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
Silence is an orchard The artist book exhibits fourteen images taken in Acadia National Park in Maine from 2008-2009. (http://www.velanoche.com/silence/silence.html) Imprint from colophon. K. Rian's poem, entitled Fieldnotes: leaf [15] Interior: Japanese Kozo. Exterior: Bhutan Mitsumata over boards. --Colophon. On double leaves, with illustrations and poem on recto sides; fore edges uncut. Edition: Limited to 30, plus five artist proofs. --Colophon. MSU copy: #3 / 20.
  • Henkin, Lauren
  • Horowitz, Sarah, 1977-
  • Rian, Kirsten
 Vela Noche
Clair de lune / Paul Verlaine ; Judith Rothchild, printer and book artist An edition of 20 printed on cream-colored rag paper (Hahnemühle), in Vendome romain and folded accordion style. The booklet is encased in a portfolio with a black cloth spine and red patterned paper covered boards. The portfolio is housed in a clamshell box with matching black cloth spine and paper covered boards. Both box and portfolio are labeled in black on the front covers. The spines of both also have matching paper title labels. Illustrated with four mezzotints. Each piece is numbered and signed by the artist. MSU copy: This is one of four copies of the DELUXE edition which is housed in a box and includes a canceled copper plate of the one of the four mezzotints. MSU copy: 3/20.
  • Rothchild, Judith
  • Verlaine, Paul, 1844-1896
 Verdigris
La caída del cielo Matanzas, Junio del 2003;--Colophon. Edition consists of 200 numbered pieces and is part of the Wake Forest University's Academic Program in Cuba. Type set in decoratively bordered pages of recycled paper; illustrated with hand-colored ink sketches; cover made of art paper, decorated with collages of painted, rustic paper. 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. MSU copy: Has no. 154 of limited edition of 200.
  • Báez Andux, Ivet
  • García, Cristina, 1958-
 Vigía
Reading Dick and Jane with me No description available.
  • Sligh, Clarissa T.
 Visual Studies Workshop
Nurse Duck approaches and enters and leaves the Garden of Eden : a short story No description available.
  • Rowe, William, 1946-
 Visual Studies Workshop Press
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