Research Catalog

Title

The structure of rime / Robert Duncan ; introduction by Michael Palmer ; prints by Frank Lobdell.

Author

Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988.

Publication

San Francisco : Arion Press, 2008.

Supplementary Content

Publisher's description

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Additional Authors

• Palmer, Michael, 1943-
• Lobdell, Frank, 1921-2013.
• Hoyem, Andrew.
• Kelso, David.
• Townsend, Robert E.
• Arion Press. prt
• Made in California (Firm) prm
• R.E. Townsend (Firm) pop

Description

95 p. : 2 ports.; 30 cm. +

Subject

• Lobdell, Frank, 1921-2013
• Poetics > Poetry
• English language > Versification

Genre/Form

Typefaces (Type evidence) – Perpetua.

Note

• "Limited to 275 numbered copies for sale and 26 lettered copies for complimentary distribution. Each copy is accompanied by an extra print by Frank Lobdell, an etching with aquatint, printed by David Kelso at Made in California, signed and numbered by the artist"--Colophon.
• "This first collected edition of all the poems in the series The structure of rime by Robert Duncan has been designed and produced at the Arion Press in San Francisco, California, under the direction of Andrew Hoyem, with the assistance of Gerald Reddan, Blake Riley, Lewis Mitchell, Kenneth Howard, Brian Ferrett, Sarah Songer, Anna Haglin, Charles Martin, Diana Ketcham, Laura Samuelsson, and Linnea Ogden. The type is Perpetua, designed by Eric Gill, in Monotype and hand composition. The printing, on German mouldmade Zerkall Book Laid paper, is by letterpress. Inset in the front and back covers of the binding are two prints by Frank Lobdell, etchings with aquatint. The plates were etched and proofed by David Kelso at Made in California in Oakland, California, and editioned by Robert Townsend at R.E. Townsend, Inc., in Georgetown, Massachusetts ... This is the eighty-third publication of the Arion Press, issued in November 2008"--Colophon.
• "Poetry and prose ... copyright 1960, 1964, 1968, 1974, 1984, 1988, and 2008 by the Jess Collins Trust"--P. [4]
• Accompanied by an additional print by Frank Lobdell, selected randomly from various editions of his etchings printed by David Kelso at Made in California between 1987 and 2000; signed and numbered by the artist. Housed with sheet of descriptive letterpress in stiff paper folder with title: "Etching with aquatint by Frank Lobdell accompanying the book The structure of rime by Robert Duncan. Published in 2008 by the Arion Press."

Binding (note)

• Publisher's rust-colored Japanese cloth boards; paper spine label. Inset in front and back covers are the two prints by Lobdell. Issued in matching slipcase.

Call Number

*KP (Arion) 09-175

OCLC

279139389

Author

Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988.

Title

The structure of rime / Robert Duncan ; introduction by Michael Palmer ; prints by Frank Lobdell.

Imprint

San Francisco : Arion Press, 2008.

Local Note

NYPL copy is no. 133.

Local Note

NYPL copy is accompanied by the etching "Untitled 7.2.91"; numbered 12/20, dated 7.2.91 and signed in pencil by the artist. Shelved separately.

Binding

Publisher's rust-colored Japanese cloth boards; paper spine label. Inset in front and back covers are the two prints by Lobdell. Issued in matching slipcase.

Local Note

Accompanied by prospectus ([16] p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.)

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Publisher's description

Place of Publication

United States California San Francisco.

Added Author

Palmer, Michael, 1943-

Lobdell, Frank, 1921-2013. Illustrator

Arion Press. Printer

Hoyem, Andrew. Printer

Kelso, David. Printmaker

Made in California (Firm) Printmaker

Townsend, Robert E. Printer of plates

R.E. Townsend (Firm) Printer of plates

Research Call Number

*KP (Arion) 09-175 [Text]

*KVB++ (2008) 09-201 [Text]