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Superstition Highway, Marshall Weber, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

Superstition Highway, Marshall Weber, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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case bound with cloth spine, paper covered boards, hand painted; cover; interior spreads. Reading almost like a drug-induced trip, Marshall Weber writes of a tough patch of road somewhere in the desert West where strange folk appear. Images and text all hand painted by Fred Rinne.

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Bird Watching, Paula Mccartney, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

Bird Watching, Paula Mccartney, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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31 unnumbered pages : color illustrations "Additional support was provided by the Minnesota Center for Books Arts, Minneapolis, MN"--Page 31 "Comprised of twelve chromogenic photographs mounted on Rising Stonehenge 100% cotton paper. The printed text is in Souvenir Lt BT and the written text is the artist's handwriting on Zerkall Nideggen sand paper, and the endsheets are printed on Canson Mi-Teintes flannel gray paper. The book is covered in olive and brown Iris bookcloth"--Page 31 Includes "Field notes" (3 postcard sized items in mounted pocket), inside back cover. "Edition ... of 40"--Page 31 Summary: Bird Watching explores the idea of …

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Full Circle, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

Full Circle, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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1 volume (unpaged) in case : illustrations. Title from portfolio box. "Written, designed, and produced by Julie Chen ... letter-press printed on various papers using photopolymer plates...produced in an edition of 100 copies."--Colophon, boxtop verso. "Full Circle is a powerful exploration into the cycles of faith and belief from the first moments of obsession through the experience of deepest doubts, and ultimately passing through the place of peace where the mind and heart are (re)united before the endless cycle starts again. A large box-mounted wheel rotates continuously beneath a series of windows to reveal the many stages of the faith …

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View, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

View, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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1 volume (unpaged) in case : illustrations. Title from portfolio box. Written, designed, and produced by Julie Chen ... letter-press printed using a combination of photopolymer plates, wood blocks, and pressure plates...produced in an edition of 100 copies. "Based on a personal experience of loss, View is a bookwork that deals directly with ideas of coming to terms with mortality. The piece includes two books that are housed in a compartmented box. After the books have been read, the box can be tilted forward to reveal a mesmerizing view of a miniature world"--Flying Fish Press website. "Dedicated to JKR, 1960-2006"--Paper …

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A Dictionary Story, Sam Winston, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

A Dictionary Story, Sam Winston, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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accordion fold with hard cover, housed in cloth covered slipcase. Slipcase cover; title page; interior pages; colophon. A dictionary longs to be a book of stories, not just a list of words and definitions. She gets into trouble when she lets her words run about, creating meaningless havoc. The alphabet comes to the rescue and restores order.

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Cyborgs, Paul Sunday, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

Cyborgs, Paul Sunday, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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saddle stitch with soft cover; cover; interior spreads and pages. Black and white photographs of part human, part robot women.

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Reunion, Karen Hanmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

Reunion, Karen Hanmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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hand sewn, foldout flaps, leather spine and upholstery fabric cover boards; cover; interior spreads and pages. A tender tribute to the lasting relationship of the artist's parents. Edition of 25 numbered and signed copies. Images of the author's parents, William and Frances Salic Cecil, are printed on rectos with folding overlay showing William Cecil in isolation; text on facing pages. "Vintage photographs [reproduced as pigment inkjet prints] and brief text document a couple's many separations and ultimate reunion. I began Reunion shortly after the death of my father. My mother predeceased him by 34 years. He never remarried. I am …

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Meaning Maker, Kent Manske, Nanette Wilde, Preneo Press, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

Meaning Maker, Kent Manske, Nanette Wilde, Preneo Press, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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volumes. "This is Art." Title from glassine envelope and each brochure. Seven single sheets (11 x 8 ¹/₂ inches), tri-folded, text on both sides, each sheet printed on a different color paper. Each folded sheet has a copyright date. Academic Conference Edition -- American Citizen Edition -- Art Viewing Edition -- Family Gathering Edition -- Higher Education Edition -- Periodic Personal Evaluation Edition -- Relationship to Nature Edition. "'Meaning Maker' is a guided interactive response structure tailored to specific styles of experience."--website. "PreNeo Press is the conceptual and collaborative space of Kent Manske and Nanette Wylde."--Press website. Gift of Laurie …

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Bluestem, Karen Hanmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

Bluestem, Karen Hanmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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Flag book variation with 2 concertina spines attached back to back to 2 end pieces. Sculptural book. Colophon; extended view; view from above, extended; flattened view. . A quote from Willa Cather's book My Àntonia, about the movement of the tall prairie grass, is illustrated through the movement of the book pages.

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State Of The Union: Live, Evil, Vile, Scott Mccarney, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

State Of The Union: Live, Evil, Vile, Scott Mccarney, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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stab bound with soft cover and duct tape reinforced spine; cover; interior pages and spreads. President George W. Bush's televised 2003 State of the Union speech is captured in full screen head shots. The overlaying text, similar to close captioning, reveals nonsensical phrases made from the letters in the book's subtitle.

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Thrift Store: The Past & Future Secret Lives Of Things, Emily Larned, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

Thrift Store: The Past & Future Secret Lives Of Things, Emily Larned, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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case bound in hard cover; cover; interior spreads. The relative value of things is brought to mind when looking at objects in thrift stores. Discarded or recycled "treasures" reflect the life of their former owners. Interesting juxtapositions create found visual narratives.

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Time Square, Buzz Spector, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

Time Square, Buzz Spector, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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screw post binding with mylar front cover, and paper wrapper; cover; detail. Results from a Google search of phrases relating to the concept of "time" were quantified and arranged in decreasing order and printed on 60 pages. When bound, the pages were then hand torn in decreasing amounts, revealing an altered version of the original. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition Stacked & Altered, summer 2022.

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Pictorial Webster's: G. & C. Merriam Dictionary Engravings Of The Nineteenth Century Printed Alphabetically As A Source For Creativity In The Human Brain, With Additional Dissertation, John Carrera, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2006

Pictorial Webster's: G. & C. Merriam Dictionary Engravings Of The Nineteenth Century Printed Alphabetically As A Source For Creativity In The Human Brain, With Additional Dissertation, John Carrera, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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case-bound in leather, clamshell box; open clamshell box with closed book inside; front cover; page spread 24-25, "letter B"; page spread 270-271, "letter P";. copy 10, signed by the artist

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