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Title Description Author Publisher
"Danilo y Dorotea"" : otra historia de amor" A play. Text and illustrations printed on white paper; illustrations hand-colored, some being mounted cut-outs. Thin brown paper title page and preliminaries have mounted hand-colored illustrations. Bound in heavy brown paper with mounted hand-colored illustrations, including cut-out figures of turtles Danilo and Dorotea that may be removed from their pond. Includes leaf with instructions for making a turtle toy using a gourd or a ball. MSU copy: Has no. 95 of limited edition.
  • Fernández, René, 1944-
  • Ediciones Vigía
--que pues lo imposible pido-- : cinco poemas del Siglo de Oro español Mimeographed reproduction of what appears to be Gothic letterpress on individual leaves of grained off-white, brown, and sand-colored papers with mimeographed borders. Stapled at left margin, attached to doubled brown paper wrappers, and tied with soft white and brown cord. Title pages and wrappers have cutouts and collages of colored and decorated papers, including some letterpress. Collage on front wrapper has a hammered copper detail. Each author's work has a special, black tissue paper t.p.. Part of a collection of handmade books, most with cords for hanging (literatura de cordel), published by Ediciones Vigía under the auspices of the Cuban Ministry of Culture. Publication information from colophon. Consta de cincuenta ejemplares numerados, iluminados a mano... --Colophon. Page numbers are spelled out in Spanish. Leaf following p. [37] is blank. MSU as copy no. 31(treinta y dos). MSU copy: Gift of Jeanne Drewes (2000).
  • Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616
  • López, Ariel, 1978-
  • Quevedo, Francisco de, 1580-1645
  • Vega, Lope de, 1562-1635
  • Ediciones Vigía
21 Limited ed. of 200 copies. Hand illuminated and completely manufactured by Ediciones Vigía in its Colección Barquitos (for children). Leaf is folded and inserted in a decorative band. Poema inédito del libro 'Ali Babá y las 40 ilusiones'. MSU copy:
  • Espino Ortega, José Manuel, 1966-
  • Ponce, Augustina
  • Salema, Rocío
  • Ediciones Vigía
A birder's alphabet Limited edition of 500, numbered and signed by Laura Davidson. MSU copy: Copy no. 280 of 500.
  • Davidson, Laura
  • L. Davidson
A Clevilla, por su poema "El puro rigor""" Poem text printed on a sheet of white bond paper with torn edges, folded and attached by two strings to a tag giving publisher name, series statement and copy no. This sheet fits into an envelope of coarse brown paper, with title, name of author and an illustration affixed college-style. Envelope is partially affixed at verso to a folded sheet of coarse brown paper (67 x 21 cm. folded to 18 x 21 cm.) with a printed illustration (accented by hand-coloring) on the side to which the envelope is attached and with colophon and other text and illustrations affixed to the other side. A handle of two pieces of yarn is affixed at the head of this sheet. This sheet, folded, fits through a loop (7 cm. wide) of coarse brown paper bearing an affixed illustration and the text, Edición especial por el cumpleaños ochenta de F.G.M. Affixed texts and illustrations are on yellow, white and sand-colored papers. Limited ed. of 200 copies. One of a series of handmade books published by Ediciones Vigía.
  • Estévez Jordán, Rolando, 1950-
  • García Marruz, Fina, 1923-
  • Ruiz Montes, Laura, 1966-
  • Ediciones Vigía
A few palm trees No description available.
  • Ruscha, Edward
  • Heavy Industry Publications
A northern woods bestiary Bound in painted wooden boards with raised centerpiece. Text in made-up language.
  • Davidson, Laura
  • L. Davidson
A selection of cards from the collection of Lela McCarney December, 2007. MSU copy: Number 30 out of 50. MSU copy: Signed by the author.
  • McCarney, Scott
  • VisualBooks
A tool alphabet This is an edition of 1,000 copies. --leaf [30]. MSU copy:
  • Davidson, Laura
  • L. Davidson
Abecedario 29 unpaged booklets (8 p. ; 11 cm.) with text and illustrations, based on the Spanish alphabet. Every letter of the alphabet is represented with images created by linoleum cuts, featuring cultural (calavera clarinete) or political images (anarquista). Collection of booklets housed in a white box (9 x 16 x 9 cm.) with a white label with red and black text. Edition of 99 copies. MSU copy: No. 22 of 100 copies initialled by author (2009).
  • Buchen, Dave
  • D. Buchen