Research Catalog

Title

The uncommon perspective of M.E.J. Colter / by Lynne Avadenka.

Author

Avadenka, Lynne.

Publication

Huntington Woods, Mich. : Land Marks Press, 1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Land Marks Press. prt
• Twinrocker Handmade Paper. ppm

Description

[31] p. : ill.; 29 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Weatherhead Foundation Fund, 1993.

Subject

• Colter, Mary Elizabeth Jane, 1869-1958
• Avadenka, Lynne
• Paper work > United States
• Architecture > Southwest, New
• Women architects > United States > Biography
• Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)

Genre/Form

• Artists' books – United States – 20th century.
• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Kennerley.
• Shaped books (Printing)
• Pulp painting.

Note

• 100 copies printed in several colors on Frankfurt cream paper from Kennerley Old Style type.
• Text is printed in 3 gatherings sewn separately into an irregularly shaped strip of handmade tan and turquoise Twinrocker paper folded accordion style to form 4 double leaves; t.p., dedication and colophon on sheets of Frankfurt paper mounted behind "windows" in the Twinrocker paper. "The shaped paper was made especially for this edition ... from cotton rag, earth from New Mexico, beaten straw and burlap"--Colophon.
• Issued in a portfolio of tan handmade Barrett paper.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [33]).

Call Number

*KP (Land Marks) 93-313

OCLC

• 27799740
• NYPG93-B38098

Author

Avadenka, Lynne.

Title

The uncommon perspective of M.E.J. Colter / by Lynne Avadenka.

Imprint

Huntington Woods, Mich. : Land Marks Press, 1992.

Local Note

Rare Books copy is no. 23.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [33]).

Local Note

Endowed by the Weatherhead Foundation on the Southwest.

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Added Author

Land Marks Press. Printer

Twinrocker Handmade Paper. Papermaker

Research Call Number

*KP (Land Marks) 93-313