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The Bear that Woke Too Soon

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"Second in a projected series of limited edition books printd by the Red Door Studio ... The illustrations for this edition were printed from the original woodcuts on a Gordon Platen Press. The text has been hand set in Spartan types and has been…

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Little Ezukvuk

Third limited edition book produced at the Red Door Studio, inspired by the author's association with the King Island Eskimos in Nome, Alaska

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Edge of the Sea: Sketches of Downeast Maine

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A portfolio of woodcuts with the text devised as excerpts from a diary, inspired by a trip to Maine

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Cattle Drive '76

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The 6th folio-book to come from the Red Door Studio. Printed directly from the wood blocks by the hand rubbing process on Tablean, Technical Paper Corporation ... Protective sheets, Strathmore Pastel, Strathmore Paper Company. Cover box designed and…

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Joe Friebert

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"This handprinted limited edition folio is a personal, insightful and sometimes poignantly humorous testimony to a respected colleague." -- Leaf [3].

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A Day on the Norma A

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A compilation of experiences on the Norma A over several summers

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Shepherdess of Monument Valley

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"This is the ninth limited edition book-folio to come from the press of the Red Door Studio. Printed from the original blocks on Karma, a coated paper by Pattatch Corporation. Press work by the artist-author on a Gordon Platen Press. Boxed in linen…

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Man, Horse, and Sea

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"This is the tenth in a 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…

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Sea Wrack

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Second book in the Man, Horse and Sea series

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Birds : A Folio of Woodcuts

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"Folio of Birds is the twelfth limited book-folio published by the Red Door Studio, Shorewood, Wisconsin. The woodcuts are cut in pine planks and printed on a Gordon Platen Press. Paper is Basingwerk Parchment White, Heavy Weight. Typeface is Caslon…

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