Carved Camel Bone Covers with Laser Cut Handmade Paper Pages
Designs Inspired by Coptic Book Covers
Egyptian Book Artist

Aly, Islam.
#1 Perspectives. Junction Series.
Cairo, Egypt: Islam Aly, 2024.

Number 7 of 30 variant copies - each with slightly different covers and illustrations. Book 1 " in the 'Junctions Series', which draws inspiration from the intricate beauty of Coptic book covers, known for their ornate designs and rich symbolism. Each book in this series serves as a connection between the past and present, blending traditional craftsmanship with contemporary aesthetics. In this first book 'Perspective', readers are invited to explore a visual journey through the cover pattern developing inside the book. Inspired by the intricacies of Coptic book covers, 'Perspectives' is weaving together elements of art, culture, and history to create a unique visual experience" (Islam Aly).

Coptic bound in hand-carved white camel bone with intricately carved spaces and cuts that reveal the patterns inside the book. Illustrated with laser-cut designs on blue handmade paper, with each section designed to resemble the patterns, appearance, and texture of the old Coptic covers. A red leather strap wraps around book to hold it closed. Unpaginated. Size: 3 x 3 x 1 inches.

Islam Aly is an Egyptian-born book artist and teacher. His books explore the possibilities of historical bindings in contemporary book art practices They have appeared in international exhibitions in the United States and abroad, and in private and public collections including the New York Public Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Library of Chile, Yale University, and Bibliotheca Alexandrina. In an artist's statement he writes: "When I make a historical book structure, I go through a learning process. I learn the history as well as the different physical aspects of the binding such as how a book form is constructed in a specific sequence. I learn about the use of different materials such as paper, wood, leather and dyes. I learn to make choices in selecting and replacing traditional materials that I don’t have access to. I use these different experiences to enhance my work in making artists’ books and to use historical and cultural references from these structures in the actual content. In essence, I wish to explore new ways to use the rich structures of historical books in contemporary artists’ book practice and incorporate contemporary content into strictly historical structures." Fine. (#37545)

Price: $700

Science Fiction Work on Mail Delivery via Zepplin - a Kipling tale from 1905

[Arion Press]
Kipling, Rudyard; Thomas Pinney, introduction; Vincent Perez, illustrations.
With the Night Mail: A Story of 2000 A.D.
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1998.

Number 15 of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist. There were also 26 lettered copies hors de commerce. The prospectus describes this unusual work from Kipling as science fiction from 1905. "A zeppelin for the General Post Office is carrying mail on a transoceanic flight from England to Canada. Hair-raising adventures along the way. The mail must go through!" It continues to say that this is "a small classic of aviation fiction, made all the more fictional by the fact that its writer's basic prediction turned out to be wrong."

Thomas Pinney offers an interesting introduction to Kipling and to this work from him. Vincent Perez provides thirty-two full page illustrations opposite the text pages. The drawings are in sepia and yellow. This edition was designed and produced at the Press under the direction of Andrew Hoyem. It is bound in cream cloth covers with a title and author label affixed to the spine and front cover. The types used are English Old Style, cheltenham, and Cushing Antique and are printed on Legion Letterpress paper. The illustrations were printed by photo-offset lithography. Accompanied by the prospectus but missing the unusual mailing envelope. In fine condition. Measures 6.25 x 9.75 pages. 122 pages. (#37573)

Price: $275

Miniature Books on the First Battle of the American Revolutionary War

Barrett, Amos and Jeremy Lister; Allen French, foreword.
The Concord Fight: An Account by Amos Barrett AND The Concord Fight: The Narrative of Jeremy Lister.
Concord: Robert D. Naiva, 1975.

1 of 2000 copies. Two miniature books published to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of the first battle of the American Revolutionary War at Concord and Lexington, in which the Americans were victorious. One book describes the battle from an American militia officer's point of view and the other from a British officer's viewpoint. A foreword by Revolutionary War scholar Allen French provides background.

