Search Results: Titles starting with A from Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers, LLC

New Haven, Connecticut:: the jenny-press,, 2005.. Edition of 300. 5.5 x 8.25"; 56 pages. Perfect bound. Softcover with illustrated wraps. Numbered. the jenny-press: "This conference was held at Wellesley College, June 15-18, 2005, and was intended for all people involved with artists' books to exchange viewpoints, share information, and explore ideas. The conference, composed of panels, tours, and a book fair, considered many aspects of the field, from collecting to production and marketing. The conference was 'bookended' with two keynote addresses. The opening talk offered a historical perspective by Betty Bright and the closing talk present and exploration of collection development practices by Mark Dimunation. The keynote addresses are published together with an introduction by the conference conveners, Ruth Rogers and Richard Zauft, and a list of artists and works cited in the talks.

[Chicago]:: Hannah Batsel/,, 2017 / 2021.. Edition of 70 (50 regular; 20 special).. Small page spreads measure 12.25" x 18". Two large foldout spreads measure 12.25 x 36". Printed on Mohawk Superfine paper in the summer of 2017 at Spudnik Press in Chicago. All illustrations original linoleum cuts drawn and carved by H. M. Batsel. Colophon and title page designed by Drue McCurdy. Bound in drum-leaf style. Case wrapped in a hand-colored linoleum print. Numbered and signed by the artist. Hannah Batsel: "This book is an illustrated retelling of the Greek myth of Actaeon, a skilled hunter who, on a hunt with his pack of dogs, stumbles upon the goddess Artemis and her retinue bathing in the forest. Artemis, enraged that Actaeon has seen her bathing, transforms him into a stag; he is quickly dispatched by his own hunting dogs. "In this version, Actaeon does not turn into a stag, but rather receives the treatment given to so many slasher film starlets: he becomes both victim… Read More

Everett, Washington:: John R. Hastings,, 2018.. Edition of 10. 5.5 x 4.25"; 16 pages plus covers. Printed on HP Premium Presentation paper using an Epson Stylus Photo 2200 printer with pigment inks. Over printed on Moab Entrada Fine Art Bright paper. Comic Sans font. Pamphlet sewn binding. Signed and numbered by the artist. John R. Hastings, Colophon: "I've been at it again -- having fun with words. It's amazing how changing one vowel can so change the meaning of a word. I hope you have as much fun looking at this book as I did making it.

Tallahassee, Florida:: Small Craft Advisory Press,, 2011.. Edition of 50. 7 x 7.5 x .25"; 18 pages. Images printed from laser cut wood blocks on SCAP's Takach Etching Press on Arches 88. Cover was laser engraved with formLab's [formLab is Florida State University's center for arts research] Epilog laser cutter on Steel Gray Dur-o-tone French cover stock. Numbered. Small Craft Advisory Press: "In this book, artist Marius Watz explores the translation of his digital and code based imagery from the screen to ink on paper." www.mariuswatz.com: "Marius Watz is an artist and educator working with visual abstraction through generative software processes. His work is concerned with the synthesis of form as the product of parametric behaviors. He is known for his hard-edged geometries and vivid colors, with output ranging from software works and public projections to physical objects produced through digital fabrication technology.

Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland:: Coracle Books,, 2016.. Edition of 250. 6.5 x 9"; 24 pages. Letterpress printed in two colors. Case bound. Numbered. Coracle: "A collection of more of Living Locally, some seen as postcards, from the ongoing series which continues as a translation of the vernacular speech of where the author lives." The title of no. 35 of the Living Locally series comes from the phrase "Above the Bed". In the author's part of the world "When someone is in bed he is said to be Above in the Bed." Van Horn muses as to what the phrase actually means. She also explores other regional word usage such as "A Hot Drop", "The Long Acre", and "The cock's step".

Barcelona, Spain:: Carla Busquets,, 2023.. One-of-a-Kind. Size: 25cm x 14 cm x 13cm (open book). Box: 15cm x 18,5cm x 3,5cm. Technique: paste paper, heat foil, accordion book. Signed by the artist. Carla Busquets: "The accordion book unfolds to a sea of abundance, with waves that merge with each other carrying fish of metallic tones.

