Research Catalog

Title

House of cods.

Author

Schatt, Carol.

Publication

Phoenix, Ariz. : Picnic Press, 1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Smith, Linda, 1948-
• Picnic Press, publisher.

Description

2 unnumbered leaves : color illustrations; 28 x 29 cm

Subjects

• Toy and movable books
• Toy and movable books > Specimens
• Codfish > Poetry
• Artists' books > Arizona > Phoenix > 1996

Genre/Form

• Toy and movable books.
• Artists' books – Arizona – Phoenix – 1996.

Note

• A pop-up book.
• In verse.
• Caption title.
• "House of cods was designed, printed, and assembled at the Picnic Press, Phoenix by Linda Smith. The text was written by Carol Schatt. Handset Optima foundry type, relief line engravings, and Gyotaku fish impressions were printed on a variety of Mexican, Philippine, and Thai handmade papers. Production was completed in 1996. Of an edition of fifty, this is number ..."--Colophon.
• The pop-up is a structure designed to imitate a house of playing cards with a fishing trawler on top and netting covering the structure.
• Letterpress printed. Issued in a cardboard case.

Provenance (note)

• Inscribed in graphite, on colophon, "Linda Smith" and "Carol Schatt."

Binding (note)

• Bound in color printed decorative white paper boards; issued with cardboard case.

Call Number

Rare Books+ 20-881

LCCN

2002554574

OCLC

36449120

Author

Schatt, Carol.

Title

House of cods.

Imprint

Phoenix, Ariz. : Picnic Press, 1996.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Inscribed in graphite, on colophon, "Linda Smith" and "Carol Schatt." NN

Binding

Bound in color printed decorative white paper boards; issued with cardboard case. NN

Local Note

Copy in Rare Books+ 20-881 is no. 22 of 50 copies.

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Added Author

Smith, Linda, 1948-

Picnic Press, publisher.

Research Call Number

Rare Books+ 20-881