Both volumes are attractively bound in full navy blue leather with gilt titles spines and front boards. Printed in Holland and bound in France. Both books have frontispiece portraits, red endpapers, and full edges gilt. Clean and bright. Housed in a blue cloth covered slipcase. 43 pages / 45 pages. Size: books: about 3 x 2 inches; case: 3 1/8 x 2 1/4 inches. (#37745)

Price: $75

A Miniature Map Cabinet - with 6 mini-reproductions of historic maps

[Bo Press Miniature Books]
Sweet, Pat.
Miniature Map Cabinet.
Riverside, CA: Bo Press Miniature Books, no date, circa 2020.

This fascinating miniature construction from Pat Sweet's Bo Press is what she describes as one of the occasional oddities she creates. This miniature map cabinet with two globes affixed to the top opens to reveal six portfolios containing reproductions of historic maps. The cabinet is covered in faux-wood grain brown paper with doors attached by leather strips and adorned with metal ornaments. The interior is lined with marbled paper. Within the cabinet are six portfolios with title labels pasted down the front covers, each containing a folded map secured with a paper strap. Each map is a reproduction of a historic map including: Uranographie Moderne by F.A. Garnier, 1862; Northern and Southern Celestial Hemispheres by Adam and Charles Black, 1854; A Celestial Hemisphere by Elijah Burritt, 1835; A Map of the World on a Globular Projection by Aaron Arrowsmith, 1808; The World in Hemispheres by Alexander Johnstone, 1879; and The World on Mercator's Projection by David H. Burr, 1850. Size of cabinet: about 3.5 x 2 x 2.25 inches. Size of map portfolios: 1.75 x 1.5 inches. The maps range in size, but measure (when open) to around 8 x 5 inches or smaller. Fine. (#37728)

Price: $425

An Ever Changing Edward Gorey Story

Gorey, Edward.
The Helpless Doorknob. A Shuffled Story.
Edward Gorey, 1989.

Second printing. 1 of 500 copies, unnumbered. A set of 20 cards housed in a clear plastic case. Each card features an illustration by Gorey and a single sentence such as "Agatha pedaled to the neighboring village for help" , "Angus inherited the grandfather clock from Aunt Ana" and "Andrew came across a horrid secret in Adela's diary." The cards can be arranged in thousands of different combinations to create different stories - either by shuffling, throwing in the air, or by purposefully arranging. Includes a separate folding title card with information about the edition size. Each of the 20 cards is laminated. Light wear to the edges / corners of some cards, but clean and bright overall. The plastic case is holding, but damaged with cracks and splits to the seams. Tape and yellowed tape remnants to edges of the case. Size of case: 4 1/8 x 2.5 x .5 inches. Very Good. (#37749)

Price: $150

A Play Produced by the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee During WWII - to raise money to send people in French concentration camps to Mexico

Illustrated by Fritz Eichenburg, Rockwell Kent, and Many Others

Hellman, Lillian; Dorothy Parker, foreword.
Watch Along the Rhine: A Play in Three Acts.
New York: "Privately Printed" 1942.

Number 208 of 349 copies signed by Lillian Hellman on the title page. There is also a bookplate by Rockwell Kent inserted that is signed by Hellman with the book title printed at the top. The book is inscribed by Robert L. Leslie of the publishing committee to George Spector (?) at the end of the acknowledgments. This remarkable book was conceived and produced by the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee. Proceeds from the sale of the book were turned over to the Committee, whose work was to arrange for the transportation to Mexico of victims of the Fascist terror in French concentration camps [from the Acknowledgments].

In 1941, the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee was formed by Lincoln Battalion veterans of the Spanish Civil War to provide aid to refugees who were Spanish Loyalists from Francoist Spain. It superseded previous groups, including the North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy and the American Medical Bureau. The JAFRC established a fundraising organization, the Spanish Refugee Appeal of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee. Dorothy Parker took charge of the fundraising of the committee, which soon attracted the support of Leonard Bernstein, Albert Einstein, Lillian Hellman, Langston Hughes, and Orson Welles.[Wikipedia].

