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Basic Paper Treatments For Printed Book Materials, Peter D. Verheyen

Librarian Publications

In October of 1989, at the Guild of Book Workers' Standards of Excellence Seminar, Betsy Palmer Eldridge gave a presentation on "Basic Paper Treatments for Printed Book Materials." This 2 1/2 hour presentation was a very ambitious undertaking, but she did a magnificent job.

Since these presentations and the synopses that later appeared in the GBW Newsletter, there has been some discussion. The presentations and these articles are not to be construed as a "how to" of basic paper conservation but rather as an introduction for those with interest but little experience. For the more experienced, they present the methods …

7 Days As A Surrealist Embryo : Or, The Liberation Of Loplop (Bird-Inferior), Brian Schorn, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Letters

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

Japanese Kosode Designs, Alexandra Boyden, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Culture

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

Some Things Are Sacred, Ruth Laxson, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Ruth Laxson Artist Book Archive

[26] pages : ill. Title in red on cover. Oriental style binding (traditional format, Japanese). Text in paper binder. "Edition: 50. This book is number 47."--Colophon. Signed by the artist.

Zipper: Back Into The Body Fly, Brian Schorn, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Animals

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books

Visionaire 02: Travel: Summer, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean, James Kaliardos, Greg Foley

Visionaire

48 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations (some color) + 1 portfolio

Title from title sheet, above attached, folded pictorial banner by Ruben Toledo "Summer 1991"--Portfolio Loose sheets of photographs, prints, prose, and poetry, all printed on papers of varying color and texture, laid in a paper portfolio tied with black thread "Visionaire / by Stephen Gan, James Kaliardos, Cecilia Dean, Elaine Gan ... Thanks to ... Gregory Foley"--Page [1] Contributor list: Adeline André, Bill Cuningham, Bruce Weber, David McDonough, Dovanna Pagowska, Gregory Park, James White, José Arman-Pita, Josef Astor, Juan Botas, Karl Holmqvist, Kenny Scharf, …

Visionaire 03: Erotica, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean, James Kaliardos, Greg Foley

Visionaire

88 unnumbered pages : illustrations + 1 case

Title from case cover "Visionaire no. 3, fall 1991 / by Stephen Gan, James Kaliardos, Cecilia Dean. Contributors ... Greg Foley"--Title sheet "This is no. ... published in a limited edition of 1000 numbered copies"--Bottom of case Unbound photographs, prints, and prose, all printed on papers of varying color and texture, laid in case Includes 'The rhythm of fashion: the fall 1991 collections' / story and photographs by Bill Cunningham Contributor list: Andrew Brucker, Antonio Lopez, Bernard Figueroa, Bill Cuningham, Elaine Gan, Eric Rhein, Fran Collin, Gigi Stoll, Greg Foley, Gregory Park, …

Impedement, Cheri Gaulke, Women's Studio Workshop, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[16] pages : color illustrations . Cover title. Packet of seeds in envelope in pocket. ".. designed and printed by Cheri Gaulke during an artist's residency at Women's Studio Workshop .. This edition of 200 was printed silkscreen and letterpress on .. handmade paper with toenails and hair, and a seed packet. Pop-up design by Kim Know of Nexus Press."--Colophon. Binding: Sewn signature, codex structure. Added Titles: Im-'ped-e-ment, Impediment

Looking, Karen Spears, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[13] leaves : all illustrations. Cover title. Illustration on cover. Printing method: Offset, hand colored. Binding: Saddle stitch signature. Codex structure.

Visionaire 04: Heaven, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean, James Kaliardos, Ruben Toledo, Martin Margiela

Visionaire

[42] pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) + 1 portfolio

Title from front and back of portfolio In title, "Heaven" precedes "Visionaire." "Visionaire / by Stephen Gan, James Kaliardos, Cecilia Dean ... Thanks to ... Gregory Foley"--Page [1] "This is no. [blank] published in a limited edition of 1000 numbered copies"--Second panel of portfolio Photographs, prints, prose, and poetry, all printed on papers of varying color and texture, laid in a paper portfolio First leaf of plates is a piece of embroidered fabric (28 x 21 cm.) with printed label on verso: Heaven / by Todd …

If Walls Could Speak = Si Las Paredes Hablaran, Celia Alvarez Muñoz, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

iv, 32 pages : illustrations. Includes bibliographical references (page 26). Gift of the Power of Place.

