Research Catalog

Title

Gypsy & other poems / James Baldwin ; with etched portraits by Leonard Baskin.

Author

Baldwin, James, 1924-1987

Publication

[Leeds, Massachusetts] : Gehenna Press, MCMLXXXIX [1989]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000
• Gehenna Press, publisher.
• Wild Carrot Letterpress, printer.
• Harold Berliner's Typefoundry (Nevada City, Calif.)

Description

31 unnumbered pages : color illustration, portraits; 31 cm

Alternative Title

• Gypsy and other poems
• Gypsy

Subject

• Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 > Portraits
• Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
• 1900-1999
• Engraving, American > 20th century > Specimens
• Private press books > Massachusetts > Specimens
• Private presses
• Private press books
• Engraving, American
• Massachusetts

Genre/Form

• etchings (prints)
• Copper engravings.
• Etchings.
• Privately published books – Massachusetts – Leeds – 20th century.
• Private press books – Massachusetts – Leeds – 20th century.
• Artists' books – Massachusetts – Leeds – 20th century.
• Poetry.
• Portraits.
• Specimens.
• Inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• Illustrations by Leonard Baskin.
• "Three hundred & twenty-five copies ... The special casting of Centaur was made by Harold Berliner's Typefoundry at Nevada City, Calif. The presswork was achieved at Wild Carrot Letterpress of Hadley, Mass. The etchings have been printed from the copperplates. The edition is arranged as follows: copies numbered 1-50 have a portfolio of etched portraits, signed & numbered by the artist & are specially bound; copies 51-325 have a signed & numbered etched portrait. Six special copies, 'hors d'édition', lettered a-f, contain an original copper & a drawing"--Colophon.
• The copperplate etchings by Baskin are printed on different colored papers which are tipped-in.
• Issued in a solander case.

Binding (note)

• Copy 1 in Sc Rare+ G 90-1 bound in publisher's full gray paste-paper over light gray cloth over boards, and gilt-stamped red morocco title labels on spine and upper cover.
• Copy 2 in Sc Rare G+ 24-1 specially bound in publisher's half black morocco and black and gray paste-paper over boards, gilt author and title on upper cover.

Contents

Gypsy -- Song for the shepherd boy -- For A. -- For Earl -- Untitled -- Ballad -- Portraits of James Baldwin by Leonard Baskin.

Call Number

Sc Rare+ G 90-1

LCCN

93184114

OCLC

46883077

Author

Baldwin, James, 1924-1987, author.

Title

Gypsy & other poems / James Baldwin ; with etched portraits by Leonard Baskin.

Publisher

[Leeds, Massachusetts] : Gehenna Press, MCMLXXXIX [1989]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Binding

Copy 1 in Sc Rare+ G 90-1 bound in publisher's full gray paste-paper over light gray cloth over boards, and gilt-stamped red morocco title labels on spine and upper cover.

Copy 2 in Sc Rare G+ 24-1 specially bound in publisher's half black morocco and black and gray paste-paper over boards, gilt author and title on upper cover.

Local Note

The Schomburg Center's Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division has two copies of this book. Copy 1 in Sc Rare+ G 90-1 is no. 100 of the 325 numbered copies, which includes an etched portrait of James Baldwin by Leonard Baskin, signed and numbered by the artist.

Copy 2 in Sc Rare G+ 24-1 is number 9 of the 50 specially bound copies with a portfolio of 7 etched portraits (6 penciled) signed & numbered by the artist or the illustrator, Leonard Baskin.

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Chronological Term

1900-1999

Place of Publication

United States Massachusetts Leeds.

Added Author

Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000, illustrator.

Gehenna Press, publisher.

Wild Carrot Letterpress, printer.

Harold Berliner's Typefoundry (Nevada City, Calif.)

Research Call Number

Sc Rare+ G 90-1

Sc Rare G+ 24-1