El Cerrito, California:: Red Parrot Press,, 2008.. Edition of 6. 12 x 9" closed; 36 x 23" open. When open, it is cross-shaped, a horizontal and vertical foldbook with a common page. Linocuts. Tie closure. Milman’s second book about the oil spill in the San Francisco Bay on November 9, 2007. On that day the container ship Cosco Busan rammed the Bay Bridge and spilled 58,000 gallons of fuel. With a blot of red paper over the black-and-white linocuts, there is no doubt where Milman's sympathies lie - certainly not with the oil companies.

Everett, Washington:: John R. Hastings,, 2015.. Edition of 10. 5.5 x 8.5"; 12 pages. Printed on HP Premium Presentation Paper using an Epson Stylus Photo 2200 printer with pigment inks. Pamphlet bound in covers printed on Canson Mi-Teintes paper. Signed and numbered by the artist. John Hastings: "We are constantly surrounded by words. They are in the books we read, on signs, beamed over the airwaves, spilling out in conversations all around us. They can be a source of inspiration, help us sift through difficult matters, and are quite often a source of amusement. And for a writer they are often all of these things. "I am always looking at words for creative ideas. When I'm not writing, I enjoy playing word games like crossword puzzles. After having worked many hundreds of them, I began to see within them rhymes and stories, and these began to grow into found poems. Within these pages you will find ten of my favorites.

Seattle, Washington:: Bonnie Thompson Norman,, 2010.. [Edition of 25]. 6 x 13"; 9 pages. Letterpress printed on a Vandercook SP15. Hand bound in a tablet format. Bonnie Thompson Norman: "An Activist's Tablet is something of a play on words as it is intended as a Prescription for Doing Good in the World. It is a series of broadsides with exhortations to vote, give, help, etc., in a 'tablet format' and it is hoped that each sheet will be pulled off and posted as instructed on the title page...Take One and Pass It On. (The pun here is obvious, I hope...a prescription for a pill or tablet...broadsides bound in a tablet format, take one, etc." (Five copies remaining)

Tuscaloosa, Alabama:: Big Jump Press,, 2023.. Edition of 66 (26 lettered, 40 numbered). 5.5 x 9"; 20 pages. Colophon: "Text for this project was gathered, edited, and recombined by Sarah Bryant from a series of recorded interviews conducted in 2022. Imagery in this book comes from photographs of Burmese letterforms taken by Ben Mitchell as part of his design process. Examples of the Burmese letter Na were traced and carved in linoleum by Sarah Bryant. Papers for this book include Zerkall Book, Clearprint Design Vellum, and Colorplan. The text has been digitally set in Arno, a typeface designed by Robert Slimbach, and Sanomat Burmese, designed by Ben Mitchell, and printed letterpress from polymer plates." Handsewn pamphlet style binding. Stiff paper wrapper with printed illustration on front cover. Laid in letter fold wrapper. Produced in an edition of 44, of which 26 lettered copies bound individually and 40 bound alongside other collaborative components of the 'Acts of… Read More

Tuscaloosa, Alabama:: Big Jump Press,, 2023.. Edition of 66 (26 lettered, 40 numbered). 5.5 x 9"; 20 pages. Papers include Red River double side Premium Matte and Colorplan. Text set in Arno, Myriad, and Monaco type. Printed letterpress using polymer plates from Boxcar press. Produced in an edition of 44, of which 26 lettered copies bound individually and 40 bound alongside other collaborative components of the 'Acts of Translation" project. Signed by Allen and Bryant. Lettered. Big Jump Press: "Dr. David Allen studies the ecology of ticks and tick-borne diseases. He uses an integrated theoretical and empirical approach to tease apart the biotic and abiotic drivers of tick populations and tick-borne pathogen persistence. He has published his work in numerous journals, including 'Journal of Medical Entomology, Biological Conservation, Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Northeastern Naturalist'. His research into the Ixodes population has received a grant from the National… Read More