Weirdo, No. 27, Aline Kominsky-Crumb (Editor), Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

28 volumes : illustrations. Frequency: quarterly. Publication dates: No. 1 (spring, 1981), ceased with no. 28 (summer, 1993). Editor: R. Crumb. With issue #10, P. Bagge became editor; with issue #18, Crumb's wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb became editor (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge).Color illustrations on covers, b&w interiors. Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness." It also introduced artists such as Peter Bagge, Dori Seda and Dennis Worden. No. 27 Contributors: Robert Crumb, Peter Bagge, James MacArthur, Joe Matt, B.N. Duncan, Garret …

On Art: By Lydia Douce, 1990 [Dawn And David Latané], David E. Latane, Dawn E. Latané

English Publications

"On Art: by Lydia Douce" provides coverage of a year (1990) in the life of the visual arts in Richmond, Virginia. Artists reviewed include VCU faculty such as Christopher Silliman and Javier Tapia; many notable fixtures of the Richmond scene (Wolfgang Jasper, Andras Bality, Diana Detamore, Davi Det Hompson); and national and international artists who exhibited in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and VCU's Anderson Gallery. Authorship was at the time anonymous.

The Passover Haggadah, Heinz Seelig, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

80 pages : color illustrations, 25 cm. Text in Hebrew and English. Issued in slipcase. Gold illuminations. Signed by the illustrator. Gift of Lisa Schachner.

Deconstruction And Reconstruction Of The Book, Norman Clayton, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Letters

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

This Book Is An Interpretation Of A Music Piece Written In September Of 1990., Rafael Attias, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Senses

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.

On An Average Day In America, Tania E. Fine, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Culture

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

American Splendor, No. 15, Harvey Pekar, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

volumes : illustrations. Began in 1976 with #1; ceased in 1993 with #17. American Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books written by Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of artists. The first issue was published in 1976 and the last one in September 2008, with publication occurring at irregular intervals (Pekar died in 2010). Publishers were, at various times, Harvey Pekar himself, Dark Horse Comics, and DC Comics. In addition to R. Crumb, Pekar's most well-known and longest-running collaborators included Gary Dumm, Greg Budgett, Spain Rodriguez, Joe Zabel, Gerry Shamray, Frank Stack, Mark Zingarelli, and Joe Sacco. …

Ivy Leaves, 1989-1990, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff

Ivy Leaves

The 1990 edition of the Anderson College journal of art and literature, Ivy Leaves.

The names of the known editors for this issue of Ivy Leaves were Glenn A. Tatum, Charyl Bannister, Sharon Buchanan, Vanessa Crockett, Beth Johnson, Tracey Kulesh, Angela Richey, Carla Waddell, Tamora Grooms, Bart Barfield, Angie Martin, Leslie Tester, Wendy Vickery, Eric Whitlock, Doug Davison, and Susan Wooten.

Weigh Ideas Carefully, Amy Gendler, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Letters

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.

Where Is Everybody?, Ruth Laxson, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Ruth Laxson Artist Book Archive

[10] leaves : ill. ; 18 cm. Two outsized leaves, one a pentagon, the other with a serrated outer margin. "Fall 1990"--Leaf [10]. Library has copy no. 15 of 20. Binding is oriental stitch (traditional format, Japanese).

Dingbats, Sharyn O'Mara, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Letters

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed books.

Vitamin Abc's, Ingrid Pearce, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Food

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.

I Would Have Known You Anywhere, Claudia Bruno, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Culture

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

I Caught A Tremendous Fish, Lori Giovanni, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Animals

This book was created for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

Altered Book, Unknown. Possibly Risd Student., Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 object. Altered book, consists of a portion of the spine (blue buckram) and a small part of the text block. Portions of words and illustrations can be seen as pages are flipped. Possibly made by a Rhode Island School of Design student. Donated to the library by Jan Baker, a former graphic design instructor who taught classes in artists' books. Case binding. Text in English. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition Stacked & Altered, summer 2022.

Patience Hope Content Virtue, Jane Grigg Cleary, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Stories

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.

Ste. Ostrich In Manhattan: The Visitations Of A Martyr, Lois Morrison, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations. "Ste. Ostrich ... was written and illustrated by Lois Morrison. It was designed and printed by Julie Chen with the assistance of Elizabeth McDevitt ... In an edition of 125 copies this is number: 70." Gift of Freshman Foundation. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

Spectacle, Warja Honegger-Lavater, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 folded sheet : color illustration. "Pictoson mural"--Cover. Parallel text in French, German, English, Spanish, Swedish, Czech, Dutch and Italian on verso of sheet. Continous sheet folded in 11 sections, with images on one side and writing on the other. Accordion fold. Symbols and graphic design, wordless.

In The Morning., Mei-Ling Hom, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 art work. A sculptural book work issued in paper wrapper. The book stands upright and opens to five sections. Text is printed across the fore edge of the "pages." Printing method: Silkscreen, letterpress, die cuts. Binding: Concertina. Edition of 108 copies. Library has copy no. 36.