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Alastair Johnston
Poltroon Press
Berkeley, CA

Alastair  Johnston's work was exhibited in
Out West
 The Artist's Book in California: Part 1, Northern California
Muted Hawks
(1997) vertical accordion, letterpress text and illustrations
Geometry & New Math
 books about sex
Secretum Iter Et Fallentis Semita Vitae
(1983) Basingwek parchment, accordion spine. Soft cover book with perforated printed pages; 8 leaves. Book 3/5 in The Altered Page.
1998 Member Exhibition
Philosophical Investigations of L. Wittgenstein
(1980) Printed letterpress on handmade paper in an edition of ten copies.
The Altered Page
 selections from The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry
Secretum Iter Et Fallentis Semita Vitae
(1983) Basingwek parchment, accordion spine. Soft cover book with perforated printed pages; 8 leaves. Book 3/5 in The Altered Page.
Literate Letterpress
 an exhibition of finely printed editions of works by contemporary authors
Critical Dreams by Jess
(1986) Printed and published by Poltroon Press. Printed in Ehrhardt on Baskingwerk Parchment paper. Quarter bound cloth with Fiji Unryu paper. Signed by the author.
Tropologue by Dawn Kolokithas
(1986) Printed and published by Poltroon Press. Printed in Baskerville on Warren's O.S. paper. Casebound in grey cloth with printed endsheets. Signed by the author.
Center for Book Arts: The First Decade
 an exhibition at The New York Public Library
Kenko postcard
(1978) Letterpress, hand-splotching.
Kenko postcard, 2nd edition
(1978) Letterpress

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