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Title	Description	Author	Publisher
Eight slices of pie	Disposable pie plate containing 8 sheets folded and illustrated to resemble pie slices, printed with pie recipes and anecdotes. Cover sheet printed to resemble latticed pie crust. Published in an edition of 25. This is no. 6.	Martin, Emily, 1953-	Naughty Dog Press
My twelve steps	Limited ed. of 100 copies. Produced with assistance from Janice Frey's Out of Hand Press and the University of Iowa Center for the Book. --Accompanying card. Letterpress pop-up book on Rives Heavyweight. Accordian-folded leaf forms a staircase when opened, showing a different 12-step slogan imprinted on each riser. Case bound with flax and moriki paper. String, wooden dowel, and buttons act as closure. MSU copy: Number 45 out of 100. Signed by the artist.	Martin, Emily, 1953-	Naughty Dog Press
The peacock's complaint	A color Xerox book of images and text chronicling a long lasting friendship. The title side of the fan has peacock feathers, the other side has the drawings and text. The fan is fully reversing and shows the two friends swapping roles with each other. Constructed of card stock fastened at the base with an aluminum post screw and at the top with cotton thread.--Author's web site (as of July 2001: http://www.emilymartin.com/). Edition of 50. MSU copy: Number 49. Signed by the author.	Martin, Emily, 1953-	Naughty Dog Press
Yes, please ; and, No, no, never : a Jacob's ladder	A Jacob's ladder format of the do's and don'ts of manners --Invoice. Laser-printed panels held together with plastic strips. Enclosed in a paper origami box with colophon inside the top of the box. Limited ed. of 25 copies, signed by the artist. MSU copy: Number 20 of 25. Signed by the artist.	Martin, Emily, 1953-	Naughty Dog Press
Cinnamon & saffron : regarding love and squashes	Issued in handpainted wrapper. Ed. of 49 signed and numbered copies.	Golden, Alisa J	Never Mind the Press
Thread	Enclosed is Thread, a limited edition book available through Artomat. MSU copy: purchased from an Artomat vending machine in Louisville, Kentucky, in December 2006; donated by Ruth Ann Jones.	Brown, Nickole Shannon, Debbie	Nickole Brown and Debbie Shannon (producers)