Book Arts

Portland, Maine:: Rebecca Goodale,, 2003.. Edition of 10. 19 x 12", two section french fold cloth bound book with hand colored silkscreen prints. To capture this animal listed on Maine's Threatened and Endangered Species list, Goodale visited the zoo where there were three little Lynx kittens. To be sure she captured their actual size on the pages she made puppets. From these she created "stencils" of the kittens in different playful positions.

Portland, Maine:: Rebecca Goodale,, 2004.. Edition of 5. A dos a dos binding with cut paper and ink mounted on paste papers. During the mating season the Least Tern male will woo his mate with his fishing abilities. The female is given a fish each time they mate. The male spends his days perpetually fishing and mating.

Portland, Maine:: Rebecca Goodale,, 2007.. Edition of 8. 9" diameter paper discs printed on both sides; 12 leaves connected with black and white ribbon. Housed in 10 x 10 x 2.5" black cloth-covered box. The latest in Goodale's Threatened and Endangered Species series concerns the New England Cottontail. In 2007, the state of Maine added the New England Cottontail to its Endangered Species List. Goodale lists loss of contiguous habitat, highway deaths, and pollution as three major reasons for their decline. Rebecca Goodale: "It is a circle book, a little like an Alexander Calder mobile, discs that are printed 2 sided with imagery about a rare rabbit and all of its struggles with the human altered environment. This piece will be in an exhibit at the Portland (ME) Museum of Art this spring [of 2008].

Jerome, Arizona:: MKimberly Press,, 1995.. Edition of 50. 7.75 x 7.375"; 6 illustrated pages. Accordion structure. Hand colored linoleum blocks. Printed on Magnani Incisioni. Hand-colored linocuts with 4 printed on the accordion folded paper strip of 4 panels. Pasteborad covers mounted on back of of first and last panels. Two remaining linocuts mounted on outside covers. Colophon printedd on verso. Signed and numbered by the artist. Block-printed humorous party games satirizing artists. Included are "Pin the Ear on Van Gogh", "Spin the Squeeze Bottle with Jackson", "Frida's Archery Set", "Dot to dot Seurat", and "Horseshoes a la der Blaue Reiter".

Portland, Maine:: Rebecca Goodale,, 2001.. Edition of 10. 9.625 x 9.5 x .75"; 4 leaves. Silkscreen printed accordion onto which are tipped handcut inkjet-printed butterflies. Clothbound portfolio case closed with an elastic band. Linda J. Docherty, Catalog of the Exhibition: Threatened and Endangered: Artists' Books Created by Rebecca Goodale, 2004: "Four Maine Butterflies illuminates the fragile beauty of the natural world. It invites contemplations of differences among insects that appear, at first glance, similar. Goodale shows the intricate silhouettes and subtle markings that distinguish Edwards' hairstrea, Clayton's copper, hessel's hairstreak, and Katahdin Arctic. The butterfly forms are cut out and placed on decorative backgrounds inspired by their individual host plants. In the history of art, the butterfly symbolizes resurrection, and Goodale captures this hopeful quality. The insects pop up and hover over the pages, vibrating with life despite their endangered status.

Rochester, New York:: Visual Books,, 2008.. Edition of 10. 6.5 x 8.5 x 1.75" box size; 5.5 x 4.5" book size; 28 pages. Accordion structure. Hand bound ink jet prints. The describes the space and process of the project, printed with a vertical panorama of the garden situated between two buildings. Housed in hinged wooden box with Latex glove, flower seeds, and plastic horse. Scott McCarney,: " This book documents a version of a piece that has been installed/performed privately in my garden in Rochester NY for the past eight years. It started as a tribute to my father, who died at his home in Virginia from lung cancer in 2001. When told he had three weeks to six month to live, he chose to move from hospital to hospice care at home. That was Friday. We had a nice weekend together before he passed away the following Tuesday, much to the surprise of his doctor. Being with him those last few days, I understood his will to die was as strong as his will to live had been.

Portland, Maine:: Rebecca Goodale,, 2014.. Edition of 3. 18.5 x 20.5"; 11 leaves. Drypoints on Japanese paper. Chine collé. Bound in cloth-covered boards. Signed and numbered by the artist. Rebecca Goodale: "Some prints cut out and attached on top of others to create illusion of wading at the edge of the sea and shore. There is also a two-page spread of chine collé larvae. This large clothbound book is read vertically, the pages moving up and down like the surf." Part of Goodale's extensive "Threatened and Endangered Species" series. Casco Bay Estuary: "Horseshoe crab spawning surveys were initiated in Maine in 2001 in response to anecdotal reports that populations were declining. This project involves collaboration among the Maine Department of Marine Resources, Bar Mills Ecological, Maine Coastal Program, and many other organizations to establish quantitative baseline population data to determine whether horseshoe crab populations are… Read More

New York: Wm. H. Wise, 1927. First Edition. Stiff wraps. Near fine. A gorgeous letter press first edition by the Roycrofters. Green and tan stiff paper wraps, tied with green ribbon, and titling in red on cover. Ornate orange drop caps with black type, printed on hand-molded paper. Mottoes printed on grey inserts, centered and decorated. Moderate, even, wear to all edges of cover. A beautiful example of the Arts and Crafts Movement, and a return to traditional book making. Laid in is an original certificate to purchase mottoes "suitable for framing," and two examples of the same handmade paper showing ads for the Notebook of Elbert Hubbard and for Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great. 220 [4] pp. with index. Quarto, 8 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches tall Best known as the the initiator of the Arts and Crafts community, Roycroft, Hubbard was an anarchist, socialist, and followed a philosophy of mental and spiritual freedom. Some of his works, which include Jesus Was an Anarchist and a A Message… Read More

Kingston, Ontario, Canada:: Transformer Press,, 2018.. Edition of 10. Dimension varies according to size of pants for back and front covers; textile pages. Screen printed. Found and donated garments. Sewn binding. Signed, dated, and numbered by the artist. Lise Melhorn-Boe: "The text of 'Mending' is a poem by the American poet Hazel Hall. Hall was born in 1886, and lived for most of her life in Portland, Oregon. Following a bout of Scarlet Fever, at the age of 12, she was confined to a wheelchair. Hall took in sewing to help with the family finances, and 'Mending' is one of thirty-three poems she wrote about needlework.  "The cover of each copy of the book is a pair of pants, or chorts, or, in one case, a short denim skirt. The first page is a collared shirt, the second a piece of household textile. Next follows a nightgown or pair of pyjama pants, and the last page is a T-shirt. Most of the garments came from friends and family.

