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Woven and Interlocking Book Structures

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Title

Woven and Interlocking Book Structures

Description

Van Vliet, Claire [author]
Woven and interlocking book structures : from the Janus, Steiner, and Gefn presses / Claire Van Vliet and Elizabeth Steiner
Spec. Z116.A3 V36 2002b  text
(Newark, Vt. : Janus Gefn Unlimited, 2002)
141 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + 4 slipcases (13 cm.)

  • "The models were executed by Audrey Holden following the directions in the book; the boxes were made by Judi Conant and Mary Richardson in Maidstone, Vermont. Two hundred copies were published by the Janus Press, of which this is ..."--Inside cover of drop-spine box.
  • "The diagrams were drawn by hand by the authors, then scanned and corrected ... by Margery Cantor, who set the text in Utopia ... with the titles set in Helvetica ... The paper is 140gsm Thai Woodfree, printed by Everbest in Hong Kong where it was Smythe sewn"--Colophon.
  • Slipcase [1]. Aunt Sallie's lament -- Aunt Sallie's lament without flags -- Aunt Sallie's lament non-adhesive version -- Moeraki boulders -- Designating duet. Slipcase [2]. Gioia I -- Gioia II -- Sing weaving -- Compound frame. Slipcase [3]. Beauty in use -- Beauty in use with text leaves -- Deep in the territory -- Night street. Slipcase [4]. Bone songs -- A landscape with cows in it -- Well-heeled.
  • Spec copy: Inscribed: "For Olin Library, Washington University." Signed by Claire Van Vliet.
  • Spec copy: Paperback; accompanied by 4 slipcases containing models of the various structures described in the book; all issued in a drop-spine box.
  • Spec copy: Holly Hall Book Arts Collection.

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Original Format

Book
[Photographed by Rosalynn Stovall]

Citation

“Woven and Interlocking Book Structures,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed July 4, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/6551.