Tuscaloosa, Alabama:: Big Jump Press,, 2022.. Edition of 66. 5.5 x 9"; 33 pages. Papers for this project include Clearprint Design Vellum, Colorplan, and Canon Pro Premium Matte Photo Paper. Text was set in Arno and Myriad type and printed letterpress using polymer plates from Boxcar Press. The photograph was inkjet printed by Allison Grant in her studio. Handsewn pamphlet style binding. Stiff paper wrapper with printed illustration on front cover. Laid in letter fold wrapper. Signed by Grant and Bryant. Produced in an edition of 66, of which 26 copies are lettered a through z and bound individually, and 40 copies will be numbered and bound alongside other collaborative components of the Acts of Translation project. This project was made possible by financial support and community building from the Collaborative Arts Research Initiative at The University of Alabama. Sarah Bryant: "'Acts of Translation: Allison Grant' is the first in a series of collaborative books from Big Jump… Read More

Quilcene, Washington:: Pied Typer Press,, 2023.. Edition of 5. 9 x 12"; 4 pages. Colophon: "Layout & printing in InDesign by Gramma Robyn Johnson. Concept, text & mechanics by Peter Newland aka Grampa Peanut. Illustrations by Grandson: Flynn Elde-Sylvester, at age 8. Digitally printed on an Epson SC900 on Moab Lasal Matte paper. Four unique folio copies numbered 1-4 and four unique hard cover versions lettered A-D were produced. The hard cover versions are contained in a protective cover of Cave Paper and include two of Elde-Sylvester's original drawings" Signed on the colophon by the three collaborators. Adrift on the Pandemic Sea" was produced at Tarboo Studio for the 2023 Puget Sound Book Artists annual member exhibit themed "Collaboration". "Adrift" was created through the efforts of two grandparents and their grandson.  Grandson Flynn spent second and most of his third grade years in front of a computer at home. COVID kept him and his… Read More

Tuscaloosa, Alabama:: Parallel Editions,, 1992.. Edition of 90. 5.5 x 8.625"; 48 pages. Designed and printed by Steve Miller, Bill Sneeberger, and Terry Taylor. Printed letterpress with Gill Sans on Dulcet paper. Lithographs by Mario Laplante. Softbound in hand-colored Tyvek in limp-vellum style by Catherine May and Coriander Reisbord. Signed by John Taggart. Numbered. A book of fragments from the writings of Aeschylus translated by John Taggart with an introduction by Philip Lockhart. The fragments are numbered with an index to reference the fragment with the original text. Professor Philip Lockhart (1928-2011) taught for twenty-seven years at Dickinson College. Mario Laplante, in 1992 Assistant Professor in Printmaking at the University of Alabama: "The prints I make usually find their way into Artist books. The cover, half title page, folios, and colophons allow my fascination… Read More

Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland:: Coracle / Peter Foolen Editions,, 2011.. Edition of 300. 7 x 8"; 40 unnumbered pages. Printed in duotone offset lithography by R. Booth, Penryn, Cornwall. Photographs of the A boats of the Everard Line taken from The Allen Collection. Hardback linen covers with embossed block printing in 3 colors. Design by Simon Cutts and Peter Foolen. Another of Simon Cutts' wonderful but maddening simple and confounding productions. This book combines images of the ships from Everard Line whose names begin with A (Affinity is notably – or not – not present) and a letter on the subject of concrete poetry from idiosyncratic and combative Scottish poet and artist Ian Hamilton Finlay to Pierre Garnier. As is usual with Coracle productions, there is much to be pondered and learned – and enjoyed – from this mix of particularity and peculiarity.

