Exhibition catalog for "Literate Letterpress: An Exhibition of Finely Printed Editions of Works by Contemporary Authors", March 4-25, 1987

Identifier:AAR.EC.0051

Dimensions:[7] p. ; 22 cm.

Creation dates:1987

Library of Congress Subject Headings:Center for Book Arts (New York, N.Y.), Letterpress printing, Artists' books, Exhibition catalogs

Description:Catalog for the "Literate Letterpress" exhibition of finely printed editions of works by contemporary authors which ran at the Center for Book Arts (Book Arts Gallery) from March 4 - 25, 1987. Authors represented include James Dickey, Galway Kinnell, James Merrill, and W.D. Snodgrass, among others. CBA has two copies.

"'Literate Letterpress' features works of contemporary literature that have been printed by the relief process of letterpress. The books in this exhibition are the result of a very special kind of collaboration between author and publisher -- these publishers also design the layout, generally handset the author's words in metal type, hand print each sheet, and often illustrate and bind the volumes themselves or work closely with other artists to bring the author's words to the reader in a most effective and satisfying way." - Carol Sturm, Curator.

Featuring work by: Oliphant Press, Richard Bigus, Frances Butler, Harry Duncan, William Everson, Claude Fredericks, Richard Gabriel-Rummonds, Walter Hamady, Alastair Johnston, Gunnar Kaldewey, John L. Risseeuw, Carol Sturm, Claire Van Vliet, Doug Wolf.