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Voir dire maelstrom

Title: Voir dire maelstrom / John Adams Griefen & Purgatory Pie Press ; Dikko Faust, letterpress topographic relief ; Esther K. Smith, design & structure.
Author: Griefen, John Adams, 1942-
Publication: NYC [New York City] : Purgatory Pie Press, c1996.

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	By appointment only	Spencer Coll. Amer. 1996 12-157	Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Description

[12] p. : chiefly col. ill.; 31 cm.

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Note

Edition of 61 copies.
Consists of a double-sided strip of decorated paper, hand-torn and folded accordion-style. Text on recto, printed in gray; pop-up structures on verso.
Text consists of the words "Voir dire maelstrom," printed in wood type on p. [1-6], and names of collaborators and publication information, printed letterpress on p. [1] and [6].
"Gothic wood, Corvinus metal types, Rosaspina paper"--P. [6].

Binding (note)

Strip is attached at both ends to separate gray Masonite boards, decorated with paintings by Greifen.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1996 12-157

OCLC

35813272

Author

Griefen, John Adams, 1942-

Title

Voir dire maelstrom / John Adams Griefen & Purgatory Pie Press ; Dikko Faust, letterpress topographic relief ; Esther K. Smith, design & structure.

Imprint

NYC [New York City] : Purgatory Pie Press, c1996.

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy is no. 18; signed in pencil by Griefen, Dikko Faust and Esther K. Smith.

Binding

Strip is attached at both ends to separate gray Masonite boards, decorated with paintings by Greifen.

Place of Publication

United States New York (State) New York.

Added Author

Smith, Esther K. Book designer

Faust, Dikko. Printer

Purgatory Pie Press. Publisher

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer. 1996 12-157