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The Anxiety Alphabet, Emily Martin, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The Anxiety Alphabet, Emily Martin, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
coptic stitch binding, paper covered boards with common pins and needles inserted; cover; interior pages; back cover. The subject of anxiety is conveyed with humorous alphabetic verse.
Tribal Alphabet, Mary Mccarthy, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Tribal Alphabet, Mary Mccarthy, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
case bound with cloth covered boards, endbands; cover; title page; interior pages; colophon. Twenty-six African tribes are represented with their masks, in alphabetical order. This book is the facsimile version of the original collage copy.
Twenty-Five Years Ago, Joan Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Twenty-Five Years Ago, Joan Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
saddle stitch with soft cover; cover; interior spread and pages; back cover. The artist's wallet is recovered in an old air vent in her child's former school 25 years after she had visited his 4th grade classroom. The contents reveal life in the early 1970's.
Campsite, Andi Mcgarry, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Campsite, Andi Mcgarry, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[12] pages : color ill. . Title from cover. Gift of Laurie Whitehill Chong.
Hilur, Cecilia Vacuña, University Of Massachusetts Dartmouth Art Gallery, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Hilur, Cecilia Vacuña, University Of Massachusetts Dartmouth Art Gallery, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 scroll ; in cardboard box + 1 stick + 1 bookmar. "This scroll consists of text handwritten by the artist in russet ink of Chinese writing paper wrapped with interleafing tissue. The text reads: Threads become words and words become threads - on the other side. The title 'Hilar' mixes the Spanish 'hilo' with the English 'lure.'"--Bookmark. "This edition was done on the occasion of the artist's installation K'isa at the University Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, October 27 to December 12, 1997"--Bookmark. Library has a Tlön Studio proof. Signed by the artist. Given by the RISD Museum …
As In Queen: The Abecedarium Of A Typophiliac, Leda Black, Special Collections, Fleet Library
As In Queen: The Abecedarium Of A Typophiliac, Leda Black, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[54] pages : color ill.. "[P]rinted letterpress from foundry type and polymer plates using 27 typefaces ... on Somerset paper with a Vandercook sp-20 and a Heidelberg windmill"--Colophon. Printed on double leaves. Library has copy no. 84 of 100 copies.
When We Were Ten: A Photo/ Text Story Of A Mother And Her Son, Judy Gelles, Special Collections, Fleet Library
When We Were Ten: A Photo/ Text Story Of A Mother And Her Son, Judy Gelles, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
saddle stitch with soft cover; cover; interior pages. Photographs of mother and son at different ages of their childhood, with memories of each.
A Piece Of String, Jeong-In Cha, Special Collections, Fleet Library
A Piece Of String, Jeong-In Cha, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
single book, all illustrations, sewn elements through out, 14 pages. Title from spine. Signed and dated by the artist.
Leavings, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Leavings, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[24] pages : color illustrations. Illustrated card stock in accordion fold format, with mounted text, illustrated within cutout mats, and artifacts attached to baggage labels that are inserted in pockets of some of the panels. Issued in cloth-covered box (18 x 13 x 5 cm) with diapered lid and tie; colophon appears inside box. Some of the "leavings" are scraps of paper cut away to construct Julie Chen's book, "Life time." Letterpress printed; lasercut elements. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
Real Life With Partner, Jeong-In Cha, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Real Life With Partner, Jeong-In Cha, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[20] pages. Cover title. Library has copy no. 3 of an edition of 8. Signed and dated by the artist.
In A Cafe, Frances Mcconihe, Richard Brautigan, Special Collections, Fleet Library
In A Cafe, Frances Mcconihe, Richard Brautigan, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume, 12 pages. The book is an accordion fold (15 x 116 cm) mounted onto a cloth covered binding. Intaglio and photocopy printing. This book was completed for the "Private Press" course spring semester, 1997, RISD. The instructors were Russell Jones and Duane Slick.
Gymnopaedia, Second Movement, Barbara Tetenbaum, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Gymnopaedia, Second Movement, Barbara Tetenbaum, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
pamphlet stitch variation with hard cover; cover; title page; interior spread; colophon. Reflecting the music of Erik Satie who composed several "Gymnopaedia", an antique ledger forms the visual foundation for playful layers of "toe-tapping" imagery.
Mzlk: The Tours, Brad Freeman, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Mzlk: The Tours, Brad Freeman, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
smythe sewn with paper covered boards and cloth spine; front cover; table of contents, title page; page spread. number 85 in an edition of 100, signed by the artist, gift of the artist
The Vicious Circle Series, Emily Martin, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The Vicious Circle Series, Emily Martin, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
3 dimensional hexa-flexagon; hexa-flexagons, detail; five hexa-flexagons; two hexa-flexagons (of five). Turning the ring of connected pyramids reveals a text that repeats over and over, just like many life situations.
