Research Catalog

Title

The elements : a poem / by Susan Stewart ; with lithographs by Enid Mark.

Author

Stewart, Susan (Susan A.), 1952-

Publication

Wallingford, Pa. : ELM Press, 2002.

Supplementary Content

Publisher's description

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Details

Additional Authors

• Mark, Enid.
• Keleher, Daniel.
• Sheesley, Timothy P.
• Bixler, Michael.
• Bixler, Winifred.
• Creighton, Sarah.
• ELM Press. pbl
• Wild Carrot Letterpress. prt
• Corridor Press. pop

Description

[37] p. : col. ill.; 29 x 39 cm.

Subject

• Mark, Enid
• Four elements (Philosophy) > Poetry

Genre/Form

• Artists' books – United States – 21st century.
• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Dante (Monotype)

Note

• "This edition consists of forty-five copies numbered 1-45, six copies numbered I-VI reserved for the poet, and ten copies lettered A/P reserved for the artist, printers, and binder"--Colophon.
• "The lithographs were hand-pulled by Timothy P. Sheesley, Corridor Press, Otego, New York. The type, Monotype Dante, was cast at the Press and Letterfoundry of Michael and Winifred Bixler, Skaneateles, New York, and printed by Daniel Keleher, Wild Carrot Letterpress, Hadley, Massachusetts. John Kelly, New York, assisted with the design. The text paper is Somerset. The Japanese sheets used for the fold-out sections are Silk Unryu, Koinezumi, and Kurotani Wave. Twinrocker Handmade Paper, Brookston, Indiana, produced the endpapers. The handbinding is by Sarah Creighton, Easthampton, Massachusetts"--Colophon.
• Three pages of the text are wider by 20 cm. but folded to match the width of book. These folded page extensions are of various Japanese papers.
• "The lithographed images were conceived with a camera but manipulated digitally with Photoshop software in order to generate the films used to creat the duotone and tritone images. These films were transferred to plates and printed as hand lithographs"--Prospectus. The ill. are continuous throughout, with text of the poem overprinted.

Binding (note)

• Publisher's silver-gray Italian book cloth, blind-embossed; gray paper spine label.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 2002 10-180

LCCN

2004574437

OCLC

52378985

Author

Stewart, Susan (Susan A.), 1952-

Title

The elements : a poem / by Susan Stewart ; with lithographs by Enid Mark.

Imprint

Wallingford, Pa. : ELM Press, 2002.

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy is no. 22; signed in pencil by Stewart and Mark.

Binding

Publisher's silver-gray Italian book cloth, blind-embossed; gray paper spine label.

Local Note

Accompanied by prospectus ([1] p.).

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Publisher's description

Place of Publication

United States Pennsylvania Wallingford.

United States Massachusetts Hadley.

Added Author

Mark, Enid. Illustrator

ELM Press. Publisher

Keleher, Daniel. Printer

Wild Carrot Letterpress. Printer

Sheesley, Timothy P. Printer of plates

Corridor Press. Printer of plates

Bixler, Michael. Compositor

Bixler, Winifred. Compositor

Creighton, Sarah. Binder

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 2002 10-180