Bon Bon Mots

Chen, Julie [author]
Bon bon mots : a fine assortment of books / [designed, written, and produced by Julie Chen]
Spec. N7433.4.C44 B66 1998 fol 
(Berkeley, Calif. : Flying Fish Press, 1998)
5 v. : col. ill. ; 12 x 6 cm.

• Title from box.
• "Bon Bon Mots was designed, written, and produced by Julie Chen. It was Letterpress printed in an edition of 100 copies"--Colophon.
• Five books in a container designed to resemble a candy box. All five books are miniatures created to resemble pieces of candy and are nested in a cloth which fits over partitioned bottom of box. A leaf with the box's contents is mounted on the inside lid. Paper covering insert has publication information on attached flap. Box is cloth-covered with plexiglass protecting letterpress top.
• Either/Or is a "magic wallet." Social graces is a lotus-fold book. Life cycle is a tetra-tetra flexagon. Elegy is a concertina with leaf-shaped pages in a leaf-shaped fimo clay cover. Labyrinth is a small box puzzle with paper slipcase, containing five copper balls that the reader manipulates to get the balls into five depressions in the bottom of the box.
• Either/Or -- Social graces -- Life cycle -- Elegy -- Labyrinth.
• Spec copy: No. 67, signed by the artist.