World Without End

Chen, Julie [author]
World without end / Julie Chen
Spec. N7433.4.C44 W67 1999 fol
(Berkeley : Flying Fish Press, 1999)
[16] p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

• Title from box.
• "This book was designed, printed & bound by Julie Chen in an edition of 25 copies. It was letterpress printed on a variety of papers, including an assortment of found maps, resulting in each copy being slightly different from every other. Special thanks to the following people: To David Turner for fabricating all the wooden elements for this piece; to Bonnie Cohen for fabricating the handmade paper covers; to Diane Jaquier and Bonnie McLeskey for their invaluable assistance in the bindery"--Colophon.
• Triangular book fans open, circling back on itself, and fastens front to back to form a diamond-shaped globe. The book-globe is suspended by a metal rod on a crescent-shaped, wooden stand. The text pops forward on printed strips, five to each two-page spread, to form uniform peaks against a backdrop of maps, each overprinted with textual waves. Covers are of handmade paper with twig inclusions. An accordion-folded booklet, attached to the inner box top, shows, through photographs, the step-by-step assembly.
• The book and stand are housed in a tray built into a drop-spine box (39 x 31 x 5 cm.). The box is covered with rust- and sage-colored diamond-figured cloth and lined with quilted, aqua-colored satin.
• Spec copy: No. 25.