Research Catalog

Title

Charles Baudelaire, Long Dong Silver and Le petit prince / [Fred McSherry, Stéphane Danis].

Author

McSherry, Fred.

Publication

Montréal : Le musée secret, 1997.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Danis, Stéphane, 1962-
• Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944.
• Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867.
• Fournier, Jacques, 1950-
• Musée secret (Montréal, Québec) pbl

Description

[16] p. : col. ill.; 20 cm.

Uniform Title

• Adventures of Long Dong Silver.
• Leg action.

Subjects

• Artists' books > Canada > 20th century
• Danis, Stéphane, 1962-
• McSherry, Fred
• Long Dong SIlver, 1960-
• Typefaces (Type evidence) > Times Impression
• Pornography

Genre/Form

• Artists' books – Canada – 20th century.
• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Times Impression.

Note

• "Il a été tiré vingt exemplaires signés et marqués I à XX par les artistes, Fred McSherry et Stéphane Danis"--Back cover.
• Title and imprint information from covers.
• "Édition originale, composée en Times Impression et mise en pages [par] Stéphane Danis. Papier 100% pur chiffon fabriqué à la main par Fred McSherry, Papeterie St-Armand, Montréal. Reprographies, Canon couleur. Reliure: Jacques Fournier"--Back cover.
• A juxtaposition of fragments from a printed edition of Le petit prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; an excerpt from Mon cœur mis à nu, by Charles Baudelaire; "The adventures of Long Dong Silver" (from the subject's World Wide Web site, http://www.snafu.de/ofiebig/special/aolds.htm (as of 6 Nov. 1997; no longer extant)); and advertising copy from the magazine Leg action. The Baudelaire and Leg action texts are embossed; the fragments from Le petit prince and Long Dong Silver are mounted.
• Printed on one side of a strip formed from 8 joined sheets of handmade paper incorporating cut-up bank notes and tinsel, folded accordion-style. First and last leaves attached to separate boards.

Binding (note)

• Publisher's black leather, with title and colophon information embossed in blind. "Plats en cuir noir 5mm teinture végetale pour l'édition de luxe"--Prospectus. With a wrap-around band bearing the Baudelaire text..

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Canadian 1997 11-112

ISBN

• 2980462616
• 9782980462610

OCLC

37919103

Author

McSherry, Fred.

Title

Charles Baudelaire, Long Dong Silver and Le petit prince / [Fred McSherry, Stéphane Danis].

Imprint

Montréal : Le musée secret, 1997.

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy is no. X/XX; signed in pencil by McSherry and Danis.

Binding

Publisher's black leather, with title and colophon information embossed in blind. "Plats en cuir noir 5mm teinture végetale pour l'édition de luxe"--Prospectus. With a wrap-around band bearing the Baudelaire text..

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy accompanied by prospectus on folded sheet ([4] p.). Without the wrap-around band.

Place of Publication

Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.

Added Author

Danis, Stéphane, 1962-

Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 1900-1944. Petit prince. Selections.

Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867. Mon cœur mis à nu. Selections.

Fournier, Jacques, 1950- Binder

Musée secret (Montréal, Québec) Publisher

Added Title

Adventures of Long Dong Silver.

Leg action.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Canadian 1997 11-112