A last cloud : for Ruth Stone, June 8, 1915-November 19, 2011.
Printed on 20 double leaves (fold at top edge) of translucent Gampi paper. Contains 8 unnumbered leaves of letterpress (preliminaries, two poems by Chard deNiord and colophon) and 6 etchings by Michele Burgess. Each etching is printed on the 4 outside pages of two double leaves, which may be opened...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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San Diego :
Brighton Press,
[2013]
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| Series: | Burgess, Michele. Stratigraphic archives ;
v. 6. |
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| Summary: | Printed on 20 double leaves (fold at top edge) of translucent Gampi paper. Contains 8 unnumbered leaves of letterpress (preliminaries, two poems by Chard deNiord and colophon) and 6 etchings by Michele Burgess. Each etching is printed on the 4 outside pages of two double leaves, which may be opened to an image area of 22 x 30 cm; image is visible as a whole only on the 4 inside pages, on which Stone's poem "A last cloud" has been printed in letterpress. |
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| Item Description: | "An edition of 40 copies, ten of which include a separate suite of all six etchings"--Colophon. "A last cloud is an homage to the poet Ruth Stone by artist Michele Burgess and poet Chard deNiord. The text was hand set in Spectrum and printed letterpress on Gampi paper by Nelle Martin. The etchings were printed by the artist and Chelsea Herman. The book was bound in vellum, which was printed with an etching. Sonja Jones assisted with the binding. The clamshell box, covered in hand woven silk and hand painted Sekishu paper, was made by Lisa Van Pelt. The photograph on the [box] cover was taken of the Vermont mountains, Stone's home territory, in the 1940s by Bill Kelly's father"--Colophon. Purchased for the Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design collection by The Cushing Library. The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy is [number] 3/40 and is signed by Burgess and DeNiord. |
| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 12 x 16 cm, in box 25 x 32 x 4 cm |
| Related Items: | The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- California -- San Diego. |