Dimity of Blue by Rubottom, Sibyl - 2010.: Poems by Pablo Neruda, Emily Dickinson, William Butler Yeats

San Diego: Bay Park Press, 2006. Limited edition. Hardcover. near fine. 1/10. Oblong quarto. 12 x 10". 8 leaves (6 fold-out pages). Textured half tan over red cloth, with square cutout, framing an intaglio print on handmade paper on the front cover. Gold-brown lettering. The publication is a beautifully produced artist's book by printer and printmaker Sibyl Rubottom, looking at the different "Sibyls" throughout history and their roles. Each "Sibyl" mentioned is accompanied by a piece of text or poem, and an original intaglio print. Each print is hand signed and dated by the artist in pencil. As stated on the colophon the book has been printed on "Dutch etching paper in Bodoni, Bernard Modern, Albertus, and Palatino type. There are eight intaglio prints in a limited edition of ten books." The colophon is signed and hand-numbered (#4) in pencil, by the artist. Missing the original box. Binding and interior in near fine condition.

San Diego: Mesa Arts Press, 1997. First limited edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. 4/10 Signed by Sibyl and Otis Rubottom, and hand numbered on colophon. Original decorative brown quarter cloth over heavy light brown boards with a dark brown O printed to debossed square on front cover; housed in matching slipcase. Block in accordion style. "This book of four poems was created in celebration of the poet Otis Rubottom's twenty-fifth birthday by his mother Sibyl Rubottom. The text is handset in 14 point Bodoni, letter pressed on Daniel Smith Archival paper. Visuals are photo engravings, photo transfers and tinted washes. Printed at Mesa Arts Press in a limited edition of ten copies signed by the author and the artist. With special thanks to Genie Shenk & Jim Machacek." (Colophon). Contains the poems "My Father In The Kitchen Making Waffles," "African Sequences," "Poem For Lars," and "My Mother, Dreaming." Beautifully produced with artwork on left pages with poetry on facing pages. Minor blemishes on… Read More

San Diego, CA: Bay Park Press, 2010. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Clamshell Case(s). Limited Edition. Hardcover. "'We're all born from water. What could be more natural than to swim all your life in that wonderful weightless medium.' - Esther Williams. Esther Williams was my hero growing up on Long Island Sound. I would see each of her movies and try to relive the fabulous water ballet sequences with my girlfriends. These past few years I have been swimming in a beautiful Olympic outdoor pool at the Y in Mission Valley. There are no sharks or seaweed as in my beloved La Jolla Cove. In the pool, palm trees and dappled light line my lanes of thought, perhaps an elephant or two. This book reflects my love of La Jolla Cove and my daily swims to the quarter-mile buoy when the ocean is above 65 degrees. The text was printed on Fabriano Rosapina in Clarendon 30 point type. There are six etchings and three unique oil paintings on mylar in each book. With thanks to Jim Machacek for his guidance… Read More