Notice: Due to budget reductions, effective August 15, 2025, the MSU Libraries will no longer ship materials to addresses within a 50-mile radius of the MSU Main Library.  Faculty, staff, and students that live within 50 miles of the Main Library will need to pick up materials requested at the Main Library Circulation Desk, at the lockers in the north vestibule of the Main Library, or at the Gast Business Library.
Notice: Due to budget reductions, effective August 15, 2025, the MSU Libraries will no longer ship materials to addresses within a 50-mile radius of the MSU Main Library.  Faculty, staff, and students that live within 50 miles of the Main Library will need to pick up materials requested at the Main Library Circulation Desk, at the lockers in the north vestibule of the Main Library, or at the Gast Business Library.
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Title Description Author Publisher
Report from pool four Issued in slipcase. Handset and printed in an edition of 200 copies by Gaylord Schanilec. --Colophon. MSU copy: Number 28 of 200 copies. MSU copy: Signd by author.
  • Schanilec, Gaylord
 Midnight Paper Sales
Sylvæ : fifty specimens printed directly from the wood with historical anecdotes & observations 120 numbered copies printed by Ben Verhoeven and Gaylord Schanilec on Zerkall 8888. Cast by Michael and Winifred Bixler in Monotype Bembo. Bound by Craig Jensen and Gary McLerran. Woodwork by Dick Sorenson. The wood used in printing and binding came from Farm 590. --Colophon. In slipcase. Bound in quarter leather over bare wooden boards, lapped case binding. White leather spine with tooled title lettering in gold. Text and images printed on Zerkall book laid. Also issued in a large paper ed. Gregynog Prize at the Oxford Book Fair, 2007. Errata slip tipped-in. MSU copy: Has copy no. 85 of 120. Inscribed on final page.
  • Bixler, Michael
  • Bixler, Winifred
  • Jensen, Craig (Craig William), 1951-
  • McLerran, Gary
  • Schanilec, Gaylord
  • Verhoeven, Ben
 Midnight Paper Sales
We are happy to serve you Printed gum bichromate on pages hand cut in the shape of an apron, and bound with a hostess apron attached to covers. Housed in cloth-covered clamshell case. MSU copy: Signed by the author.
  • Schaer, Miriam
 Miriam Schaer
Nautical unravelings Limited to an edition of 125 copies. Illustrations from handcarved Ti-Pi blocks, lino, wood, and endgrain cherry; collaged historic cuts; handset type, handcolored in Luminescent colors; printed on zerkal and Langdell; bound in yellow linen thread; boards covered in Genji and Chromo book cloth.
  • Head, Mark
 Mixlexic Press
The woman who thought she was more than a samba Poem. Edition of 250 copies.
  • Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata, 1949-
 Momo's Press
Falling leaves Limited ed. of 100 copies. Leaves were collected, scanned, then printed onto transparent film. The papers are Fraser Passport, Neenah Classic Laid, and cover is Nepal-made 'zig zag'. The font is Bradley Hand. --Colophon. Tunnel book with 4 panels of framed maple leaf images on transparent support. Cover is a gate structure with a magnet closure and applied leaves that hold the cover title, title page, colophon, and a leaf poem. MSU copy: Purchased with funds provided by the Paul and Barbara Trudgen Library Endowment.
  • Timm, Jill
 Mystical Places Press
Gates While the original print edition was 30, there were only 17 left to be made into books. Completely handcrafted ... in an edition of 17. Accordion fold book. Cloth covered boards attached at spine with ribbon. Sand dollar mounted on cover. MSU copy: Copy is no. 16 of an edition of 17. MSU copy: Purchased with funds provided by the Paul and Barbara Trudgen Library Endowment.
  • Timm, Jill
 Mystical Places Press
New Orleans lexicon Twelve cards in folders, issued in case. Each card is decorated with a color photo or plastic illustration, symbolizing New Orleans. My first experience of New Orleans was shortly before the Hurricane Katrina devastation of 2005. This is my memorial to that unique city. The font is Boomerang. The cards are Giclée printed on Somerset digital paper. The wonderful embellishments are from Jolee's, a scrapbooking boutique. The folders are hand die cut and the folder text is stamped and thermal embossed. Limited to an edition of 25. (Colophon) MSU copy: copy 6 of 25. MSU copy: Purchased with funds provided by the Paul and Barbara Trudgen Library Endowment.
  • Timm, Jill
 Mystical Places Press
Ocean dunes Pages on one continuous strip folded accordion style. These dunes are located in the Oregon Dunes National Recreational Area near Coos Bay. The font is named appropriately Sand. The paper is Hahnemühle Buga. The printing is Giclée, an archival quality digital printing process. --P. [3] of cover. Issued in a slipcase. MSU copy: Copy no. 53. MSU copy: Purchased with funds provided by the Paul and Barbara Trudgen Library Endowment.
  • Timm, Jill
 Mystical Places Press
Winter elk These photographic images were altered in Photoshop then printed by Giclée, a museum quality digital printing method. The images are printed on a specially coated archival paper and the translucent side paper is UV Ultra. The self case is covered with black book cloth --Verso, t.p. MSU copy: Copy no. 42 of 50 copy limited edition. MSU copy: Purchased with funds provided by the Paul and Barbara Trudgen Library Endowment.
  • Timm, Jill
 Mystical Places Press