Catalogue 36 - Summer 2008

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Reviewing the just completed Summer 2008 Catalogue it is more than apparent that assembling the various components, making up the 70 pages, a wealth of great talent has come together to make this catalogue a reality. Over fifty artists, printers, photographers and fine binders have given of their talents, ranging from ’s (now approaching her fiftieth artist’s book) new ‘Travel’ book Colours of Persia (#1) to monumental pop-up Diana with Poem (#72).

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The catalogue is illustrated with over two hundred color images showcasing close to one hundred and twenty-eight books. Two notable poets have collaborated with the highly gifted . has written a moving poem about Love at the end of a lifetime in Promissory Note (#77) and renders an update on the city of Camden in For Camden (#78).

A special section – a tribute – is devoted to the work of the highly talented team of and . Their publications, under the imprint of The (#116- #127), bear testimony to their creative spirit spanning over two decades.

Two further surveys are worth noting: that of (#83-#91) – an American working in Paris, and (#38-#46) - over 80 years old and has published twenty artist’s books since he turned 70! As we quoted in the catalogue – it is worth being reminded of what Michelangelo (1475-1564) said:

“The greatest danger for most of us
is not that our aim is too high and we miss it,
but that it is too low and we reach it.”

Please enjoy our Summer offering – our Catalogue #36.

Index of Presses and Artists:

Susan Allix
Karen Bleitz
Rosamond Casey
Circle Press
Evelyn Eller
Walter Feldman
Flying Pyramid Press
Buckminster Fuller
Joan Iversen Goswell
Gloria Helfgott
David Horton
Inkwell Press
Jadwiga Jarvis
Mikhail Karasik
Jeanette Koch
Sara Langworthy
Melia Pres
Lois Morrison
Nicholas Parry
Red Howler Press
John Ross
Ilse Schreiber Noll
Seven Hills Press
simplemente maria press
Beth Thielen
Verdigris
walking bird press

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