½ inches x 8-½ inches, 72pp. Bound by Joelle
Leavitt Webber of Mermaid Bindery in found papers with
fabric decorated postage stamps, housed in a custom-made
cloth clamshell box lined with calligraphic fabric. The text
is written in gouache and consists of four delightful
correspondence poems by Emily Whittle of Red Springs, North
Carolina. (9795)
69. Limited Editions Club.
Motherwell, Robert. Tres Poemas / Three Poems by Octavio
Paz. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1987.
$5,000
One of
750 copies signed by poet and artist all on mold made
Magnani paper. Page size: 17-5/8
inches x 17-½ inches. Translated by Eliot Weinberger with
Spanish and English on same page and printed in two colors,
the Spanish in red and the English in black. With 26
original lithographs by Motherwell, printed at Trestle
Editions on various Japanese papers. Bound in tan linen with
litho inlaid on front board and clamshell box. Hand set at
Stamperia Valdonega in Bauer Bodoni Bold and Bauer Bodoni
Bold Italic. The first poem was printed by Dan Keleher and
Bruce Chandler at Wild Carrot Letterpress, the second at
Stamperia Valdonega, the third at Heritage Printers.
Designed by Benjamin Shiff, this is a lovely edition of the
poetry of Octavio Paz. Motherwell has published two other
livres d’artiste: A LA PINTURA, poetry by Raphael Alberti
and EL NEGRO MOTHERWELL, poetry by Raphael Alberti. His
affinity with Spanish language authors is clear and
reinforced with this powerful book. (4231)
Miniature
70. Ly, Francoise. Caviar and
Other Roe Fantasies. [New York]: Panini Press, [2006].
$250
| Artist’s
book, one of 100 copies, all on Arches paper, each numbered
and signed by the artist, Francoise Ly. Page size: 1-½
inches x 1-½ inches; 28pp. Bound by Francoise Ly: black
cloth with wrap-around onlay of black shagreen, housed in
clear plastic box. The text is printed in Goudy hand tooled.
The images are hand-drawn in pen and black ink with
the exception of “King Salmon Roe on a Bed of
Sea Urchin” which is, of course, salmon colored on a
black bed. A whimsical
look at a gourmet’s delight in miniature. (9836) |
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