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Something Sheepish
Book designer Terry Horrigan was enchanted by the rhythm of the Celtic sheep counting numerals and so contact EB White's estate to get permission to print this essay in the limited fashion of this letterpress book. BFK Rives paper using Stone and Stone Sans, computer generated and made into photopoymer plates. Hand sewn and handbound in cloth over boards. The fifteen sheep images are hand colored using the pochoir process. Design, printing, coloring and binding by Horrigan. Edition of 60. 26.5 by 20 cm.
$85
Constant Lover
Poems by Carolyn Miller. Designed and printed by Terry Horrigan. Horrigan first printed Miller's poetry in Protean's delightful collection, A Small Box of Poets (1994 ). She writes, "There is no way to adequately categorize Carolyn's writing; each poem evokes its own unique response. Phrases from these poems stay with me for days as they resonate within the patterns of my own life." Horrigan has arranged this selection of thirty-eight poems from Miller's latest manuscript according to seasons—both the seasons of the year and the seasons of life. The poems record a passage through time, space and awareness—from recollections of a childhood in Missouri; to reflections on family, relationships, and living in San Francisco; onto ruminations about age and change, loss and grief, and finally acceptance, through the seasons of growth in adulthood. The frontispiece is a giclée reproduction of Miller's painting, Invisible Purple Tulips, Comet. Letterpress from Romulus and Romulus Oblique type on Zerkall natural white paper in black text ink with deep violet titles. Casebound in navy Japanese book cloth with ultramarine and deep violet Japanese endpapers. Portfolio print of giclée illustration and protective box are also available separately. Edition of 50. (15 x 24 cm.)
$175
Box $75
Portfolio Print $60
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Entomologist's Dreambook
By Sherron Norlen. As a child, Norlen wanted to become an entomologist, until she learned that the work involved pest control. Years later, in a retreat, she was directed to sit eight hours a day under a Montana pine tree: no talking, reading, writing, music, or meditating--just sit. The insects that had fascinated her as a child came to visit and inspired these poems. Letterpress on Mohawk Superfine in Deepdene type. Twenty-six poems bound in a sewn board covers wrapped in blue, leaf-strewn, Thai Mango paper. Linoleum block prints by Kim Norlen on Thai Mulberry paper. Designed, printed, bound by Terry Horrigan. Signed edition of 200. 1998. (6 x 9.75 inches.)
$95
Ellis Island
Written and printed by Terry Horrigan following a visit to the famous gateway island. This slim volume gives a brief history of the principal immigrant receiving station for the U.S. including a description of how people were processed for entry, plus a list of some pertinent legislation. A foldout spread of runelike, chalk markings that medical inspectors used to designate a person's apparent health is visually compelling and haunting. Though not the final word on whether someone would be admitted to the country, these letters were placed on the lapel if, after a cursory examination, the person was suspected of having any "contagious disease, mental disability or physical affliction that might cause an individual to become a public charge." Printed in Univers type on Mohawk Superfine and bound in blue cloth over boards with red Moriki endpapers. Edition of 50 copies. Haunting.
$70
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Protean Press Out of Print Title:
• Luis Barragan: An Inner Life/Recollections |
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