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Canción antigua a Che Guevara Poem. Mimeographed reproduction of handwritten text and drawings on individual leaves of grained white, brown, and sand-colored papers stapled at left margin and glued to brown paper wrappers. Text of poem is on a longer, folded leaf with a mimeographed border. Mounted paper cutouts include yellow and orange paper. Endpapers are black tissue paper. Wrappers have decorated-paper collages, hemp cord on front. 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. Place of publication, publisher, and series name from colophon. Date of publication surmised from date of artist's other work and anniversary of death of Che Guevara. Consta de cien ejemplares, numerados, iluminados a mano ... --Colophon. LC has copy no. 30. MSU has copy no. 1.
  • Aguirre, Mirta, 1912-
  • López, Ariel, 1978-
  • Ediciones Vigía
Cantar del alma que se goza de conocer a Dios por fe Poem in typescript with manuscript title, drawings, and deocrative border mimeographed on ragged-edged brown paper banner tied at top with cord. Hand painted details. 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 surmised from other items in shipment. MSU copy: gift of Jeanne Drews (2000).
  • John of the Cross, Saint, 1542-1591
  • Ediciones Vigía
Cántico de la huella Written in cursive on two long strips of brown wrapping paper with a yarn handle at the top; issued in an illustrated, hand-made envelope. Este poema -- leído por su autora en un recital en El Gato Tuerto del Vedado, en un verano habanero de 1964 -- había permanecido inédito hast que lo entregó a Ediciones Vigía, de Matanzas. Diseño y dibujos especialmente realizados para esta edición por el artista Rolando Estévez, diseñador principal de las Ediciones Vigía. Part of a collection of handmade books published by Ediciones Vigía under the auspices of the Cuban Ministry of Culture. Esta edición de Cántico de la huella de Nancy Morejón consta de doscientos ejemplares esgrafiados, numerados iluminados a mano, totalmente manufacturados por las Ediciones Vigía de Matanzas, Cuba. MSU copy: Has copy no. 134.
  • Estévez Jordán, Rolando, 1950-
  • Morejón, Nancy, 1944-
  • Ponce, Augustina
  • Ediciones Vigía
Carta abierta a Charles Bukoswski Consta de doscientos ejemplares manufacturados y iluminados a mano por las Ediciones Vigía, en el Colección del San Juan. Para su confección fueron usados papeles de diferentes texturas, colores, y gramajes --Colophon. Text within collaged and printed stiff-paper folding self-case with cutout on front. Premio América Bobia 2006. MSU copy: Has no. 184 of limited edition.
  • Hodelín Santana, Hugo
  • Ríos, Marialva
  • Ediciones Vigía
Caza perdida Poem. Typescript mimeographed on brown paper banner decorated with mounted paper cutouts with almost full-length mimeographed and hand-painted illustration. Mounted collages include hand-lettered title, author's signature, mimeographed colophon, and a small wood-veneer quiver of paper arrows. Laced at top with white yarn. 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. Este pergamino consta de doscientos ejemplares ... --Colophon. MSU has copy no. 195. LC has copy no. 79, signed by the author. MSU copy: gift of Jeanne Drewes (2000).
  • Fajardo, Noel
  • Marcos de Armas
  • Quintero, Aramís
  • Ediciones Vigía
Celare navis y otros poemas Mimeographed reproduction of typescript, hand-lettered titles, drawings, and borders on individual leaves of coarse brown paper and white bond with mounted decorated-paper cutouts. Endpapers are light blue tissue paper and light brown tracing paper. Wrappers are covered with black tissue paper and have multi-colored, multi-textured paper collages, including a crepe paper 'toga.' The cover title and illustration are paper and synthetic 'foam' cutouts mounted on a died cheesecloth veil that stretches from the back wrapper across the fore-edge and the front wrapper. The veil's free end is tied to a wooden dowel. 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. Diseño y dibujos de Rolando Estévez --Colophon. Publication information from colophon. Consta de doscientos ejemplares numerados, firmados por su autor ... --Colophon. LC has copy no. 146. Appears to lack author's signature. MSU has copy no. 78, without author's signature. MSU copy: gift of Jeanne Drews (2000).
  • Arrufat, Antón, 1935-
  • Estévez Jordán, Rolando, 1950-
  • Ediciones Vigía
Celebrities : in memory of Margaret Dumont, dowager of the Marx Brothers movies (1890-1965) Poems. One hundred forty copies ... Twenty-five copies are in a special case --P. [1]
  • Peters, Robert, 1924-
  • Sombre Reptiles
Centric Consists of circles in various media and materials mounted on continuous sheet of cream paper, folded to form 8 p.; first and last page pasted to black lining leaves; bound in painted wooden boards with raised metal centerpiece. Publisher's location from ordering information. Published in an edition of 13 copies.
  • Davidson, Laura
  • L. Davidson
Cifra de la Granada Edición especial en el Aniversario Cincuenta de ORIGENES --Cover. Typescript mimeographed on coarse brown paper, with hand-lettered titles; line drawings on leaves of off-white bond with hand-colored details. Stapled and glued to brown paper wrappers, with illustrated and hand-colored mounted paper cutouts. Tied with twine. Consta de doscientos ejemplares numerados, iluminados a mano, firmados por su autor .... Edición de Laura Ruiz Montes ... --Colophon. MSU has copy no. 9, unsigned.
  • Méndez, Roberto, 1958-
  • Ediciones Vigía
Cinco letras de amor Lyrics to five songs. Mimeographed reproduction of manuscript, drawings, and decorative borders on coarse green and dark rose papers. Preliminary note reproduced on white bond. Endpapers are black tissue paper. Stapled and glued to grained brown paper, and tied with twine and string. Wrappers have mounted cutouts with reproduced illustration and decortative details, and illuminated lettering on front wrapper. 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. Esta edición consta de doscientos ejemplares ... --Colophon. MSU has copy no. 182.
