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A Field Guide to the North American Family Special Edition

Jake — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:11:48 +0000

Each special edition of A Field Guide to the North American Family comes in a hand-made, lacquered, and lined wooden box branded with the book’s title. Along with a signed copy of the book, the box contains a folder that holds signed archival prints of photographs from the book and a colophon outlining production details.

Edition of seventy

Afrikan Alphabets Special Edition

Jake — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:47:50 +0000

Afrikan Alphabets explores the long history and fantastic variety of writing systems in Africa, some of which continue to be used today. A popular title when it was released, Afrikan Alphabets quickly sold through its first printing and has gone on to garner critical and consumer praise. This special edition of Afrikan Alphabets includes a first-edition hardcover copy of the book enclosed in a kente-cloth dustjacket. A colophon that details the production of the edition is tipped into each book. The signature of Prince Njoya has also been tipped in beneath his photograph in the text. The jacket holds three artworks produced at the school he runs: a handwritten syllabary, prose selection, and poem with colored illustration. The jacketed book slips into a handmade, yellow and green case.

Edition of forty

Tart Cards Special Edition

Jake — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:27:43 +0000

This edition of Tart Cards is innovatively bound in black and pink satin over board. The spine is laced, bodice-like, with black ribbon. Sewing and lace accents in black give further detail and shape, and hot pink endpapers suggest the coquettish content of the book. Two pockets in the second end-papers contain a collection of tart cards gathered from the streets of London. The book is presented in a black, cloth-lined box with a hot pink interior. The name of the book is embossed on the side and face of the box. Richard Minsky, founder of the New York Center for Book Arts, bound this edition.

The Tart Cards special edition has been purchased by the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture at Duke University (Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library).

Edition of sixty

Type & Typography Special Edition

Jake — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:12:20 +0000

The Type & Typography special edition is bound in quarter leather and is housed in a board and cloth slipcase. An archival portfolio of type specimens from Matrix accompanies the book.

Edition of sixty

Gudrun Zapf von Hesse Special Edition

Jake — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:20:52 +0000

This special edition of Gudrun Zapf von Hesse is hand-bound in yellow ochre cloth. Alongside the book there is a portfolio of six of Zapf von Hesse’s designs letterpressed onto fine paper. Both the book and the portfolio are housed in a hand-made slipcase.