Accession number
PML 199013
Creator
Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967, author.
Published
San Francisco : Arion Press, 2000.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2023.
Notes
Illustrations: 10 woodcuts--7 of which are bound in as plates, with 3 small woodcuts ("Arcs") mounted on sheets included in the pagination. Printed on Kitakata paper, handmade in Japan.
"This edition ... is limited to 400 numbered copies for sale plus 26 lettered copies hors de commerce. ... The text was printed on a Miller TW cylinder press; the woodblocks were printed on a Vandercook Universal III proofing press. An extra suite of prints (except for the three arcs), on full sheets of Kitakata, has been published in an edition of 50 sets for sale plus 5 artist's proofs and 5 publisher's proofs, each print numbered and signed by the artist, in portfolio, to accompany specially bound copies of the book in a wooden box created by the artist. The book was designed by Andrew Hoyem and produced with his associates Gerald Reddan, Eric Holub, Peter Stoelzl, Lewis Mitchell, Peggy Gotthold, Leif Erlandsson, Stephanie Dal Porto, and Charles Martin."--Colophon.
Library's copy numbered 76 in pencil and signed by Puryear, as issued.
"This edition ... is limited to 400 numbered copies for sale plus 26 lettered copies hors de commerce. ... The text was printed on a Miller TW cylinder press; the woodblocks were printed on a Vandercook Universal III proofing press. An extra suite of prints (except for the three arcs), on full sheets of Kitakata, has been published in an edition of 50 sets for sale plus 5 artist's proofs and 5 publisher's proofs, each print numbered and signed by the artist, in portfolio, to accompany specially bound copies of the book in a wooden box created by the artist. The book was designed by Andrew Hoyem and produced with his associates Gerald Reddan, Eric Holub, Peter Stoelzl, Lewis Mitchell, Peggy Gotthold, Leif Erlandsson, Stephanie Dal Porto, and Charles Martin."--Colophon.
Library's copy numbered 76 in pencil and signed by Puryear, as issued.
Description
[9], 8-141, [5] pages, 7 leaves of plates : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 30 x 36 cm
Binding
Publisher's tan cloth, with two brown cloth ties laced through the boards; lettering stamped in black.
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