Rathman David Etchings (1 results)
More imagesPublished by Red Egypt Press, Minneapolis, 1994
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Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA
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Limited Edition. One of 20 copies (plus three Artist's Proofs) specially bound and signed by Rathman, this being copy no.20. Quarto (33.5cm); text is letterpress printed on Rives BFK, wire-bound into grey cloth-covered boards, with pictorial label inset on front cover; publisher's matching cloth slipcase; [26]pp; illustrated wit…h 9 three-color engravings from relief prints and etchings by David Rathman. Fine in a Fine slipcase. An elaborate production, pairing the poetry of Russell Edson (1935-2014) with the artwork of Minneapolis-based visual artist David Rathman. Edson, a Guggenheim Fellow, has been called the "godfather of the prose poem in America." Uncommon, evidently sold out prior to publication; OCLC notes 8 holdings.
