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Waterfalls of the Mississippi
"Printed in the following limited edition at Gaylord Schanilec's studio in the Mississippi River Valley above Stockholm, Wisconsin. It is composed of Garamond type and hand-printed on Zerkall paper using a Vandercook press. Each image is printed in…
De Civitate Dei Libri XXII
Gothic letters without catchwords or pagination. Two- to eight-line spaces with guide letters left for initials.
The Confessions of St. Augustine
"The eighth of this Thirtieth Series of the fine books made for the members of this Club ... The twenty-four full-page color illustrations have been painted by Edy Legrand; four of thse have been printed as endpapers... The book has been designed by…
ab[landmass]
"ab[landmass] emerged out of a desire to represent change over time. I indicate this change with very simple typographic elements, the letters 'a' and 'b' as well as the deepening chasm of enlarging holes in the book, the absence of the page. The…
Point of View
"... the back sides of the gate folds ... presented a challenge. Somehow, this space needed to introduce each spread and use a system which unified the book.... I decided to use a map, complete with dots to indicate locations of people. I used red to…
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now Newly Imprinted
"This facsimile of the Kelmscott Chaucer has been printed for The Basilisk Press, London, by The John Roberts Press in Clerkenwell and completed on the 31st day of December 1974 ... The paper has been specially made at Saint Cuthbert's Mill at Wells…
The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
"This book has been hand-set and printed letterpress in Monotype Plantin series 110 at Seven Corners Press, Guildford and at Charles Mitchell Ltd., Woking. The original stencils for the prints were prepared by the artist and printed at Loddon…
Land(scaped)
Handmade paper in irregular shape to form a skyline ; folded accordion style (131 X 15 cm.) in a folder ; The graphics have been formed by a combination of collaged pieces of paper and colored paper pulp which has been added to the surface of the…
The Other Place
"Limited edition portfolio of 16 prints by American artist Bob Erickson and Northern Irish artist Keith Wilson with a poem by William Lawlor. Each artist made images that explore and investigate the natural environment in and around the other's home.…
Ink on the Elbow
Selected correspondence, spanning over four years, between printers Esselmont and Schanilec. Includes a number of color linocuts by Esslemont and an engraved panorama of Esslemont's home in Wales by Schanilec. Contains also ink jet prints and sample…
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The Trek
"This is the twenty-first limited edition book to come from the Red Door Studio in a series created and developed by Danny." -- Colophon.