Special edition, numbered 26-60, signed by the artist. Folded map of Corriganville Regional Park laid in at end. "Printed letterpress on Somerset papers. Each signature consists of a folio of custom abaca paper by Katie Macgregor wrapped around a Somerset Book Wove folio with a quarto-folded sheet of handmade kozo forming the center spread. Long-stitched sewn with waxed hand-dyed linen threat through a cover of rough heavyweight Twinrocker unbleached abaca. Reinforced spine with a folded piece of green goat parchment. A bone button and braid of linen thread forms the closure."--Vamp & Tramp Booksellers website (accessed January 22, 2015). "Where Stucco Meets Chaparral is a printed herbarium of local California native plants with stories of local and natural history and personal observation gathered during many years of daily walks. Detailed images of seven indigenous plants are letterpress printed in multiple colors in tight registration through their seasonal life cycles that contrast hand-carved representations of the environmental context where they prevail."--Artist's statement, Vamp & Tramp Booksellers website (accessed January 22, 2015). Type is handset California Old Style cast by M & H Typefounders and Gothic xx Condensed wood type, with photopolymer plates and hand-carved Gomuban relief plates.--Colophon. Library copy is 46 and signed by the artist. IaU
OCLC:
(OCoLC)900735664
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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