Annunciation / Rachel Zucker

Identifier:FA.B57.0338

Dimensions:17 leaves; 17.7 x 23.4 cm

Creation dates:2002

Subjects: Chapbooks, letterpress copies

Description:CBA copy 1; Number 68 in an Edition of 100, signed by the poet. Pamphlet bound; hand stitched binding; tan specked wrappers with printed illustration and tipped in title/author panel on front cover. Letterpress printed original poetry by Zucker. "Annunciation won the 2002 Center for Book Arts Poetry Chapbook Competition. The judges were Lynn Emanuel and Sharon Dolin. The text was set in Perpetua, a face designed by Eric Gill and letterpress printed from polymer plates. Designed by Roni Gross, with drawings by Peter Schell, the printing and binding were done with assistance from interns at the Center for Book Arts. The text was printed on Magnani with an insert of Khadi Himalayan, and Indian jute paper covers..."--Colophon.