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Exquisite Pain, Sophia Calle, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Exquisite Pain, Sophia Calle, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
264 pages : ill. (some color) ; 19 cm. "Original French edition c2003 Actes Sud, Alres, France, translated from French by Charles Penwarden"--Colophon. "I left for Japan on October 25, 1984, unsuspecting that this date would mark the beginning of a 92 day countdown to the end of a love affair."--Backcover.
It Wasn't Little Rock, Clarissa Sligh, Special Collections, Fleet Library
It Wasn't Little Rock, Clarissa Sligh, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) . Commemorates the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) decision. "This softcover edition of 150 books was printed on an Indigo Digital Press"--Colophon. Author describes her family's experience with racism and school integration. As a high school student, the author was named lead plaintiff in Clarissa Thompson et al. v. County School Board of Arlington County (June 1956), a school desegregation class action suit filed in U.S. District Court. Metal spiral binding. Signed by the author on the title-page. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections …
Alluvium, Mare Blocker, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Alluvium, Mare Blocker, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
hand-sewn couplets, linked at spine; letter-fold wrapper, partially open; back cover; front cover; page spreads. copy 2 of 40
Hunkering : The Last Gaebberjabb Number Eight And Ix/Xviths Or Aleatory Annexations Or Odd Bondings Or Fortuitous Encounters With Incompatible Realities Or Love, Anguish, Wonder ... / Largely By Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady ; Augmented By Henrik Drescher, Patrick Flynn, David Mclimans, Peter Sis, And William Stafford., Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Hunkering : The Last Gaebberjabb Number Eight And Ix/Xviths Or Aleatory Annexations Or Odd Bondings Or Fortuitous Encounters With Incompatible Realities Or Love, Anguish, Wonder ... / Largely By Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady ; Augmented By Henrik Drescher, Patrick Flynn, David Mclimans, Peter Sis, And William Stafford., Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[160] pages : illustrations (some color), portraits. Hamady, Walter. Interminable gabberjabb ; 8. The eighth book in Hamady's "series" known as Interminable gabberjabbs. Edition of 108 copies. Mounted, signed collage on page [24]. Includes handprinting, marbled endpapers, collage, rubber stamping, maps, envelopes, postage stamps, special papers and mounted elements. "Here is the fade-out volume of an unforseen series begun in 1976. It was printed on our single-owner, all-manual, Vandercook SP-15 in more than 285 press-runs utilizing a numerosity of colors, typefaces and papers--hand, mould and machine made. In addition to the usual lay-ons of languid letterpressing, there is an affluence …
Aggregate Memory, Macy Chadwick, Lisa Onstad, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Aggregate Memory, Macy Chadwick, Lisa Onstad, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
cloth covered box exterior; accordion, dos a dos, housed in a clamshell box; cloth covered box interior; page spread; "Returning again, past and present converge"; page spread; "Days steeped..."; page spread; inside front cover. number 34 in an edition of 65, a collaborative work signed by both artists
Nightfall Faces, Carolyn Leigh, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Nightfall Faces, Carolyn Leigh, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
drum leaf binding with hidden built up compartment holding BB's. Enclosed in a collaged and painted wrapping envelope, held with woven ribbon. Book closed with wrapper; book closed with wrapper open; interior spreads; back cover; cover. Visions of a primitive ritual dance performed around a fire are evoked through these images of tribal masks. Rhythmic sounds can be made by shaking the book like a maraca.
Conversations In The Sky, Andre Bassuet Lee, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Conversations In The Sky, Andre Bassuet Lee, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 folded sheet. Numbered and signed edition of 100 copies Photography and design by André Lee. Printed in Osaka, Japan --colophon. "When I look at the modern Japanese landscape, I see continuous lines of communication, telephone wires connecting friends and family. The Japanese sky is unique in it's infinite lines against a mountainous and architectural backdrop. Can you imagine all the conversations going on in the sky through telephone threads?"--colophon. A single thread runs through the entire text and covers. Accordion fold. Text and back cover printed in light blue on white. Cover printed in light blue and green on …
An Icelandic Saga, Part I, Dorothoy Iannone, Special Collections, Fleet Library
An Icelandic Saga, Part I, Dorothoy Iannone, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[12] pages : illus. Booklet published on the occasion of the exhibition: Dieter Roth & Dorothy Iannone, held May 22-Sept. 11, 2005, Sprengel Museum Hannover. Title from colophon: An Icelandic Saga, 1978, 1983, 1986. Booklet originally issued mounted on the inside backcover of the Roth/Iannone exhibition catalog. Notes for an autobiography, part II, Berlin 1978, continued on the request of D. Schwarz.
Terminal Home, Marcia Ciro, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Terminal Home, Marcia Ciro, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
3 folded sheets : color illustrations. Title from box. In oval shaped cloth wrap box (18 x 13 x 5 cm) with metal clasp. Photographs and text printed with archival ink on Moab paper. Limited edition of 8 copies. Library has copy no. 6. Gift of the artist. RISD Alumna, BFA, GD, 1977. Fleet Library at RISD Alumni Collection.