ISBN: 9780979487804 - Title: Elixir Refused (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book has slight outward bowing to outer edges of covers, a slight cock to spine, a bump to back cover top edge near spine, light scuffing to binding between endpapers and endpages. otherwise in great condition, strong binding, clean and unmarked pages; an overall sturdy copy with sharp interiors. Ward Schumaker (illustrator).…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Big Heaven, San Francisco, California, [Published Date: 2007]. Hardcover, 64 unnumbered pages : color illustrations. In very good condition/ No dust jacket. Illustrated Paper over Boards have light bumping to edges and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. [From Colophon] 'Elixir Refused', a hand-painted book by Ward Schumaker, was created in 2005 with colored paste on Somerset Velvet (an English mouldmade paper), pages 13" x 20", with a binding by John DeMerritt. The artist thanks Christopher Irion for making the photographs of the original, and Rand Schumaker for introducing him to Eknath Easwaran's translation of the 'Bhagavad Gita'. Published on the occasion of the exhibition, 'I am Big Heaven', June 2007, at Stir Gallery, Shanghai. The book is an offset printed reproduction of one-of-a-kind hand-painted book which was exhibited by the artist: "I am Big Heaven" in 2007 at the Stir Gallery, Shanghai. Original was in paste medium and lettered with hand-cut stencils. Ward Schumaker (illustrator).…