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The little river

Title
The little river / by Margaret Wise Brown ; images by Michael Kuch.
Author
Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952
Publication
[Rockport, Maine] : Two Ponds Press, 2013.
Supplementary Content
Publisher's description

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Additional Authors
  • Kuch, Michael, 1965-
  • Rockefeller, Liv, 1957-
  • Shure, Ken
  • Maret, Russell
  • MacGregor, Katie
  • Larson, Arthur (Printer)
  • Creighton, Sarah
  • Ransom, Will, 1878-1955
  • Two Ponds Press, publisher
  • Horton Tank Graphics, printer
  • Dale Guild Type Foundry, caster
Description
28 unnumbered leaves : 31 color illustrations; 24 x 31 cm +
Alternative Title
Little river field notes.
Subject
  • Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952 > Manuscripts > Facsimiles
  • Rivers in art
  • Rivers > Fiction
  • Nature in art
  • Nature stories
Genre/Form
  • Artists' books – United States – 21st century.
  • Nature prints.
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Parsons.
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Joanna.
Note
  • "Edition of 60 copies"--Colophon.
  • "Margaret Wise Brown composed The little river in 1950. This edition of sixty copies, issued by Two Ponds Press ... marks its first illustrated publication. Michael Kuch created the etchings and paste-paper images, printed the copperplates and designed the book with oversight from Liv Rockefeller and Ken Shure. Dale Guild Type Foundry cast the 18 point Parsons, Will Ransom's only metal typeface. Russell Maret created the fleuron and title lettering, based upon a Ransom design. The ancillary text is Eric Gill's Joanna. The letterpress was undertaken on a Vandercook Universal IV by Art Larson at Horton Tank Graphics in Hadley, Massachusetts. The white and various hued papers were made by hand for the project by Katie MacGregor of Whiting, Maine. The books were bound by Sarah Creighton at her studio in Easthampton, Massachusetts"--Colophon.
  • "Text copyright Hollins University; first published in White freesias by Watermark, Inc. Images copyright 2013 by Michael Kuch"--Leaf following colophon.
  • Place of publication from publisher's Web site, viewed February 26, 2014.
  • Seven leaves are printed on both sides.
  • Illustrated with 31 nearly full-page color soft ground etchings, created in part from botanical specimens and other natural objects pressed into the ground, and images created from paste papers. Text is incorporated in several images.
  • First accompanying booklet: The little river field notes / Michael Kuch & Liv Rockefeller. 9 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm. Cover title. Printed in red and black on double leaves. Contents: Reflections on The little river / by Michael Kuch -- Alternate endings / by Liv Rockefeller. Light blue paper covers with etched illustration on front cover; title in gold.
  • Second accompanying booklet: The little river / Margaret Wise Brown. 22 sheets (22 leaves) ; 16 x 11 cm in covers 24 cm. Caption title. Color facsimile of Brown's holograph draft of the work. Sheets inserted in recess of back booklet cover, which is built up to a thickness of 5 mm. Blue paper covers, with light blue paper label on front cover containing a fragment of the facsimile impressed in blind and Brown's name printed in red.
Binding (note)
  • Publisher's light green textured paper with light green canvas joints, by Sarah Creighton; illustrated with an etching that wraps around both covers and spine; title in gold on front board. Issued with the accompanying booklets in blue cloth covered clamshell box (26 x 33 cm) with light green patterened paper spine label.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 2013 14-2
OCLC
861503363
Author
Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952, author.
Title
The little river / by Margaret Wise Brown ; images by Michael Kuch.
Publisher
[Rockport, Maine] : Two Ponds Press, 2013.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
sheet
Local Note
Spencer Coll. copy is no. 35; signed by Michael Kuch with a pencil drawing of a frog on leaf facing colophon.
Binding
Publisher's light green textured paper with light green canvas joints, by Sarah Creighton; illustrated with an etching that wraps around both covers and spine; title in gold on front board. Issued with the accompanying booklets in blue cloth covered clamshell box (26 x 33 cm) with light green patterened paper spine label.
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Publisher's description
Place of Publication
Maine Rockport.
Massachusetts Hadley.
Added Author
Container of (work): Kuch, Michael, 1965- Reflections on The little river.
Container of (work): Rockefeller, Liv, 1957- Alternate endings.
Kuch, Michael, 1965- book artist.
Rockefeller, Liv, 1957- book designer.
Shure, Ken, book designer.
Maret, Russell, typographer.
MacGregor, Katie, papermaker.
Larson, Arthur (Printer), printer.
Creighton, Sarah, binder.
Ransom, Will, 1878-1955, type designer.
Two Ponds Press, publisher.
Horton Tank Graphics, printer.
Dale Guild Type Foundry, caster.
Added Title
Little river field notes.
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 2013 14-2
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