Printing Poetry. A Workbook in Typographic Reification
by [DESIGNER BINDING]. [Burke, Clifford]
- Used
- Condition
- Fine copy enclosed in a clamshell case.
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Scarab Press, 1980, 1980. First edition in a fine designer binding by Louise Genest. First edition. Fine copy enclosed in a clamshell case.. 8vo, brown morocco (Oasis goatskin), inlaid decorative letters, 3-D pop-up on the upper and lower board, colored edges. David Belch, proprietor of the Scarab Press and well-known biblio-bon vivant of the San Francisco Bay Area (circa 1960s-2010), commissioned several fine binders to design and produce bindings on Printing Poetry by Clifford Burke, that he had published to wide acclaim in 1980. Three of the binders were Sün Evrard of La Celle Les Bordes, France; Louise Genest of Outremont, Quebec; and Eleanore E. Ramsey of San Francisco. Enclosed is Genest's statement about the design of the binding, signed and dated October 26, 2003, with the receipt for her fee: $3,500.00.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Brick Row Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28955
- Title
- Printing Poetry. A Workbook in Typographic Reification
- Author
- [DESIGNER BINDING]. [Burke, Clifford]
- Format/Binding
- First edition
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy enclosed in a clamshell case.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition in a fine designer binding by Louise Genest
- Publisher
- San Francisco: Scarab Press, 1980
- Date Published
- 1980
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...