13 Monday May 2013
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The Dollmaker’s Son
Jean Butterfield
S.l.: November Press, 1991
Text handset and printed by the author. Typeface is Bodoni 14 pt. Illustrations are aquatints. Covers are stained plywood embellished with acrylic doll eyes. Edition of sixty copies. University of Utah copy is no. 3.
04 Monday Mar 2013
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balanced verse, Bill Griffiths, Bodoni, letterpress, marbled boards, Mary Parry, Mesopotamia, Nicholas Parry, paper, Tern Press, type, woodcuts, Zerkall
The Epic of Gilgamesh: Episode One, Gilgamesh & Enkidu
Bill Griffiths
Market Drayton, Shropshire: Tern Press, 1992
PJ3771 G5 E5 1992
Set in Mesopotamia in the third century B.C., this is the tale of the legendary, semi-divine Sumerian hero-king. Translated into balanced verse by Bill Griffiths. Illustrated with color woodcuts by Nicholas Parry. Letterpress from Bodoni type on Zerkall paper. Sewn into marbled boards by Mary Parry. Edition of ninety-five copies. University of Utah copy is no. 38, signed.
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