"Quickstead is about temporary space-making in cities. It notes the decline of planning and permanence in public space and commercial enterprise and celebrates the relative spontaneity and low impact of pop-up stores, parking space 'parklets,' and twitter-swarmed food trucks. The urban cyclist is the mascot of Quickstead's sense of possibility ..."--Granarybooks.com

"Quickstead was written, designed, and printed by Emily McVarish in San Francisco for Granary Books in New York City in 2011-2013 and bound by John DeMerritt in an edition of 45 of which 35 for sale"--Colophon.

Rare Book copy: No. 12/45; signed.