The play by Lillian Hellman was written in 1941 and won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. In an essay on World War II, a contributor to The Companion to Southern Literature (2002) wrote that the play's "peculiar combination of drawing-room comedy in a genteel southern home with sinister corruption of the Nazi regime in Europe made for a unique and powerful drama [Wikipedia] The book is illustrated throughout by Fritz Eichenberg, Don Freeman, Donald Gelb, William Gropper, Rockwell Kent, among others. The striking illustration by Eichenberg is signed by him.

Bound in red cloth covers with a black cloth spine with white titling. An image by Rockwell Kent on the front cover is printed in black in a white circle. Minor wear to spine edges and corners. Offsetting along hinges but otherwise the interior pages are in fine condition. Printed in Intertype Garamond at The Composing Room, Inc, Printed and bound by the H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Co. The illustrations were printed in offset lithography by the Zeese Wilkinson Co. Fifty copies of the book were special bound in leather by the Russell-Rutter Co. Housed in a slipcase covered with shiny black paper, with wear to the edges, sunning along cover edges. About near fine in a very good slipcase. Measures 9 x 12 inches. 176 pages. (#37590)

Price: $1,250

A Classic American Cook Book from 1912

Kinder, Mrs. Simon, compiler.
The "Settlement" Cook Book.
Milwaukee: n.p., 1912.

For the Benefit of the"Settlement" Milwaukee, Wis. Fifth Edition. The Settlement Cook Book is a complete cookbook and guide to running a household, compiled by Lizzie Black Kander, first published in 1901. Elizabeth Black Kander was an American progressive reformer, philanthropist and author, founder of a settlement house in Milwaukee, where she originated her best-known work, The Settlement Cookbook. The compendium of recipes, cooking techniques, nutrition information, serving procedures and other useful information was intended to support young women raising their families. [Wikipedia]

This a well worn and used copy of this classic. The gray illustrated covers have the title in black on the front cover and spine. Soiling spotting and wear, with slight split to front joint. Front hinge is cracked but the text block is firm. Most of the text pages are clean, with light fading to the title page and table of contents. Small closed tear to the front endpaper and larger closed tear to a page in the advertisements. . Following the text pages is a fascinating section of advertisements for local businesses. There is a statement from The Settlement included in this section that states that each and everyone of the firms advertising in this book is absolutely reliable. A good plus copy of this influential cook book published in the beginning of the 20th century. Measures 5.25 x 7.75 inches. 452 pages plus 20 pages of advertisements. Good +. (#37756)

Price: $75

Homage to New York City - dedicated to September 11th victims
Wood Engravings by Gaylord Schanilec

[Midnight Paper Sales]
Auchincloss, Kenneth; Gaylord Schanilec, engravings.
New York Revisited.
[New York]: The Grolier Club, 2002.

Number 91 of 250 copies, this being one of 200 in the regular edition. Signed by both Auchincloss and Schanilec on the colophon. Printed at Midnight Paper Sales of Wisconsin for The Grolier Club. This is a beautiful yet deeply poignant book about New York City. It was conceived as a sequel to the book New York, published by The Grolier Club in 1915. It was a fortuitous book in its timing, documenting the many changes impacting the city, including the age of skyscrapers, the great waves of immigration and the first world war. The foreword states that the highlight of the book were the muted and delicate wood engravings by Rudolph Ruzicka, who in fact viewed the city with alarm and what is described as reverential horror. Thus in 2000 the Club asked Gaylord Schanilec, also a master of color wood engraving, to execute a series of images of New York. This remained the plan but the horrendous events of September 11, 2001 inevitably transformed its context and some of its content, and the book is dedicated to the memory of the victims. Schanilec describes his experiences in New York during his four days of wandering the city and documenting what he saw with a digital camera.

Bound in a beautiful gray silk cloth covers with a black leather title label on the spine. The spine is very lightly sunned. Printed in 12 point Monotype Emerson. There are eleven 9 color wood engravings including the frontispiece and a small image on the colophon. Housed in a slipcase covered with the same silk cloth as the book with a minor small spot on the rear cover. About fine condition. Measures 7 x 11.75 inches. ix-xi, 44 pages. (#37570)

Price: $625

An Artists' Book on the Raven - a bird from the Bible
Text in English and Hebrew

[never mind the press]
Golden, Alisa, book artist.
Birds of the Bible: Raven.
Berkeley: never mind the press, 2019.

Number 6 of 18 copies signed and numbered by the book artist. From the website of Alisa Golden's never mind press: "As a writer, printmaker, and letterpress printer, I work with words and images on paper and cloth. The bridge between writing and art has taken the form of books and prints since 1983, and expanded into felt and art quilts since the early 2000s. Additionally, I founded, edit and publish the art and literary magazine, Star 82 Review. For many years teaching was also a main part my life; workshops for all ages and semester-long courses as an adjunct professor around the San Francisco Bay Area. My work explores interaction and change, primarily the intersection between urban environments and natural settings, conversations and conflicts." She also wrote: "Book art can be made of many materials and take many forms: an interactive, touchable object that opens; a merging of words and images and structure; it can also be sculptural work that references reading or printing or the characteristics of a book. I'm interested in how each part adds to a whole tactile and sensory experience."

She writes of the making of this striking book: "After learning that the raven was the first bird Noah sent out of the ark, preceding the dove, I had questions. If ravens mate for life, what happened to the mate? What did the raven do besides return and fly 'to and fro?' Raven was the bird I knew I would explore when I turned in my proposal to create book art around 'Birds in the Bible' for the Anolic Family Award. Quail was the first book of three that I completed. I began with the Japanese marbling technique, suminagashi, done in blue on the background mulberry paper. There's a raven nest camera mounted outside a store in Iceland that I was alerted to by one of my fellow Osprey nest camera watchers, so I studied the ravens in motion and close up, when possible. At first I wanted to print the babies when they were young because their red mouths are such a good contrast against the black, but the book didn't want that. So I did a reduction print from a screenshot of the juveniles, a few days before they fledged and disappeared from view for good, which was the beginning of June. I carved other linoleum blocks and printed the ravens in dark blue-black and overprinted in black with some black pigmented mica powder for a subtle sheen. I set the biblical verse in Hebrew and English. Machine-sewed with variegated rainbow thread and a leaf pattern to attach the mulberry paper to the front and back title pages. The book is covered with black book cloth and has recesses like windowpanes that show the raven outside. Or inside, depending how you like to look at it. I chose walnut Paperwood endpapers to represent the ark, and printed a few elements in brown. The center mountain fold is letterpress printed in both English and Hebrew in rainbow colors with part of the Jewish prayer said upon seeing a rainbow."

Bound in black cloth covers with an accordion structure. Printed with Baruch-Schocken Hebrew type, linocuts and ancient Caslon 471 type. Housed in a black cloth covered slipcase with a brown cloth spine. In fine condition. Measures 5.5 x 7.5 inches. Unpaginated. (#37739)

Price: $650

Celebration of Wood Engraver Hilary Paynter
Includes Portfolio of 35 Wood Engravings

[Nomad Letterpress]
Paynter, Hilary, artist; Helen Hillman and Pat Randle, printers; Max Porter, preface.
Moving: A Collection of Thirty-Five Wood Engravings by Hilary Paynter.
Cheltenham, England: Nomad Letterpress, 2024.