Grasswood, Saskatchewan, Canada:: Byopia Press,, 2015.. Edition of 24. 5.5 x 4.75" lidded box. Set of digitally printed accordions with paper doll, custom wrapped crayons, simulated till tape. Materials: paper, crayons, self-adhesive labels, purchased tin. Linocuts by Monique Martin. Writing, digital design, custom production (printing and assembly) by Cathryn Miller. Signed and numbered by Miller. Cathryn Miller: "I collaborated on this work with Monique Martin because we both feel that rampant consumerism is a major social problem. It not only leads to things like appalling working conditions in third world factories and massive personal debt in North America, it doesn't really make the ultimate consumers happy. One might define Affluenza as a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety, and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more. Proponents of the term consider that over-emphasis on endless increases in material possessions may lead to… Read More

Waukesha, Wisconsin:: Citron Press,, 2013.. Edition of 50. 6 x 4.7"; 30 pages. Double-sided accordion printed with solar plates and letterpress. Paper-covered boards. Signed and numbered by the artist. The artist created her own A to Z set of animals. The story goes that after a flood in Waukesha the animals of the A Through Z Pet Emporium escaped their cages and fled to the upper floors. After the waters receded and the animals returned to their "homes," thirteen babies were found. Curiosities of nature had been born: a Bassadillo (armadillo + basset hound); a Herrhound (greyhound + heron); a Narth (moth + narwhal), etc.  We always knew that mixing it up was fun, but this is wonderfully outrageous.

Wellesley, Mass :: C. David Thomas,, 2015.. Edition of 50. 6 x 8.5"; 61 pages. Printed inkjet using and Epson Stylus Photo R2880 inkjet printer with archival ink and paper. Text printed on Arches 88 Silk Screen paper made in France; Myriad Pro font. Images printed on photographic paper. Presented in a lacquered wood and curved composite box 11 x 8 x 4" made by craftsmakers in Hanoi, Vietnam. Box in a handmade silk bag made by Vietnamese-American women working at the Southeast Asian Coalition in Worcester, Massachusetts. Silk cloth handwoven in Van Village near Hanoi. Signed and numbered by the artist. Subjects covered include "Agent Orange: A War Story" by C. David Thomas; "Tiger Lillies in Asia"; "Agent Orange Facts"; "American Veterans Law Suit Against the Manufacturers of Agent Orange"; " Vietnamese Victims Class Action Lawsuit in U. S. Courts"  Prospectus: "The subject of this sixty-one page artist's book is Agent… Read More

Phillipsburg, New Jersey:: Maryann Riker,, 2012.. Series Variant. 8 x 5 x 3" shadowbox construction with magic wallet hinging. Materials: binder's board; wood; paper; metal; plastic. Collage. Maryann Riker: "Women were allowed to trade, own ships, work as retailers, innkeepers and more when men went off to war or work! Many women came into contact with pirates and conducted business with them. Women boarded pirates and hid them from harm and the law. In such close proximity to these scalawags, some women took to the high seas, either willingly or unwillingly depending upon the scalawag. Some went as wives or mistresses; while others dressed as men and served on the pirate ships as shipmates performing the same work as the men. Some of these women fought in wars, traveled the world and followed their husbands as men; and then returned to society as women and bore children. Some became captains of their own ships or mutinied and took over. Either way they made a name for themselves and… Read More

Minneapolis, Minnesota:: Angel Bomb ,, 2012.. Edition of 250. Standard edition: 10.5 x 7.5"; 12 pages.Printed letterpress in three colors on 100% cotton Crane Lettra. Handprinted on a Vandercook 219 proof press. Handbound pamphlet stitch binding. Signed and numbered by the artist. Todd M. Thyberg: "The Airship is a science fiction story and first in a trilogy of planned letterpress graphic novels. In it, I seek to draw a literary analogy between the dichotomy of using modern day digital design tools to create works that are produced on vintage analog equipment. In this story, set in a fictional past, one of the characters is transported to another dimension in space and time. His attempts to communicate across this gulf are indecipherable to the reader without access to a smartphone. I hope to entice readers into seeing new possibilities for tying two disparate mediums together for a more interactive and unique experience. Readers must use their smartphone to scan QR codes so they can… Read More