Kingston, Ontario, Canada:: Transformer Press,, 2020.. Edition of 10. 11.5 x 14" closed, size dependent upon the shorts used and fabric. Madras shorts folded to produce cover. Cloth pages sewn from pieced bits of material. Screen printed. Signed and numbered by the artist. Transformer Press: "The poem was written by a friend of mine who lives in this area. Diane Dawber has written several books of poetry, along with some health-related non-fiction.  "I asked Diane: 'What did you mean by suicide excuses?' She responded, 'My grandmother blamed my father for taking my mother, from the city (Toronto) to the uncivilized worlds of rural Northumberland County [thus] for my mother's suicide. Nothing to do with that, it was viral encephalitis. It is timely to be talking about loneliness and isolation now… and illness and dying, for that matter. Fear and anger, conspiracy theories, blame, hurt-as well as more positive emotions abound.' "The concept… Read More

J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company. HARDCOVER. 1/1/1920. Copyright, 1920, by J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company. Black cloth boards with gold title on spine but not cover, gold gilt page edges, 70 pages plus ads, first page is the title page, looks like first blank page may have been removed, back hinge is split and visible but still attached, one page has about a 1" square cut out of it, ad pages have bleeding (moisture?) stains along the top. . Used - Acceptable.

Tobaccoville, North Carolina:: Catbird (on the Yadkin) Press,, 2021.. Edition of 40. 6 x 8" on Bugra and Saint Armand papers with amate bark slip sheet. Text handset in Bembo and Centaur. Letterpress print. Handsewn binding. Signed and numbered by the artist. Terry Schupbach-Gordon: "'Carrying Lydia Madrid' was made to celebrate the life of Lydia Rede Madrid (1949-2020). To say that Lydia Madrid was 'a friend like no other' does not even cover the beauty of this person, or her place in the lives of so many who loved her. Lydia was a printmaker with roots deeply planted in West Texas, and the samll town of Redford, where she was born. We were joined by more things than I can list. Our love of prints, puppets and the pursuit of an adventure is just the beginning of my very long list. We found joy in the small and excitement in things as ordinary as the sound of geese above our heads. The poem begins:'you wrote me postcards for forty years, and today I put them in a… Read More

Prototype Press,, 2021.. Edition of 52. Consider the Oyster was printed on custom paper from the Saint-Armand paper mill. The book cover and clam-shell book box are covered in two additional papers from the mill. Quarterbound in white, foilstamped goat leather. A custom oyster shucking knife accompanies each book to assist with opening the book box. The typeface used for the text is 12pt Monotype Goudy Light. The blue headline typeface is handset Windsor Elongated in a variety of sizes. It is printed in an edition of 52 copies. Cast, printed and bound by the press. Mark Sarigianis: "I first discovered M. F. K. Fisher’s Consider the Oyster in 2018 while browsing the cookbook section of the Mills College library. It was a first edition, and given the reverence held for Fisher, especially in the bay area, it should have been in the special collections department. Even though it was written in 1941, I was immediately struck by the passionate “foodie” sensibilities with which she… Read More

(mm 197x150); pp. (24) covers included. Original chromo-lithographed covers, background in black tones (Petrushka riding in on a book on the front cover, stylized composition on the back). A very nice copy.Only edition, very scarce.Unique édition de ce livre de peintre. Ouvrage pour les enfants illustré par la figure majeure de la réorganisation des arts dans les années postrévolutionnaires. David Shterenberg (1881-1948) étudia à Odessa, aux Beaux-arts de Paris, puis à l'Académie Vitti, élève, entre autres, de Van Dongen ; Salon d'automne de 1912, Salon des indépendants de 1912 à 1917. Après la révolution, il devint commissaire pour l'art et son influence sera considérable dans l'évolution artistique de son pays. Membre fondateur du Komfut (futurisme communiste) avec Osip Brik et Vladimir Mayakovski, il exposa en compagnie de Kandinsky et Rodchenko, Chagall et Altman, enseigna aux Vkhutemas et sera en charge des expositions russes de Berlin en 1922, Internationale de… Read More

Portland, Oregon:: Triangular Press,, 2022.. Second Edition of 33. Size: 11.5" tall x 7" wide when closed. Media: Letterpress, inkjet, laser on various papers. Binding: "Game Board" binding with 2 smaller pamphlets containing 32 printed pages. Signed and numbered by the artist. Barbara Tetenbaum: "This is an updated version of book originally created for the exhibition 'Adaptation' curated by Julie in Chen in early 2022. This version reflects the worsening news as Russia invaded Ukraine, children and other innocent people were gunned down in schools and grocery stores, the Supreme Court readied itself to reverse Roe v. Wade and more. The book is created as a game board with a variety of coping options to choose from offered on the perimeter surrounding the two pamphlets of text. " Barbara Tetenbaum, Introduction: "Life seems lived as a game, dodging the continual onslaught of bad news lobbed from every possible direction. My coping mechanisms have… Read More