Janus Press – Rise: Governors Bay Sept/Nov 2000.
(Janus Press) Rise: Governors Bay Sept/Nov 2000. [Poem] by Alan Loney. Newark. Vermont. 2003. 16p. 6″ x 7.25″. Photograph of Governors Bay in New Zealand taken by Claire Van Vliet, prepared in Photoshop and printed on Hahnemühle Digital paper. Text handset in Trump Mediaeval printed on Barcham Green’s Chatham; they also made the Renaissance II used for the binding strips. Pages open on opposite sides alternatively with two open sewn spines. with the color photograph at the end against the back cover. Transparent brown paper front wrapper allows the title to show through. Beige non-adhesive cover wrappers with title in silver on front. Head and tail flaps slip in at the back behind the digital image. Laid in a gray paper slipcase with silver title against beige paper spine label. In an edition of 150 numbered copies this copy is unnumbered and dedicated for the previous owner. Fine.
An exciting book structure by Claire Van Vliet. The poet has indicated a sequence for the poem with page numbers – although the poem can be read at random.
Related items: Catalogue 37 - Summer 2009, Photography, Poetry, Structure, Claire Van Vliet, Janus Press