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Selected e-mail correspondence, spanning over four years, between printers Esselmont and Schanilec. Contains also ink jet prints and sample pages tipped-in from some of the books Esselmont and Schanilec have printed together. Includes portraits of family, dog, guesthouse, old pick-up truck, prairie,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Esslemont, David (Author, Engraver), Schanilec, Gaylord (Author, Engraver)
Other Authors: Smith, Tracy E. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stockholm, WI : Newton, Powys, Wales : Midnight Paper Sales ; Solmentes Press, Two thousand and three [2003]
Subjects:
Midnight Paper Sales Press.
Schanilec, Gaylord > Correspondence.
Solmentes Press.
Esslemont, David > Correspondence.
Printers > Correspondence.
Friendship in art.
Communication in art.
Artistic collaboration > Specimens.
Relief printing > Wales > Specimens.
Wood-engraving > 21st century > Specimens.
Esslemont, David.
Schanilec, Gaylord.
Artistic collaboration.
Printers.
Relief printing.
Wales.
Private presses.
Drukkers.
Rare books.
Artists' books.
Personal correspondence.
Specimens.
Untrimmed edges (Binding) > Wisconsin > Stockholm > 21st century.
Illustrated works > Wisconsin > Stockholm > 21st century.
Illustrated works > Wales > Powys > 21st century.
Letters.
Mould-made papers (Paper) > Germany > 21st century.
Watermarks (Paper) > Germany > 21st century.
Typefaces (Type evidence) > Cronos.
Description
Summary:Selected e-mail correspondence, spanning over four years, between printers Esselmont and Schanilec. Contains also ink jet prints and sample pages tipped-in from some of the books Esselmont and Schanilec have printed together. Includes portraits of family, dog, guesthouse, old pick-up truck, prairie, workshop, friends and neighbors.
"In one way, the correspondence of Gaylord and David is a daybook chronicling the seasons of the year in Wisconsin and Wales. In another way, it is a diary, with production notes, of editing, printing, and producing some important books. It is also a log of two personal journeys ... Still another important story is Gaylord and David's continuing dialogue about their current printing projects and the implications of their individual printing decisions"--Pages 7-8.
Item Description:Limited edition of 200 numbered copies. Half of the edition was printed and bound by Midnight Paper Sales, and the other half by Solmentes Press. The content is consistent throughout the edition, but each press used a unique cover design for its respective half of the edition.
"Finely illustrated with wood engravings by Schanilec, including a magnificent foldout panorama of the Welsh countryside, and color linocuts by David Esslemont. There are also tipped-in original leaves throughout from books produced by each press. A record of email correspondence between David Esslemont and Gaylord Schanilec with additional notes and illustrations"--Oak Knoll Press website, viewed on June 12, 2015.
"Zerkall 7625 mould-made paper. The typeface is Cronos. The linocuts are Esslemont, and the panoramic engraving is Schanilec. Thanks to Andy Aramacost, David Chambers and our editor Tracy Smith"--Colophon.
Printed from original blocks.
The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy is number 169 [Midnight Paper Sales version].
Physical Description:153 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 4 leaves of plates (1 folded) : color illustrations, portraits, samples ; 35 cm
ISBN:0907014208
9780907014201
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.