Letter U of 26 lettered copies signed by the artist, It is bound in quarter leather by Roger Grech and is accompanied by a portfolio of engravings which sit alongside the book in a blue cloth covered Solander box. with a small blue leather title label to spine. There were also 130 numbered copies bound in printed papers by Roger Grech, and 8 copies marked I - VIII bound in full leather. From the Nomad Letterpress website: "Hillary Paynter has held several positions in the world of British printmaking, but the largest truth about her is simple — she saved wood engraving … none of us would have the courage, faith and imagination to have thought the impossible and brought the Society of Wood Engravers back into existence, as well as the endurance to keep it going, day by day, for nearly 50 years. So writes Simon Brett in Multiples 59 about Hilary Paynter MBE, whose life’s work was celebrated with a Bankside Gallery exhibition in early June 2024. Moving was planned for publication to coincide with this show.

About the Press from its website: "Nomad Letterpress is run by Pat Randle from the Whittington Press, Cheltenham, from where Pat co-publishes Double Dagger and prints Matrix (‘the finest periodical of the book arts of the 20th Century’). We run letterpress workshops throughout the year and specialise in high quality book work both for clients and under our own imprint. We believe that printing and designing using the third dimension–be it with wood, metal, lino or hardened plastics–cannot be surpassed for quality and character. If you want it printed yesterday try prontaprint. We believe in building relationships with those we work with where the creative possibilities of printing by letterpress are exploited in each project we undertake.

In this impressive and elegant book, each engraving was selected and introduced by Hilary, and is accompanied by a text that explains the thought process behind how each image, from drawing to engraving, was developed. The blocks have been printed by Helen Hillman and Pat Randle and the book provides a lasting tribute to five decades of wood engravings by one of the masters of this craft. This edition of 165 copies has been set in 14- and 16-point Bembo and printed under the supervision of Hilary Paynter by Helen Hillman and Pat Randle at Whittington on the last of the Zerkall ENE paper. In fine condition. Measures 350 x 280 mm. 88 pages. (#37716)

Price: $1,820

Letterpress Printed with Exquisite Bird Illustrations
Homage to Birds, Bird Calls, and Bird Watching
Includes a Bird Call Toy and Book Devoted to Corvids

[Pie in the Sky Press]
Chamlee, Rebecca, book artist.
Listen: notes From the field.
Simi Valley, CA: Pie in the Sky Press, [2024].

Number 10 of 25 copies signed by the book artist. Rebecca Chamlee is a book artist, printer, writer, and bookbinder who has published a number of innovatively designed, letterpress printed, limited-edition fine press and artist’s books under the imprint of Pie In The Sky Press since 1986. Her work is in prominent special and private collections throughout the U.S. and has been exhibited widely. As a self-taught naturalist and citizen scientist, Rebecca’s artist’s books examine the intersection of her artistic and scientific interests by collecting and cataloging the natural world. [from the artist's website].

This is an exceptionally interesting and engaging book from Chamlee's Press. In the prospectus she writes that she is an avid backyard bird watcher. "Away from home I'm more of a bird listener. I hear them everywhere." She describes her book as "a personal investigation into the sounds of birds; what the vocalizations mean and how they differ from bird to bird. Utilizing a 'sit spot' routine allowed the natural world to unfold before my eyes and ears in a way I'd never experienced in the years of exploring trails on foot in a nearby wildland park, In a comfortable spot in nature I sit, slow down and observe to discover the wonder in the moment." The book was printed in the winter and spring of 2023-2024 on a Vandercook Universal III power press using handset Deepdene and wood types on Zerkall text wove and Nideggen papers. It is case bound in orange cloth with a title label on the cover. It is accompanied by a companion volume, "Listen to the Corvids" with green paper covers, and both books are stored in a gray paper covered hinged box that also includes an Audubon bird call toy in a slot on the box that is under the book. The beautiful original photographs of various species of birds that illustrate both books were shot out Chamlee's studio window with a Nikon 850 with a 500mm telephoto lens and printed in four colors using photopolymer plates. Accompanied by the prospectus. In fine condition. Listen: notes from the field is 5 x 8 inches and has 72 pages; Listen to the Corvids measures 7.5 x 11 inches and has 12 pages. The box measures 7.75 x 11.25 x 2 inches. (#37715)

Price: $2,150

Romance of Venus and Adonis - just in time for Valentine's Day!