Freedom: A Fable, Kara Walker, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Freedom: A Fable, Kara Walker, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume, 19 pages. "A Curious interpretation of the wit of a negree in troubled times, with illustrations.. Presented to you this Christmas '97 by the Peter Norton Family, benefactors." "The Future vision of a soon-to-be emancipated 19th century Negress"--Preliminary leaf. Edition of 4000. Pop-up design by David Eisen, Architects, Inc. Boston, MA ; Laser cutting by Lasercraft, Inc. Santa Rosa, CA ; Text designed by Timothy Silverlake, Valencia, CA ; Printed by Typecraft, Inc. Pasadena, CA. ; Binding by Roswell Book Binders, Phoenix, AZ.
Halcyon Days, Judyie Al-Bilali, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Halcyon Days, Judyie Al-Bilali, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[18] leaves. "Of an edition limited to 200 copies, this is number 141."--Colophon. Signed by the author. Paste paper book cover. Marbled endpapers. Gift of Laurie Whitehill Chong.
Travelling, Or, Neopostmodrinpremortemism : Or, Dieser Rasen Ist Kein Hundeklo (Ii), Or, Interminable Gabberjab Number Seven ..., Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Travelling, Or, Neopostmodrinpremortemism : Or, Dieser Rasen Ist Kein Hundeklo (Ii), Or, Interminable Gabberjab Number Seven ..., Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
154 pages : ilustrations (some color). Hamady, Walter. Interminable gabberjabb ; 7. Remainder of title consists of 15 more alternative titles: "... A typographical clarification of the interchangea(æ)bility of books, boats and texts, or, A study : parthenomic g-section as ideal gyros, or, Limipsd quantippsi , or, An interjacent discourse with visible language, or, A continuation of artists as dogs and other zootomical zooids 6, or, Integrated translations from Greek and German, or, The aquifer as conduit of human consciousness, or, Similar (and familiar) properties of real yogurt, typography and the art of the book, or, The war of the …
The Book Of Neglects: Highlights Of A Week, Patricia Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The Book Of Neglects: Highlights Of A Week, Patricia Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
dos à dos accordion fold book with pop-up elements; cover; colophon; interior spreads; accordion, folded out. For one week the artist tracks the degree to which she has neglected her job, art, home, friends, husband, and children, using pop-up strips and color coding.
Flying Letters, John Maeda, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Flying Letters, John Maeda, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illus.. Digitalogue reactive book series, no. 2. Accordion fold text. System requirements for accompanying disk: Macintosh/Power Macintosh System 7.1 or above, True type/ATN outline font and floppy disk drive. Text in English and Japanese. Gift of Janice Woo, California College of the Arts.
Sankey-Santopietro, Stephan Apicella-Hitchcock, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Sankey-Santopietro, Stephan Apicella-Hitchcock, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[134] pages : color illustrations. Title is from inside front cover. RISD Alumnus, Photo MFA. Fleet Library at RISD Alumni Collection.
Long Slow March, Clifton Meador, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Long Slow March, Clifton Meador, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm. Contents: Introduction -- Distant rancorous voices 1 -- Every mile between Selma and Montgomery -- Persistence of evil -- Conflagration. "The textual pieces are drawn from a variety of primary sources, from mid-nineteenth-century slave narratives, to slavery apologists, to mid-twentieth-century segregationist crazy people. Some have been slightly fictionalized."--Colophon. "This book was produced and printed at the Center for Editions, Purchase College, Purchase, New York. Summer 1994 to fall 1996"--colophon. Maps on lining pages, Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Text includes photographs from the same route and images from the marches and …
Life Time, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Life Time, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 item : color illustrations. Poem. Caption title. Printed on a series of 8 concentric paper discs attached by paper hinges in accordion fold format, designed to be read through a center hole when the construction is fully extended. Issued in a decorated paper box (80 x 80 x 23 mm.) with hinged glass window lid ; colophon pasted inside bottom of box. Edition limited to 100 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. Library has copy no. 34. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
