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Man, Horse, and Sea

Danny Pierce.
Man, Horse, and Sea. [Shorewood, Wis.: Red Door Studio, 1979]. 44 x 35 cm.
Call Number: (BKRT)(FOP) NE 1325 .P5x M3 1979

COLOPHON: This is the tenth in the series of limited edition folio-books published by the Red Door Studio press. The Plates and Illuminations are original woodcuts and printed on a Gordon Platen Press. The text is set in Caslon Oldstyle No. 471-50 and the titles are designed after Plantin and cut in wood. The paper is handmade HMP grey 88, 70 lb., cold press, waterleaf, wove, 100 percent rag content supplied by HMP Papers, Barlow Cemetery Road, Woodstock Valley, Connecticut. (The paper was run through an etching press to flatten the texture on one side.) Box designed and constructed in English calf and Belgian linen by the Artist-Author. Limited to 30 signed and numbered copies. Volume Number 8.

Danny Pierce.
Man, Horse, and Sea. [Woodcuts, Danny Pierce; Verse, Bert Peleman; translation, Marcus Cumberlege]. [Shorewood, Wis.: Red Door Studio, 1982] 44 x 35 cm.
Call Number: (BKRT)(FOP) NE 1325 .P5x M36

COLOPHON: This edition of Man Horse and Sea is a second state with ten woodcuts from the original and ten Flemish poems with English translations. The woodcuts are hand rubbed on Tableau. The text is hand set Caslon Oldstyle No. 471 series 51 and printed on Stonehinge, a 100 percent rag paper. The cover is designed and made by Danny Pierce. Vol. No. 8/30 2nd state.