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The Black Banal, Tony Cokes, Elana Schlenker, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The Black Banal, Tony Cokes, Elana Schlenker, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
15 leaves, unbound sheets. Issued in burnt orange cloth-covered portfolio with bright red-pink lettering. Title from portfolio. Portfolio held closed with a yellow elastic band.
"Designed by Tony Cokes and Elana Schlenker. Screeprinted in Ithaca, New York by Kaleb Hunkele. Slipcase produced in Jersey City, New Jersey by Conveyor Editions. Edition of 100. Second Edition"--Colophon, page [3] of portfolio.
The Black Banal, a limited edition, hand silk-screened portfolio, is a graphic blast of found text sourced and sequenced by Tony Cokes. Cokes channels the intense boredom and extreme anger generated by his encounter with the source material into an act …
Missing From America, Aileen Bassis, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Missing From America, Aileen Bassis, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume. Double-sided accordion folder consisting of lithographs and transfer prints, housed in a paper folder. Book is inspired by a New York Times article about black men missing from society.
Aloneness, Gwendolyn Brooks, Leroy Foster, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Aloneness, Gwendolyn Brooks, Leroy Foster, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Cover printed in blue and black and with illustration. Photo portrait of the author on back cover. Photograph by Howard Simmons. Stapled binding. Library has second printing January 1983. Inscribed to Martha Drake and signed by the author.
Bronzeville Boys And Girls, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ronni Solbert, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Bronzeville Boys And Girls, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ronni Solbert, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
40 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. A collection of poems for and about children, particularly those living in big cities. Contents: Mexie and Bridie -- Val -- Timmy and Tawanda -- Narcissa -- Andre -- Keziah -- Charles -- Cynthia in the snow -- John, who is poor -- Paulette -- Rudolph is tired of the city -- Eppie -- Ella -- Dave -- Luther and Breck -- Michael is afraid of the storm -- Eldora, who is rich -- Beulah at church -- Skipper -- Robert, who is often a stranger to himself -- Lyle -- Nora -- …