| Seboruco : una estrella en un cartucho |
Overview of the contributions of enigmatic, popular Cuban poet Antonio Eulogio Hernández Alemán, 'Seboruco,' including texts of his cuartetas. Mimeographed reproductions of typescript text, manuscript text and borders, and many drawings on individual leaves of coarse white and brown papers with mounted, decorated-paper cutouts, including colored paper and wallpaper. Stapled at left margin, glued to brown paper wrappers, and tied with orange and green cords. Collages on wrappers and front endpaper incorporate decorated colored and gold paper, a stone from the San Juan River (Matanzas Province), a ceramic figure, wood veneer, string, cloth, and paint. 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. Ha sido posible gracias a la gentileza de The Banff Centre for the Arts de Alberta, Canadá, quien nos invitara durante cinco semanas a partcipar en la Residencia Temática sobre Cultura Popular, Cultura de Masas y Sub-culturas, entre septiembre 23 y octubre 25 de 1996;--Colophon. La pieza de cerámica de la cubierta fue realizada por María Inés Raphaelian, artista de Brasil, y por el artista cubano Sergio Roque --Colophon. Many leaves in the second group ([50] p.) are mimeographed or decorated on recto only. Décimas a Seboruco by Fina García Marruz is transcribed in manuscript and illustrated with drawings inside a decorative border, all mimeographed on ragged rectangles of coarse, sand-colored paper pasted together to form a long banner (140 x 23 cm.). Round, white-paper cutouts with mimeographed designs are mounted at the bottom of the banner. The banner is folded, has a doubled green cord attached at the top, and fits under a narrow strip of decorated white bond pasted to page [43]. Consta de doscientos ejemplares numerados ... --Colophon. MSU has multiple copies. Copy 1 is no. 116 and lacks figurine, copy 2 is no. 24. LC Copy 1 is no. 18. MSU copy: gift of Jeanne Drewes (2000). |
- Estévez Jordán, Rolando, 1950-
- Seboruco, 1856-1936
- Zaldívar, Alfredo, 1956-
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| Secrets. |
A booklet containing pictures of a key, fingerprints, and a nude woman. The folded enclosure contains 10 slips of paper containing the secrets of unnamed individuals. Part of the Zine Exchange series, created by students in a Visual Studies Book Design course at the State University of New York at Buffalo. |
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| Séptimo round |
Handmade books published by Ediciones Vigía under the auspices of the Cuban Ministry of Culture. Mimeographed typescript on coarse brown paper of varying shades and weights; mimeographed manuscript on t.p. and preliminaries, and on mounted paper cutouts on wrappers. Wrappers have collages of illustrated mounted paper cutouts on black tissue-paper backgrounds. Each work is read from opposited covers, bound upside down in relation to the other. Publication information from colophon. Consta de doscientos ejemplares, firmados por su autor ... --Colophon. MSU has copy no. 174, without author's signature. MSU copy: gift of Jeanne Drewes (2000). |
- Araña, Hugo
- Rodríguez Febles, Ulises, 1968-
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| Seven : poems |
Seven was set in Amercan [sic] Garamond, printed on Mohawk Superfine, designed and hand-bound in an edition of fifty copies by Matt Cohen and Sher Zabaszkiewicz, C&C Press, University of California, Santa Barbara. Imagery inspired by Aztec codices, and printed using polymer plates and linoleum cuts. The hand-made paper end sheets are from the poet's t-shirts. --Colophon. Pages letterpress printed in folio style, with cardstock laminated between. Wire edge binding technique (utilizing a thin metal wire along the spine edge of each page where the metal wire is exposed at regular intervals creating knotting stations where thread attaches one page to the next) developed by Daniel E. Kelm. Title in script debossed on front cover. Split-board binding in cloth. MSU copy: no. 11 of 50. |
- Cohen, Matt, 1982-
- Rodriguez, Luis J., 1954-
- Zabaszkiewicz, Sher
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| 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
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| Slant of light = Sesgo de luz |
Mimeographed reproductions of typescript, pictorial borders, and drawings on folded leaves of mostly coarse brown paper; 2 full-page illustrations on white bond; green tissue-paper endpapers. Stapled at left margin and glued to brown paper liners of green tie-dyed linen covers. Covers are illustrated with decorated-paper and wood-veneer cutouts and tied at fore-edge with suede ties. Other preliminaries illustrated with mounted paper cutouts. With a construction of cardboard, crepe, and other decorated papers, and lace, tulle, twigs, etc., that functions as a case for the book and represents the author's house with accompanying tree, moon, and stars. Includes a paper cutout representing a wooden shingle with two holes for hanging, labeled Emily Dickinson. 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. Translations were made from Thomas H. Johnson's edition of The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Boston: Little, Brown, 1960. Consta de doscientos ejemplares numerados ... Los primeros cien ejemplares de este libro van en un estuche que recrea la casa donde viviera la autora y contiene además un árbol, la luna y un cielo con ángeles y estrellas que la resguardan y lo convierten en una muestra de arte instalacionista que deviene homenaje a la gran poetisa norteamericana --Colophon. LC copy unnumbered, but among the first 100. MSU has unnumbered copy of book only. |
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
- Estévez Jordán, Rolando, 1950-
- Yglesias, Jorge
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| Some really ugly clothes |
Kabel light on Rives Heavyweight --Colophon. Number 34 of 35. 35 copies printed; cf. colophon. Striped cloth covers, with paper spine label. |
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| Sonetos blancos |
Poems. Diseño y dibujos de Rolando Estévez --P. [5]. Esta edición ... consta de doscientos ejemplares --Colophon. Bound in stiff white paper wrappers with mounted cut-out illustrations. |
- Hernández Milián, Juan Luis, 1938-
- Pavlychko, Dmytro Vasylʹovych
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| Souvenir book |
Consists of one continuous sheet of cream paper folded to form 8 leaves with handpainted lino cuts mounted on each leaf; on the cover is an embossed brass plate; bound in painted-wood boards with leather spine. Publisher's location from ordering information. Published in an edition of 15 copies; this is no. 8. |
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| Soy un tauro perdido y otros poemas |
Reproduced typescript on leaves of recycled light brown paper with coated white endpapers and white bond preliminaries; preliminaries and poem titles are in reproduced manuscript. Stapled at left margin to cardboard covers and tied to paper wrapper with red yarn and brown twine cord. Wrappers include collages made with red tissue paper; front wrapper has photocopied illustration of a bullfight torn in quarters and mounted on red tissue paper to give a window pane effect. Wrappers have title and series information in reproduced manuscript on white bond with torn edges, mounted. Consta de doscientos ejemplares numerados, iluminados a mano ... --Colophon. MSU has copy no. 13. Handmade books published by Ediciones Vigía under the auspices of the Cuban Ministry of Culture. |
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| Survival phylactery yarvis syndrom |
Booklet ([24] p. : all ill. ; 15 x 21 cm.) and 1 plate, mounted between pivoted, cloth-covered boards (camouflage pattern). Limited, signed edition of 300 copies. Issued in bubble wrap bag with mounted label, which is also signed by the artist. Rare copy 1: Gift of the author. |
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| 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
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