Southern Methodist University ~ Texas

 
 
 


On Being a California Poet by Dana Gioia
Printed by Gabriel Rummonds

Composed by Michael and Winifred Bixler in Monotype Dante and printed on dampened Magnani mouldmade paper by Gabriel Rummonds, with the assistance of Patricio Gatti, John T. McQuillen, Page Thomas, and Barbara & Fred Voltmer, on the Ashendene Albion press in Bridwell Library at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Quarter-bound by Craig Jensen at BookLab II in deer vellum with patterned papers over boards by Lucio Passerini. The patterned papers were printed by Bradley Hutchinson at Digital Letterpress. Edition of eighty numbered copies, signed by the author and the artist. 12 1/8 x 8 3/8 inches with 12 pages.

An essay and two poems by Dana Gioia; with an afterword by Gabriel Rummonds.

Frontispiece taken from a wood engraving by John Balkwill. First book printed by Rummonds since closing his press in 1988
$385

 
   

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