  • Ariel, Sigfredo, 1962-
  • Hernández, Rafael, 1891-1965
  • Ediciones Vigía
Cinnamon & saffron : regarding love and squashes Issued in handpainted wrapper. Ed. of 49 signed and numbered copies.
  • Golden, Alisa J
  • Never Mind the Press
Ciudad de árboles dormidos Esta edición ... consta de doscientos ejemplares --Colophon. Stab-bound in stiff black paper wrappers. Front cover features a mounted, cut-out illustration of a tree with pieces of hay and cut-out illustrations of houses in its branches; the title is incorporated into mounted, cut-out drawings of leaves. MSU copy: Has no. 24 of limited edition.
  • Mederos, Javier, 1971-
  • Trujillo, Johann E.
  • Ediciones Vigía
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
Classical beauty Woodblock prints mounted on folded leaves bound in wooden covers joined with 3 brass hinges. Artist, imprint and edition from ordering information. No. 6 of an edition of 10.
  • Davidson, Laura
  • Laura Davidson Studio
Codex espangliensis : from Columbus to the border patrol No description available.
  • Chagoya, Enrique
  • Gómez-Peña, Guillermo
  • Rice, Felicia
  • City Lights Books
Collapse Edition limited to 20 copies. Letterpress printed on Arches, using hand set type and pressure printing, with a little bit of Gocco printing for flair. Each poem is an individual book sewn to an accordion structure that allows the book to open dramatically. Includes instructions for use. MSU copy: Number 11 of 20 copies. MSU copy: Signed by author.
  • Thompson, Nikki
  • Deconstructed Artichoke Press
Colored people : a collaborative book project This project was compiled and produced as an artist's book mock-up in 1987 for the travelling exhibition Coast to Coast: Women of Color National Artists' Book Project.
  • Piper, Adrian, 1948-
  • Book Works
Como si la muerte hubiera sido un sueño Poems. Typescript and drawings mimeographed on individual and folded leaves of coarse brown and white papers, stapled at left margin and glued to black tissue-paper endpapers. Upper endpaper is decorated with mounted paper cutouts laced with a cord. Lower endpaper is glued to waste paper and then to brown paper wrappers, which fold over spine and fore-edge and open in center of front (a u fold). Wrappers are illustrated with collages of painted and decorated papers, leaves from a plant or bush, and other organic matter (the colophon says coffee grounds and fish scales), and tie with yarn. 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. Premio Rilke al Joven Poeta, Ediciones Vigía 1997;--Back flap. Consta de doscientos [sic?] ejemplares numerados, firmados por su autor ... --Colophon. MSU has copy no. 171. LC has copy no. 217. MSU copy: gift of Jeanne Drews (2000).
  • Báez, Yampier
  • Domínguez, Israel, 1973-
  • Trujillo, Yohan Enrique
  • Ediciones Vigía
Corazón sobre la tierra/Tierra en los ojos : poesía-prosa Typescript and hand-drawn borders mimeographed on individual pages of coarse brown paper, illustrations mimeographed on leaves of white bond, and black tissue-paper endpapers are stapled at left margin and glued to black art paper wrappers. Wrappers are illustrated with a collage including cutouts of mimeographed white and colored papers, wood veneer, and large brown leaves. 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 doscientos ejemplares firmados por su autora ... --Colophon. LC has copy no. 144. MSU has copy no. 129, without author's signature. MSU copy: gift of Jeanne Drewes (2000).
  • Blanco, María Elena, 1947-
  • Naranjo, Violeta
  • Ediciones Vigía
Correos Mimeographed reproduction of text and illustrations, on pages andd individual leaves of grained white and brown papers. Endpapers are black tissue paper. Stapled and glued to brown paper wrappers and tied with yellow and white cord. Wrappers have glued on illustrations; dried plants glued on front. 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. Consta de doscientos ejemplares numerados, firmados por su autor; iluminados a mano, mimeografiadas y totalmente manufacturadas por las Ediciones Vigía de Matanzas, Cuba, en su Colección del San Juan. --Colophon. MSU has copy no. 164. MSU copy: gift of Jeanne Drewes (2000).
  • Ariel, Sigfredo, 1962-
  • León, José Félix, 1973-
  • Ediciones Vigía
Cristo en la cruz y otros poemas Mimeographed reproduction of handwritten text and illustrations on individual leaves of grained brown and white papers with mounted paper cutouts and collages. Most text is in block letters. Stapled, glued to brown paper wrappers, and tied with green cord. Wrappers have folded, moveable illustration on front, closed by a hemp cord looped over a metal nail. Copy number is given on a brown-paper medallion hanging from the green cord. Green and yellow paint applied by hand. 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 cuarenta [sic?] ejemplares numerados ... --Colophon. MSU has copy no. 50. LC has copy no. 43.
  • Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986
  • Estévez Jordán, Rolando, 1950-
  • Ediciones Vigía
Cuaderno de la fiancée Stories. Bound in stiff paper wrappers covered with photo reproductions of handwritten text. The cover features a hand-colored paper sculpture of a bra and a mounted, hand-colored illustration of a seated nude woman. Edition of 200 copies. MSU copy: has no. 132 of 200 copies.
  • Cuesta, Mabel R., 1976-
  • Estéves, Rolando
  • Ediciones Vigía
Culinaria Colophon: Drypoint prints with ink wash. Book has cloth spine and steel cover. Front cover has brass spatula held on with small magnets. Edition of 10 copies. MSU copy: Aquired with funds provided by the Beatrice Grant Cookery Endowment (2010). MSU copy:
  • Davidson, Laura
  • L. Davidson