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Volcanic holiday

Title
Volcanic holiday / James Merrill ; etchings, Dorothea Tanning ; [edited by Peter Hooten]
Author
Merrill, James, 1926-1995.
Publication
[New York : Nadja Press], 1992.

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. Amer. 1992 04-45Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Hooten, Peter.
  • Tanning, Dorothea, 1910-2012.
  • Sturm, Carol.
  • Wolf, Douglas.
  • Guérin, Christian
  • Melby, Jennifer
  • Nadja (Firm) pbl
  • Nadja (Firm) prt
  • Nadja (Firm) bnd
Description
10 folded sheets ([1], 16, [1] leaves) : col. ill.; 19 x 20 cm.
Genre/Form
  • Livres d'artistes – United States – 20th century.
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Palatino.
Note
  • "Of 110 copies, i-x are with a suite of 8 etchings with margins, and 26 are lettered A to Z"--Colophon.
  • Printed in gray on Rives BFK paper from Palatino type by Carol Sturm and Doug Wolf of Nadja Press.
  • Consists of bifolium with half title on recto of 2nd leaf; 8 bifolia, each with a print and a poem on inside facing pages (except the first, which has a print and the t.p.); and bifolium with colophon on recto of 1st leaf.
  • Illustrations: 8 prints from 10 plates : etching, soft ground etching, aquatint, col. ; full-page. Printed by Christian Guerin (3-6, 8) and Jennifer Melby (1-2, 7). Two are printed from a full-page plate and a smaller, irregularly shaped plate.
  • Issued unbound, in gray paper portfolio with orange pulp image on front cover (paper made by Paul Wong), in gray cloth clamshell box (22 x 22 cm.) with pink paper label on spine. "Box construction by Nadja Press"--Colophon.
Indexed In (note)
  • Waddell & Ruby. Dorothea Tanning
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 1992 04-45
OCLC
  • 36394779
  • NYPG04-B636
Author
Merrill, James, 1926-1995.
Title
Volcanic holiday / James Merrill ; etchings, Dorothea Tanning ; [edited by Peter Hooten]
Imprint
[New York : Nadja Press], 1992.
Indexed In:
Waddell & Ruby. Dorothea Tanning, 63
Local Note
Spencer Coll. copy is designated "P"; signed in pencil by the poet and the artist.
Laid into case: Prospectus ([2] leaves on folded sheet); slip with ordering information; TNS from Peter Hooten to R. Rainwater, dated 12 June 1995; slip captioned "Recent documentation."
Added Author
Hooten, Peter.
Tanning, Dorothea, 1910-2012. Etcher
Sturm, Carol. Printer
Wolf, Douglas. Printer
Guérin, Christian, printer of plates.
Melby, Jennifer, printer of plates.
Nadja (Firm) Publisher
Nadja (Firm) Printer
Nadja (Firm) Binder
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 1992 04-45
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