[Printing House of Leo Hart]
Shakespeare, William; Rockwell Kent, illustrator.
Venus and Adonis.
Rochester, NY: Printing House of Leo Hart, 1931.

Number 545 of 1250 copies, signed by Rockwell Kent on the colophon. An elegant edition of Shakespeare's poetic version of the romance of Venus and Adonis. With lovely illustrations throughout by renowned illustrator, Rockwell Kent. An almost pristine copy bound in tan cloth with a dark brown leather spine with gilt titling. Mild sunning and small dark spot to spine. Interior pages are in about fine condition, with most pages unopened. Printed from the text of the Oxford University Press, with the typography by Will Ransom. One of 1175 copies printed on Hand & Arrows paper. Housed in a maroon paper covered slipcase with sunning, small tear to front cover edge and minor chipping to spine edges. Measures 8.25 x 10.75 inches. 81 pages. Very Good+. (#37621)

Price: $200

Finely Printed Philosophical Sci-Fi Story by Ursula LeGuin
Housed in a Locked Case

[Prototype Press]
Le Guin, Ursula K.; Mark Sarigianis, printer and proprietor; Heather Bryant, artist.
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.
Tranquility, MD: Prototype Press, 2024.

Number 9 of 28 copies signed by the artist. The press proprietor, Mark Sarigianis, writes of this impressive and interesting production: "I came across 'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas' while reading The Unreal and the Real, a collection of short stories by Le Guin. Although the city it describes fits perfectly within her richly drawn universe, the story stands independently from her other work. William James, whom Le Guin credits at the start, originally posed the moral problem from which the story is based on. Is the happiness of many worth the intentional suffering of one? Such a timeless problem seemed worth the fine press treatment." From Wikipedia: "'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas' is a 1973 short work of philosophical fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin. With deliberately both vague and vivid descriptions, the narrator depicts a summer festival in the utopian city of Omelas, whose prosperity depends on the perpetual misery of a single child. 'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas' was nominated for the Locus Award for Best Short Fiction in 1974 and won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1974."

The artist, Heather Bryant-Warnalis, is inspired by sacred cosmologies and folklore. Her drawings, paintings, and collages capture intrinsic encounters of divergent forms that seem to be faced with the decision of accepting or rejecting each other. These other-worldly beings seek to capture the essence of primordial existence in interconnected environments that allude to where the origins of life began. The focus of her research is to investigate the boundaries of sentience and the struggle between vice and virtue, being in this world but not of this world. The striking black and white carvings that she created for this project explore texture to unite forms while also isolating them. This dualistic quality of carved line emphasizes the kindred experiences that we all share.

This Prototype Press publication was printed in an edition of 28 copies. Five cases of 24pt Goudy Text were cast fresh for the project. The choice of blackletter, along with the type size and the layout, all aim to give the reader a sense of biblical reverence. The book is bound in full hot pink goat leather, made especially for the edition. Matched with the bright white handmade paper from Saint Armand, and the pitch black printed text and carvings, the hot pink leather is intended to be beautiful, visceral and unsettling, much like the city of Omelas. The book is housed in a hinged black book box with lock and key and is accompanied by instructions on how to carefully open the box. Unless a reader is visiting, it must always be kept locked. In fine condition. Measures 9 x 12.25 inches. 20 pages. (#37740)

Price: $1,500

Miniature Book of Rainbow Quotes

[Rebecca Press]
Bingham, Rebecca Sandy.
Quoting the Rainbow.
Hyattsville, MD: Rebecca Press, 2018.

