Oracle: a voluntary of poems & prints [signed/limited handmade book]
by Schroeder, Lynn, editor & designer, Bruce McGrew, Galway Kinnell, Diane Wakoski, Philip Cook, Steve Orlen, Hector Arteche, William Pitt Root, W.S. Merwin, et al
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Oracle, AZ: Oracle Press, 1974. Hardcover. 35p., 1 unnumbered plate at end, 9.5x13 inches, poetry & art, #7/100 signed and numbered impressions + 20 signed artist proofs [the proofs not found], printed on moldmade Rives & Italia papers, the letterpress, hand-set in Palatino, printed on a manually powered Franklin Gordon Press, binding by Roswell Book-binery in Phoenix, very good in lightly shelfworn yellow buckram cloth boards. There are 12 original signed impressions bound into this copy, copperplate, wood engravings and a photograph tipped-in. Prints from the artists of Rancho Linda Vista and poems by their friends.
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- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 305740
- Title
- Oracle: a voluntary of poems & prints [signed/limited handmade book]
- Author
- Schroeder, Lynn, editor & designer, Bruce McGrew, Galway Kinnell, Diane Wakoski, Philip Cook, Steve Orlen, Hector Arteche, William Pitt Root, W.S. Merwin, et al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oracle Press
- Place of Publication
- Oracle, AZ
- Date Published
- 1974
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; 1970S; Art; Arizona;
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Established in 1981 in San Francisco, we specialize in books and ephemeral materials related to the history of Labor and other social movements, including the struggles for Black and Chicano equality, the Gay liberation movement, Feminism, and Asian-American activism, as well as the Far Right. In recent years Bolerium has expanded into materials in non-western languages, especially from East Asia, and has also placed more emphasis on ephemera, with tens of thousands of original leaflets, pamphlets, and posters in stock. You can sign up for free email lists in our subject areas at www.bolerium.com. We are located in San Francisco at 2141 Mission, Suite 300 (between 17th & 18th St.). We're open by appointment only..
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