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Ba Suri a-challi!!

Title
Ba Suri a-challi!!
Author
Bogardus, Peter
Publication
[New York] : Khelcom New York, 2013.

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. Amer. 2013 16-22Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Michael, Zelalem Haile
  • Larson, Arthur (Printer)
  • Bixler, Michael
  • Wisotzky, Rose Ku'uleialoha
  • Gray Parrot, Inc., binder.
  • Khelcom Press (New York, N.Y.), publisher, printer of plates.
  • Twinrocker Handmade Paper, papermaker.
Description
52 unnumbered leaves : illustrations, portraits; 37 x 41 cm
Summary
Contains 44 photogravure reproductions of photographs of various sizes, including title page and photographs on front and back covers.
Uniform Title
Hulu Selam ; 2.
Alternative Title
Ba Suri
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Artists' books – United States – 21st century.
  • Type evidence (Type) – Perpetua.
  • Binders' tickets (Binding) – Gray Parrot.
  • Artists' autographs (Provenance) – Bogardus – 2013.
  • Photogravures.
  • Photobooks.
Note
  • "Printed in an edition of fifty-two, of which the first eight copies are given Roman numerals I-VIII and include additional material. The remainder are numbered 9-52/52"--Colophon.
  • This record describes the arabic-numbered copies.
  • This is the second work in the author's trilogy Hulu selam, Peace only, exploring the ancient cultures of Ethiopia, as encountered in their spiritual life today.
  • "Peter Bogardus visited Suriland and made the photographs, rendering them as copper-plate photogravures at Khelcom New York. Zelalem Haile Michael is the interpreter; he also compiled, transcribed, and translated the voice recordings for the text, in addition to writing the Afterword ... The Perpetua type was cast at the Letterfoundry of Michael Bixler. Additional hand setting of the type was accomplished by Rose Ku'uleialoha Wisotzky at Horton Tank Graphics. Arthur Larson printed the types on paper handmade by Twinrocker especially for this edition. Each copy is handbound"--Colophon.
Language (note)
  • Text in English, in part translated from the Suri language.
Binding (note)
  • Publisher's quarter brown goatskin and illustrated paper boards; spine lettered in gilt; textured marbled paper endleaves. Binder's ticket on back pastedown: "Bound by Gray Parrot." Issued in a natural linen-covered clamshell box with brown goatskin spine, lettered in gilt.
Contents
Background -- Saguine -- Wowo -- Kurrum -- Afterword -- Future.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 2013 16-22
OCLC
903215816
Author
Bogardus, Peter, author, photographer.
Title
Ba Suri a-challi!!
Publisher
[New York] : Khelcom New York, 2013.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Hulu Selam ; 2.
Local Note
Spencer Coll. copy is no. 15/52; signed in pencil by Peter Bogardus and dated 10/13/14.
Language
Text in English, in part translated from the Suri language.
Binding
Publisher's quarter brown goatskin and illustrated paper boards; spine lettered in gilt; textured marbled paper endleaves. Binder's ticket on back pastedown: "Bound by Gray Parrot." Issued in a natural linen-covered clamshell box with brown goatskin spine, lettered in gilt.
Place of Publication
United States New York (State) New York.
Added Author
Michael, Zelalem Haile, editor, writer of supplementary text, translator.
Larson, Arthur (Printer), printer.
Bixler, Michael, compositor.
Wisotzky, Rose Ku'uleialoha, compositor.
Gray Parrot, Inc., binder.
Khelcom Press (New York, N.Y.), publisher, printer of plates.
Twinrocker Handmade Paper, papermaker.
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 2013 16-22
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