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Editions Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2016. Limited/Numbered Edition; First Printing. Stiff wraps. Front cover: Very faint diagonal marks from rubbing. Very light, short wave adjacent to spine. Back cover: Darkened, 1" square sticker ghost and slight, 1/4" marred spot. ; Old Faithful Geyser reproduces images from a roll of color photo film found by Pascale Georiev's father in 1991 or 1992 at Yellowstone National Park. The film was developed approximately 23 years later to reveal the scenes that captured the attention of an unknown photographer. This FIRST COPY of the edition of 300 is stamped 001/300 at the tail of the inside back cover. From a description by Georgiev: "Drawn from a series of corroded vernacular photographs discovered by curator Pascale Georgiev, Old Faithful acknowledges the reoccurring instances that author patterns of life, personas, and memories. Featuring 17 kaleidoscopic photographs of Yellowstone National Park’s Old Faithful Geyser,… Read More

No Place Stated: Black Swan Letterpress Printing and Graphic Design. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1995. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Short, tight split to the wrap at the tail of the spine.; One woman's journey in letterpress and graphic design, from unloading machinery in her driveway, to the tedious business of book and job printing, to the "Swan Song" of her Black Swan press years later. More than storytelling, it's rendered as an artist's book with text printed over illustrated leaves. Some pages have two story lines interspaced together in different text colors. One of a limited edition of 500. No place of publication stated, but likely Providence, RI where Black resided at the time of publication. 12 pages, but unpaginated. Black says of her two presses: "It might take me several hours to get the make-ready just right. The thing about C&P's (sic) is that the first impression always looks like shit. Even after three years I have to steel myself for… Read More