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A Gehenna alphabet

Title
A Gehenna alphabet / the drawings by Leonard Baskin ; with aphorisms & poems by Sidney Kaplan.
Author
Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000
Publication
Lurley, Devon [England] : The Gehenna Press, 1982.

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. Eng. 1982 15-65Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Kaplan, Sidney, 1913-
  • Gehenna Press, publisher.
Description
63 unnumbered pages : illustrations (1 color); 24 cm
Summary
With 26 full-page reproductions of drawings depicting various creatures, one for each letter of the alphabet.
Subject
  • Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000
  • Alphabet rhymes
Genre/Form
  • Artists' books – Great Britain – 21st century.
  • Alphabet books – Great Britain – 21st century.
Note
  • "One hundred & ten copies of this book have been printed on the Columbian hand-press at The Gehenna Press, Lurley, Devon, during the late spring of 1982. The papers are hand made at Maidstone, Kent. The copies are numbered 1-89. Twenty-one copies have an additional impression of the coloured woodengraving printed from six blocks on Japanese paper; these are signed & lettered A-U by Leonard Baskin. All copies are signed by the artist"--Colophon.
  • Errata: page 61.
Binding (note)
  • Issued bound in white paper boards, with image of an owl stamped in gold on front cover; title stamped in gold on front cover and spine. In marbled paper covered slipcase.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Eng. 1982 15-65
OCLC
16270085
Author
Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000, artist.
Title
A Gehenna alphabet / the drawings by Leonard Baskin ; with aphorisms & poems by Sidney Kaplan.
Publisher
Lurley, Devon [England] : The Gehenna Press, 1982.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Local Note
Spencer Coll. copy is no. 14; signed in pencil by Baskin and Kaplan.
Binding
Issued bound in white paper boards, with image of an owl stamped in gold on front cover; title stamped in gold on front cover and spine. In marbled paper covered slipcase.
Place of Publication
England Lurley (Devon).
Added Author
Kaplan, Sidney, 1913- author.
Gehenna Press, publisher.
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Eng. 1982 15-65
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