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The Inventories, Sue Johnson, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2010

The Inventories, Sue Johnson, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

four miniature books; miniature books, accordion with board covers. Sequences of images from ephemera and original drawings in unusual juxtapositions, creating a kind of "visual poetry".


Local Conditions: One Hundred Views Of Mount Rainier (At Least), Chandler O'Leary, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2010

Local Conditions: One Hundred Views Of Mount Rainier (At Least), Chandler O'Leary, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 container box, 120 card-sized prints, 1 guide (50 pages). Consists of 120 card-sized prints in a container box (20 x 26 x 19.5 cm) and a viewing box with slats for inserting the cards to create different views of Mount Rainier. The container box has three drawers, two of which contain the cards and the last containing the viewing box and a guide to the cards called "Locator key." The top of the container box is a viewing platform to hold the viewing box. The container box is inserted in a five-paneled wrapper printed on the interior with an …


Raising The Supine Dome, Amy Borezo, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2010

Raising The Supine Dome, Amy Borezo, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

Double-sided accordion book. Text and illustrations printed on one side of board; white grid on gray background printed on reverse. Numerous cutouts reveal printed grid. Bound in gray paper-covered boards; in cloth-covered slip case, as issued. "Raising the supine dome, by Amy Borezo. Printed in an edition of 20 on Holyoke Fine Paper from 14 point Caslon hand-set metal type and photopolymer plates at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH in the fall of 2010. Titles set in Futura. Binding inspired by Deborah Howe's screen book."--colophon. Double-sided accordion book. Text and illustrations printed on one side of board; white grid on gray …


The Model Architect: The Panic Of '09, Karen Hanmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 2010

The Model Architect: The Panic Of '09, Karen Hanmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

drum leaf binding variation in hard cover, with leather spine; cover; interior spreads and pages. Samuel Sloan's 1852 publication of model designs for houses is updated with this reflection on the current US housing crisis.