1 of 100 copies. Established in 1980 by Rebecca Bingham, the Rebecca Press publishes primarily miniature books. This miniature features quotes about rainbows from various famous people including Cezanne, Twain, Maya Angelou, Charlie Chaplin, and more. It is bound in stiff paper wrappers with a rainbow design and black title to front cover. The interior is printed in full color. Likely created as a keepsake for the 2018 Minature Book Conclave. She also made a more substantial miniature book in 2018 titled "Defining the Rainbow." [16 pages.] Size: 2 x 3 inches. Fine. (#37721)

Price: $75

Artists' Book on the Kuna Indians of Panama and the Mola

Schwartzott, Carol, book artist.
Ola Mola: The Kuna of San Blas.
Freeville, NY: Carol Schwartzott, 2004.

Number 30 of 50 copies signed and numbered by the book artist. Carol Schwartzott has been creating artists' books for over twenty-five years. Her work appears in many museums, libraries, and private collections including the Smithsonian, the National Gallery of Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Carol describes this fascinating and informative book as a brief history of the Kuna Indians. It includes a discussion of the people, their language, their customs, and the importance of the mola, to their culture and economy.

From the Smithsonian Magazine, August 2022: "Panama is a nation full of colorful imagery, from the aquamarine seas lapping at the country’s coastlines to the deep green canopy of rain forests shrouding its interior. But perhaps the most iconic example of its vibrancy is a traditional garment known as a mola. For centuries, the Guna (previously known as Kuna), an Indigenous group residing in Panama and parts of neighboring Colombia, have been creating colorfully embroidered clothing. A mola, which translates to “shirt” in the Guna language, is a piece of traditional dress typically worn by women and known for its bright colors and intricate designs depicting flowers, birds, reptiles, animals and other emblems indicative of Mother Nature. The textile art began in the San Blas Islands, an archipelago off the northern coast of Panama that’s part of the Guna Yala Region, where many Guna people continue to live."

From the book's prospectus quoted in a catalog by bookseller Joshua Heller: "My book is an attempt to follow the scholarly study of the garment, from the earliest contact to recent critical feminist views. As an artist I tend to concentrate within the art and aesthetic areas of what I study. I collected my first Mola in 1970, and as a ‘sewer’ I have always been fascinated by their innovative and skillful construction, as well as the wonderfully simple, yet complex imagery. I wanted my little book to show their detail, the textures formed by layering and the lush and vibrant use of color. I began the illustrations by scanning fabric, then considered photographing them or using actual samples. At one point I had a wild notion of sewing my own.“.

Designed and bound by Carol Schwartzott. This complex book is constructed in an accordion structure. Five stitched folios contain four double pages, and include text and fourteen black and white illustrations. The folios are connected with four double fold pages. Each black fold displays a colorful 5 layer, cut-paper illustration of a mola design. The black Japanese cloth binding contains an insert of an actual Mola textile sample - appliquéd cloth with embroidery. Housed in a black slipcase with red paper title label on spine. Printed at Blacks Corner Letterpress in black, gray and red on Zerkall Text. Type faces used are Miro, Skia and Geometric 231. In fine condition. Measures 5 x 7.25 inches. Unpaginated.(#37667)

Price: $500

Miniature Book - Inflated Price of Tulip Bulbs in the Netherlands in 1600s

van Lieshout, Leonie.
Tulipmania: An Eyewitness Account.
the Netherlands: The Catharijne Press, 2000.

Number 19 of 150 copies, standard edition. Written about a time in Dutch history during the 1600s when the prices for tulip bulbs were greatly inflated, sometimes costing as much as a house! Eventually, prices crashed and fortunes were lost. It is often considered to be the first example of financial bubble and the term "tulipmania" is still used today. This is the account of a 17th century wealthy merchant's personal experiences, told through a letter and his diary.

Bound in white paper covered boards with full color tulip to front board. Includes a color mezzotint illustration of a tulip for the frontispiece, which is signed and numbered by the artist, Marianne Stam. Typography by Jacques Russell. Bound by Luce Thürkow. Clean and bright. 51 pages. Size: 2.75 x 1.75 inches. Fine. (#37743)

Price: $125