Yes, I Answered You Last Night, Rosemary V. Simpkins, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Yes, I Answered You Last Night, Rosemary V. Simpkins, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 accordion pleated volume (16 pages) : illustrations. "Elizabeth Barrett Moulton Barrett and Robert Browning, one hundred fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration, 1846 12th September 1996"--Outer envelope. ""Yes, I answered you last night ...", from Elizabeth Barrett's lyric 'The Lady's Yes', captures the essence of two people's dreams of a happy future life together in spite of very conservative traditions and strong family opposition"--page [1] of accordion pleated text in folded postcard. "The semi-transparent printed sleeve portrays the imposing facade of the St. Marylebone Parish Church. The secret book slips out of the sleeve, revealing eight righs on either side (eight …
Unfolding Poems, Michele Wong Albanese, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Unfolding Poems, Michele Wong Albanese, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 box (with 8 individual pieces). Wild cats can / Mary-Ann Agresti ([1] folded leaf of plate : all illustrations ; 11 cm) -- I wonder / Ruth Ellen Baxter (1 volume (without pages) : all illustrations ; 11 cm) -- Personal effects / Marcia Ciro ([1] folded leaf (pop-up) ; 11 cm) -- In my hands / Tamara Oppenheimer ([1] folded leaf (with movable parts) : all illustrations ; 11 cm) -- Meditations on leaving / Deborah Klotz-Paris (1 box (with text on ribbon) : chiefly illustrations ; 11 x 11 x 6 cm) -- Vacuum sealed / Teresa …
The Third Person, Thomas Starr, Special Collections, Fleet Library
The Third Person, Thomas Starr, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
48 unnumbered pages. Book may be read beginning at either end. Brown paper wrappers; title printed on removable rubber band strip. Perfect binding. "Publication made possible by a grant from Rhode Island School of Design"--title page verso. Former RISD faculty. Gift of Jan Baker.
Tumbling Blocks For Pris And Bruce, Claire Van Vliet, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Tumbling Blocks For Pris And Bruce, Claire Van Vliet, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[14] leaves : all color illus.. An Alphabet book. "Tumbling Blocks is a little cut alphabet created from the offcuts from Praise Basted In, the design of which, left an intriguing number of small folios of hand made papers. It will spiral in several ways or stand in a circle- tumble in your hands, but will always fall back into place if you let it. The cube box is folded with two papers that hold each other in place without needing glue"--'Note for standing order patrons' accompanying book. Each leaf consists of two cut letters glued back to back; leaves …
Tick, Tiger, Trout, Eva Mantell, Women's Studio Workshop, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Tick, Tiger, Trout, Eva Mantell, Women's Studio Workshop, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[20] pages : illus. Cover title. "Being a partial reading of the New York City phone book"--page [1]. "180/250"--page [3] of cover. Printed wrappers. Binding: Saddle stitch signature. Codex structure.
He Likes You, Indigo Som, Women's Studio Workshop, Bitchy Buddah Press, Special Collections, Fleet Library
He Likes You, Indigo Som, Women's Studio Workshop, Bitchy Buddah Press, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume (unpaged) : illus. Work consists of three different sized folded paper "fortune tellers". An additional "colophon continuation" leave is also enclosed in the folded paper sleeve which is bound together with pink netting. ".. photocopied & letterpress printed from plates & linocuts .."--Colophon. ".. produced with a grant from Women's Studio Workshop, funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts."--Colophon. Edition of 100 copies. Signed by the author. Library has copy no. 9.
My First Artists' Book, Carolyn Swiszcz, Amy Ciullo, Anna E. Kalmbach, Karen Munro, Women's Studio Workshop, Special Collections, Fleet Library
My First Artists' Book, Carolyn Swiszcz, Amy Ciullo, Anna E. Kalmbach, Karen Munro, Women's Studio Workshop, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
[16] pages : color illus. Cover title. "This book was produced by the Women's Studio Workshop. It was illustrated by Carolyn Swiszcz. Concept and production by Amy Ciullo, Anna Kalmbach, Tana Kellner, Karen Munro and Carolyn Swiszcz."--Colophon. "This book was published by the New York State Council on the Arts State and Local Partnership Program's third annual conference, Arts at the Center"--Colophon. 1 leaf, accordion-folded and attached to stiff paper wrappers. Booklet ([12 pages ; 98 mm) with title, "Some thoughts about the book as an artistic medium," inserted. Printing method: Silkscreen in two colors. Structure: Throw-out accordion fold book.
He Likes You, Indigo Som, Special Collections, Fleet Library
He Likes You, Indigo Som, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Artists' Books
1 volume (unpaged) : illus. Work consists of three different sized folded paper "fortune tellers". An additional "colophon continuation" leave is also enclosed in the folded paper sleeve which is bound together with pink netting. ".. photocopied & letterpress printed from plates & linocuts .."--Colophon. ".. produced with a grant from Women's Studio Workshop, funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts."--Colophon. Edition of 100 copies. Signed by the author. Library has copy no. 9.