Accession number
PML 199038
Creator
Minsky, Richard, artist.
Published
[New York] : [The artist], [2023]
Credit line
Edwin V. Erbe Jr. Acquisitions Fund,
Description
1 volume ; 20.8 x 15 cm, in box 23.5 x 18.5 x 6.5 cm + 1 folded sheet ([4] pages; 19.5 x 14 cm)
Notes
Laid into the book at front is the 'Newsprint Edition' of Vermont Vigilance--the title of the fictional pamphlet in Sinclair Lewis's novel, which was printed by Minsky in 2017 on the Kelmscott-Goudy Albion handpress at the Cary Graphic Arts Collection, Ro
Binding
Black calf, front panel inlaid with letterpress proof of the first page of Vermont Vigilance on Mohawk Superfine paper, overlaid with the artist's blood, acryclic paint, and pieces of 8-pt. Garamont type; spine lettered and decorated in 22K gold; issued i
Inscriptions/Markings
The library's copy of Vermont Vigilance is signed in pencil on page [4]: 'Minsky, 2017' and numbered '5/6.'
Variant title
Vermont vigilance
Provenance
Richard Minsky.
Summary
An artist's book that incorporates the text block of the first edition of Sinclair Lewis's It can't happen here (New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. 1935).
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