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198111391Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1981. First Edition one of 50 Deluxe copies from a total issue of 300: 50 Deluxe copies bound in quarter leather with text printed on Sakomoto and the prints on Cha-u-ke plus an extra suite of the prints signed by the artist and all of the authors; 250 regular copies with text on Mulberry paper bound in paper signed by the artist. Page size: 12 x 8 3/4 inches. Bound by Gray Parrot: quarter grey morocco with tire tracks blind tooled across spine and title in blind matching black chemise with blind tooled tire tracks all housed in grey morocco and black cloth clamshell box. Illustrated with 11 woodengravings 10 roadkills and one tire track/broken muffler as colophon and one etching the text was printed in red and black by Harold Patrick McGrath at Hampshire Typothetae in Bruce Rogers' Centaur and Frederick Warde's Arrighi which was hand set in 18 point by P. Chase Twichell. The artist explains in "On the Conception of Roadkills" that he had originally planned a portfolio without text of some of those animals he had encountered during his many drives to and from college. He adds "Meanwhile friends began to call my attention to writers who had also been inspired by the casualties of the highways: John McPhee in "Travels in Georgia" and poets Madeline DeFrees Gillian Connelly Gary Snyder William Stafford and Richard Eberhart. Thus I began to conceive of ROADKILLS as a book with images and text interwoven." And what a book it is -- the text in red and black on tan Japanese paper the black woodengravings on a darker tan paper red Japanese paper as preliminaries -- all making a powerful statement about "The Dead by the Side of the Road." This is the rare second book of the press; the deluxe edition with its extra suite and signatures of all the authors has long been out of print in fine condition. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
198610300Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1986. Artist's Proof copy one of a few such bound as the state proof edition in full red morocco with an additional two suites of working proofs 21 prints total: 17 woodengravings and 3 states of the frontispiece etching from a total issue of 225 copies: 150 regular edition; 50 deluxe with extra suite of prints bound in quarter morocco by Claudia Cohen; 25 state proof copies with two extra suites and an original drawing full morocco binding; all copies on Magnani Letterpress paper and all signed and numbered by Alan James Robinson. Page size: 6 7/16 x 9 3/8 inches. This is an all new original edition in which the artist re-visits the text of the first book of the press. The text is letterpress by Dan Keliher at Wild Carrot Letterpress; the 9 original woodengravings and one original etching frontispiece portrait of E. A. Poe printed by Harold McGrath. The full red morocco binding is by Daniel Kelm and Sarah Pringle at the Wide Awake Garage the front panel blind-stamped with one of Robinson's woodengravings of a raven. The two additional suites are housed in a grey cloth-over-boards folder with white label printed in black on front "The Raven / Prints" and both housed in grey cloth-over-boards clamshell box red morocco label on spine blind stamped with title author and the turtle logo of Cheloniidae Press; box a bit worn book and prints fine. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
19823156Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1982. First Edition one of 200 copies all on Rives lightweight paper from a total issue of 300 copies signed by the artist Alan James Robinson and hand-numbered by him on the colophon page. Page size: 13-1/2 inches x 9-3/4 inches; 158pp including 6pp. Introduction by Laurie Block and 13pp. bibliography by Ms. Block. Bound by Grey Parrot: red quarter leather and light tan cloth over boards tan cloth over boards folder for extra suite of engravings clamshell box of tan linen over boards with red morocco spine stamped in gold gilt with title fine. Each letter of the alphabet is exemplified by an animal whose name represents that letter. Each letter has its own page with a small woodengraving of the animal above printed text describing the animal. This is followed by an original full-page woodengraving of the animal with a caption and source printed in red by a page of text. The first letter of each of the 26 text sections is in red original calligraphy by Betse Curtis in the style of Old English Gothic letters. The colophon features a red alphabet in Old English Gothic letters surrounding the debossed turtle cheloniidae with the colophon text printed in Arrighi. The text of the book is in Centaur as well as Arrighi set in monotype by Mackenzie-Harris with some hand-setting by Arthur Larson. <br/>The text compiled by Laurie Block from five centuries of travelers' accounts is "the story of how men came to view the animate world as a reality with its own unique history integrity and order." The earliest bestiaries - full of fantasy and little