Staple fold binding. Black and white offset printed book with double-side, full bleed photographic images and text. "Miners take a yellow canary into the mine to warm them of danger. The bird's collapse alerts the miners to bad air...In July 1995 I took photographs of the cooling towers at Three Mile Island and made a list of 89 birds with color in their name."--[p.3].
CBA copy is accompanied by a signed letter from the artist to CBA and two advertisement postcards the promote a saddle-stitched version of this book.