"The edition is 100 copies for sale & 10 copies hors commerce for the use of the press"--Colophon. "Published ... to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Barbarian Press. The book is printed on Zerkall Book Smooth White in Jan van Krimpen's Van Dijck with John Peters' Castellar for display, all hand-set. The frontispiece, new printer's marks, and colophon device were engraved by Andy English for this edition. David Clifford & Yasmine Franchi at Black Stone Press kindly provided photopolymer plates of bear tracks. ... bound by Alanna Simenson at the Mad Hatter Bookbinding Company in quarter grey morocco & trampled paper over boards, slipcased."--Colophon. Wood engravings by Louis Turpin, E.N. (Edwina) Ellis, Colin Paynton, John DePol, Barry Moser, Wesley Bates, Ted Staunton, Simon Brett, Gerard Brender à Brandis, Abigail Rorer, Peter Lazarov, Andy English, Nancy Ruth Jackson and John Lawrence. "This is the 47th book from the press."--Colophon. Special Collections has copy number 61/100, signed by both authors on Colophon. IaU
Summary:
Each image is a version of the press device--a bear, usually with a press--commissioned by the press for various books over the years.
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