fact - from the medieval period seem elementary in comparison to those produced by the scholarship of the Renaissance. Humans had renewed their efforts to portray and accurately describe those other living creatures that share their planet. And their ever-expanding audience was delighted. This desire to see and know the living world continues unabated. Here is a textual survey from publications as early as the 1577 THE HISTORY OF TRAVAILE IN THE WEST AND EAST INDIES. by Richard Eden for the Elephant's entry to the 1839 NARRATIVE OF THE SURVEYING VOYAGES OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS ADVENTURE AND BEAGLE. by Charles Darwin for the Tortoise's entry. There are 26 wood engravings by Alan James Robinson for each animal / letter of the alphabet. There are also 26 smaller linecuts which appear above the page of text with the first letter of the animal's name printed over / with the image. The woodengraving is a full-page image with a sentence printed in red below the engraving referring to the animal. This is an altogether welcome addition to the much sought after bestiary. Elegantly and beautifully executed it is one of Mr. Robinson's most charming endeavors. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
19873157Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1987. Unique copy of artist's book this copy with 7 original finished drawings for each of the sea turtles pictured in the edition book which consisted of 41 copies 26 of which were lettered copies which this copy is the book with seven hand-colored etchings all on Rives BFK and handmade Japanese Moriki paper each etching signed by the artist who has also signed the drawings and the colophon. Bound: loose as issued housed in cloth portfolio made by Claudia Cohen with tray cases by Peter Geraty and Linda Lembke. Page size: 10.5 x 15 inches 44pp. The seven species of the order Cheloniidae pictured in this study are: Green Turtle the Hawksbill Turtle the Loggerhead Turtle the Leathery Turtle the Leatherback Turtle the Atlantic Ridley the Pacific Ridley and the Flatback Turtle. The text is handset and printed letterpress by Harold Patrick McGrath in Centaur and Arrighi by Mackenzie-Harris of San Francisco CA with additional hand composition by Arthur Larson. The source of the text is JOHNSON'S NATURAL HISTORY illustrating and describing the Animal Kingdom with its Wonders and Curiosities from Man through all the divisions classes and orders to the Animalcule in a drop of Water; Volume II by S. G. Goodrich. A very beautiful book with the original art. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
199010394Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1990. One of 125 copies all on Cheloniidae Rag paper the first book of the press with Cheloniidae watermark each signed by the artist Alan James Robinson from a total issue of 155 copies with an extra suite of the woodengravings and etching laid in loose in tan cloth over boards folder housed in clamshell box with book. . Page size: 10-3/8 x 15- 7/8 x inches - the size of the first folio edition of Shakespeare - Dedication Page Half-title engraved frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare in rondel surrounded by the animals Titlepage i-iii iv-v 1-87 88-92pp. Bound: full tan morocco by Claudia Cohen and Sarah Creighton title stamped in gold gilt on front panel within a blind rule at outer edge spine panelled marbled endpapers housed in tan cloth over boards clamshell box with leather label on spine title stamped in gold gilt. Illustrated with 54 woodengravings depicting the birds and beasts found in Shakespeare's plays and poems plus two portraits of the Bard: one etching and one woodengraving. The woodengravings were accomplished by Robinson on end-grain English boxwood from T.N. Lawrence & Sons of London. The type was set at M & H Type Foundry of San Francisco and printed by Harold Patrick McGrath in black within a caramel-colored rule on each page with Shakespeare's own words in caramel ink. This book uses Shakespeare's original texts addressing the natural history folklore and mythology of the birds and beasts in his plays. The text was written by Arthur F. Kinney Thomas W. Copeland Professor Literary History at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Certainly one of the most ambitious and most beautiful books of the Press published to mark their tenth anniversary. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
19823598Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Deluxe edition copy #46 of only 50 issued with an extra portfolio containing a suite of the 26 engravings each SIGNED and numbered by Robinson plus a suite of the 26 smaller linecut illustrations each with hand calligraphy by Curtis and SIGNED by Robinson and Curtis all contained in a morocco-backed sleeve that matches the clamshell box. The alphabet book compiled by Laurie Block is equally wonderful. Fine. <br/><br/> Cheloniidae Press hardcover books
2006VR438302006-2010 In issues, 8vo. A total of 14 issues of this journal dedicated to turtles.
