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large 8vo. cloth-covered boards, printed cover and spine labels. 24 leaves, pp. [25] verse printed recto/verso. The two intaglio prints by Charles Wells (1935-2017),* involving etching, engraving and aquatint, are printed, signed and titled by the artist. Hand-set types are American Type Founders Garamond 459 and 460. Paper is Rives Lightweight. 75 copies numbered 1-75 for sale, plus 15 reserved copies numbered IXV, each signed by the poet and printer. The fourteen poems included in this collection include: "Melancholia," "Claustrophobia," "Agoraphobia," "Masochism," "Schizophrenia," "Insomnia," "Trichotillomania," "Mania," "Jealousy," "Incontinence," "Obsession," "Paranoia," "Depression,"and "Suicide." *Note: While a student at Amherst College, Charles Wells studied printmaking with Leonard Baskin. He subsequently worked at Baskin's Gehenna Press in Northampton, MA, printing his intaglio prints. cloth-covered boards, printed cover and spine labels. Seller Inventory # 134522
Bibliographic Details
Title: MELANCHOLIA ET CETERA
Publisher: Pied Oxen Printers, Hopewell, NJ
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Pied Oxen Printers
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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