MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01999nam a2200277 a 4500
001 2009358014
003 DLC
005 20090416153311.0
008 070723s2006 caua 000 0 eng
010 $a 2009358014
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $an-us-ca
050 00 $aPR9369.3.B67$bI58 2006
100 1 $aBreytenbach, Breyten.
245 14 $aThe intimate stranger /$cBreyten Breytenbach.
260 $a[Sherman Oaks, Calif.] :$bNinja Press,$cc2006.
300 $a[34] p. :$bcol. ill. ;$c33 x 19 cm. in tri-fold portfolio 34 x 20 cm. +$e1 legend ([4] p. : col. ill. ; 33 x 18 cm.)
500 $a"The type is handset Samson and Libra printed on dampened flax paper handmade especially for this book by Bridget O'Malley at Cave Paper. The horoscope, as well and the signs and symbols throughout, are drawn by Carolee Campbell and are printed from photopolymer plates. Additional symbols are applied by hand using pure earth pigment. The boards are covered in flax paper hand coated with a mixture of ochre pigment and fine volcanic pumice. An enclosure for the book, along with a chapbook containing a legend for the symbols, completes the edition"--Colophon
500 $a"The design, presswork and binding are by Carolee Campbell at Nija Press with the assistance of Karen Skove Chu in the bindery"--Colophon
500 $a"This edition is comprised of 100 numbered and signed copies with an additional 10 lettered hors commerce"--Colophon
500 $aThe tri-fold portfolio is covered in purple cloth with a raised triangle and interlocking trangle-shaped hole as a locking device, all handmade by Judi Conant (cf. publisher's prospectus); the tri-fold portfolio opens to 34 x 61 cm.
500 $aLC has copy 62, and is inscribed by the artist.$5DLC
500 $aLC copy has publisher's prospectus (1 leaf) for "The Intimate Stranger" laid in.$5DLC
650 0 $aArtists' books$zCalifornia$zSherman Oaks.
710 2 $aNinja Press.
710 2 $aPress Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC