Louise Genest – Match in a Bottle
(Genest, Louise – Bookbinder) Match in a Bottle. Poems by Tracey Knapp. Illustrated by Kurt Gohde. Kat Ran Press. North Andover, Massachusetts. 1997. 11” x 8”. No. 42 in a signed edition of 50 copies.
Unique variant binding by Louise Genest in full gray Oasis leather. Laced-in binding with partial exposed spine and sewing. Design of cut-out boards and covering leather. Tooled onlays in relief in marbled papers and tooled onlays in patinated shaded copper leaves. Insertion of brass mesh colored in copper between the boards. Exposed sewing on copper wires with exposed wires to add to design. Loose gray threads at top of spine. Top edge painted. Doublures echoing cover board design, in colored Arches chiffon paper with recessed inlays in marbled paper and tooled onlays in colored and lacquered Japanese paper. Binder’s stamp in relief at base of back doublure. Dropback box of gray cloth and gray marbled paper to a design matching the binding, with copper colored trim to box; title on spine. Fine.
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