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The elements : a poem

Title
The elements : a poem / by Susan Stewart ; with lithographs by Enid Mark.
Author
Stewart, Susan (Susan A.), 1952-
Publication
Wallingford, Pa. : ELM Press, 2002.
Supplementary Content
Publisher's description

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. Amer. 2002 10-180Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Mark, Enid.
  • Keleher, Daniel.
  • Sheesley, Timothy P.
  • Bixler, Michael.
  • Bixler, Winifred.
  • Creighton, Sarah.
  • ELM Press. pbl
  • Wild Carrot Letterpress. prt
  • Corridor Press. pop
Description
[37] p. : col. ill.; 29 x 39 cm.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Artists' books – United States – 21st century.
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Dante (Monotype)
Note
  • "This edition consists of forty-five copies numbered 1-45, six copies numbered I-VI reserved for the poet, and ten copies lettered A/P reserved for the artist, printers, and binder"--Colophon.
  • "The lithographs were hand-pulled by Timothy P. Sheesley, Corridor Press, Otego, New York. The type, Monotype Dante, was cast at the Press and Letterfoundry of Michael and Winifred Bixler, Skaneateles, New York, and printed by Daniel Keleher, Wild Carrot Letterpress, Hadley, Massachusetts. John Kelly, New York, assisted with the design. The text paper is Somerset. The Japanese sheets used for the fold-out sections are Silk Unryu, Koinezumi, and Kurotani Wave. Twinrocker Handmade Paper, Brookston, Indiana, produced the endpapers. The handbinding is by Sarah Creighton, Easthampton, Massachusetts"--Colophon.
  • Three pages of the text are wider by 20 cm. but folded to match the width of book. These folded page extensions are of various Japanese papers.
  • "The lithographed images were conceived with a camera but manipulated digitally with Photoshop software in order to generate the films used to creat the duotone and tritone images. These films were transferred to plates and printed as hand lithographs"--Prospectus. The ill. are continuous throughout, with text of the poem overprinted.
Binding (note)
  • Publisher's silver-gray Italian book cloth, blind-embossed; gray paper spine label.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 2002 10-180
LCCN
2004574437
OCLC
52378985
Author
Stewart, Susan (Susan A.), 1952-
Title
The elements : a poem / by Susan Stewart ; with lithographs by Enid Mark.
Imprint
Wallingford, Pa. : ELM Press, 2002.
Local Note
Spencer Coll. copy is no. 22; signed in pencil by Stewart and Mark.
Binding
Publisher's silver-gray Italian book cloth, blind-embossed; gray paper spine label.
Local Note
Accompanied by prospectus ([1] p.).
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Publisher's description
Place of Publication
United States Pennsylvania Wallingford.
United States Massachusetts Hadley.
Added Author
Mark, Enid. Illustrator
ELM Press. Publisher
Keleher, Daniel. Printer
Wild Carrot Letterpress. Printer
Sheesley, Timothy P. Printer of plates
Corridor Press. Printer of plates
Bixler, Michael. Compositor
Bixler, Winifred. Compositor
Creighton, Sarah. Binder
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 2002 10-180
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