Research Catalog

Title

Aunt Sallie's lament / Margaret Kaufman ; designed by Claire Van Vliet.

Author

Kaufman, Margaret.

Publication

Newark, Vt. : Janus Press, 2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Van Vliet, Claire.
• Levitt, E. D. (Ellen Dorn)
• Holden, Audrey.
• Richardson, Mary.
• Janus Press. prt

Description

[28] p. col. ill.; 29 cm. in box 31 x 23 cm.

Alternative Title

Aunt Sallie's lament (altered).

Subject

• Quilting > Poetry
• Single women > Poetry
• Paper work > United States

Genre/Form

Shaped books (Publishing)

Note

• "120 copies"--Colophon.
• Original ed. published in 1988.
• "This edition was made using the Permalin text block of the 1993 edition by Chronicle Books"--Colophon.
• "Additional papers are: the cover of Barcham Green DeWint plus Sage Badger, Chiyogami, Fabriano, Janus, Langdell, Katie MacGregor and Marblesmith. The design was made with Ellen Dorn Levitt and Audrey Holden who did most of the assembly and made the boxes with Mary Richardson"--Colophon.
• First and last leaves, on lightweight cardboard, are in the shape of a diamond with one corner cut off. Inner leaves of various colored papers are cut in various shapes, with onlays (some of patterned papers) and cutouts; text of the poem printed in white on versos, so that the overlapping leaves resemble a pieced quilt square and the words of the poem are seen in various combinations.

Binding (note)

• Issued in patterned cloth-covered box, lined with various colored and patterned cloths, with a recess for the book. Spine label of white on green paper, printed in red.

Call Number

*KP+ (Janus, West Burke) 05-269

OCLC

55885462

Author

Kaufman, Margaret.

Title

Aunt Sallie's lament / Margaret Kaufman ; designed by Claire Van Vliet.

Imprint

Newark, Vt. : Janus Press, 2004.

Local Note

NYPL copy is not numbered; inscribed "for The New York Public Library" and signed by Van Vliet, Richardson, Holden and Levitt beneath colophon.

Binding

Issued in patterned cloth-covered box, lined with various colored and patterned cloths, with a recess for the book. Spine label of white on green paper, printed in red.

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Added Author

Van Vliet, Claire. Book designer

Levitt, E. D. (Ellen Dorn) Book designer

Holden, Audrey. Book designer

Richardson, Mary. Binder

Janus Press. Printer

Research Call Number

*KP+ (Janus, West Burke) 05-269