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Book Works, London
April 2, 1987 - May 9, 1987

an exhibition of contemporary British printers, binders and visual artists

Nikki  Bell
British Museum, The
(1987) Installation incorporating "The British Museum": Three framed photographic prints, 36 x 48 in, with construction 55 x 30 x 24 in made from beech wood, glass and lacquer; and three books: "The British Museum;" "The Reading Room;" and "The Panopticon;" 11 x 13 x 2 1/2 in each of wood products, glass & lacquer.
Egg Book, The
(1986) Wood, paper, glass, eggs.
Fish Book, The
(1986) Wood, glass, dried anchovies, seaweed, varnish, gold leaf.
Ruined Book, The
(1986) (Maquette). Wood, photographic paper, paint.
Ken  Campbell
AbaB
(1984) Concertina fold book in wooden boards. 3 colour silkscreen.
Amoroma
(1984) Seven varnished sheets of paper, printed letterpress. 60 lb. nylon fishing twine, curved needles and three bronze hooves.
Broken Rules and Double Crosses
(1984) Letterpress and silkscreen
Father's Hook
(1977) Letterpress on chinese handmade paper in wooden boards
Horse
(1986) Letterpress
Night Feet on Earth
(1987) Letterpress
Pella  Erskine-Tulloch
Journey 1
(1986) Original drawings and watercolours on zig zag folds by Julia Farrer, sculpted and inlaid boards in goatskin by Erskine-Tulloch & Rolo
Journey 2
(1986) Original drawings and watercolours on zig zag folds by Julia Farrer, sculpted and inlaid boards in goatskin by Erskine-Tulloch & Rolo
Songs From the Society of Mystic Animals by Jerome Rothenberg, Richard Johnny John and Ian Tyson
(1987) Six different bindings in goatskin and one in vellum.
Robert  Hadrill
As the Story Progresses Another Element Appears
(1986) Paper and cloth binding over original mixed media. Made with Colin Hall.
Barcelona
(1985) Paper and cloth binding over original mixed media. Made with Colin Hall.
Crocodile Puddles
(1984) Text by Roger McGough, hand coloured photographic images by Christian Hasucha, printing and binding, Robert Hadrill.
German Peace
(1987) Paper and cloth binding over original mixed media. Made with Colin Hall.
THETWENTHIETHCENTURYBOOKOFTHEDEAD
(1987) Binding of paper and board over image & text. Gadi Hollander & Rob Hadrill.
David  Jacobson
Cantrip for Beuys
(1987) Felt with mixed media
Noumena (unknowable reality)
(1987) Gel bound book with egg
Primitive Huts or the Origins of Architecture
(1985) Second version, edition of 10. Unique copy, etchings, drawings & resin coated paper. Bound by Romilly Saumarez-Smith
Primitive Huts or the Origins of Architecture
(1985) First edition. Unique copy, etchings, drawings & resin coated paper. Bound by Romilly Saumarez-Smith
Two Sides to a Story
(1987) Drawings and monoprints
Susan  Johanknecht
Blook Book
(1985) Mixed media. Ring Binding.
Eve
(1987) Poem by Sandra McPherson. Hanging construction and design by artist. Printed and bound Janus Press, Vermont. Calico box lined with black chiffon.
Fast Pass
(1984) Poem by Barbara Luck. Printing and collage and metal covers by artist.
Hermetic Waste
(1986) Letterpress and collographs. Ridged plastic binding.
Well-Heeled
(1985) Loose folios in shoe box.
Ben  Langlands
British Museum, The
(1987) Installation incorporating "The British Museum": Three framed photographic prints, 36 x 48 in, with construction 55 x 30 x 24 in made from beech wood, glass and lacquer; and three books: "The British Museum;" "The Reading Room;" and "The Panopticon;" 11 x 13 x 2 1/2 in each of wood products, glass & lacquer.
Egg Book, The
(1986) Wood, paper, glass, eggs.
Fish Book, The
(1986) Wood, glass, dried anchovies, seaweed, varnish, gold leaf.
Ruined Book, The
(1986) (Maquette). Wood, photographic paper, paint.
Nicholas  Phillips
Egyptian Hours
(1979) Handcoloured embossed etchings in suede case
Life of Plankton
(1979) Mixed media
Tales from the Floating World
(1983) Aquatints in blue moire silk boards in slip case
Jane  Rolo
Dispute
(1987) Concertina book, mixed media
Journey 1
(1986) Original drawings and watercolours on zig zag folds by Julia Farrer, sculpted and inlaid boards in goatskin by Erskine-Tulloch & Rolo
Journey 2
(1986) Original drawings and watercolours on zig zag folds by Julia Farrer, sculpted and inlaid boards in goatskin by Erskine-Tulloch & Rolo
Songs From the Society of Mystic Animals by Jerome Rothenberg, Richard Johnny John and Ian Tyson
(1987) Six different bindings in goatskin and one in vellum.
Well-Heeled
(1987) Leather binding with case. Text "Well-Heeled" from Gefn Press
Romilly  Saumarez-Smith
Girl in the Apple, The by Ann Brunskill
(1987) Limp binding of grey sanded goatskin with exposed sewing, in soft case.
Gronger Hill by John Dyer
(1987) Lithographs by John Piper. Binding in grey sanded goatskin with inlaid bands on spine, sides made of overlays of varnished and waxed cotton. Edges rough gilt all round.
Theodore & Honoria
(1987) Limp binding in varnished and waxed cotton, spine piece of graphite and platinum leaf, exposed sewing.
David  Sellars
An Autobiographical Outline by Ezra Pound
(1985) Black goatskin binding, scratched and drawn over 3 leather and vellum thongs attached to three clasps.
Bloomsday by Morton Levitt and Saul Field
(1987) Leather over binders board and cork inlaid into covers
In Memoriam by Alfred Lord Tennyson
(1979) Covered in reversed goatskin, dyed and inlaid with sculpted leather encapsulating leather dust. Nylon guitar string sewn through cover. UV perspex case with base made from wood and modelling compound covered in leather.
Peter Grimes by George Crabbe
(1985) Handmade paper with leather over board inlays. Reverse goatskin spine.
Selected Poems by S. Softer Damon
(1987) Covered in reverse goatskin, inlaid with reconstituted leather; vellum and leather flap with clasp. Box made of wood millboard, string and leather.
Jake  Tilson
6641
(1985) Xerox, instantprint, rubber stamps, single colour xerox
Atlas 1
(1985) Colour xerox, offset, instantprint
Atlas 2
(1986) Offset litho
Dossier
(1985) offset litho
Excavator Barcelona Excavador
(1986) Colour xerox, B&W xerox, instantprint, rubber stamps, single colour xerox, found items.
Exposure
(1985) Single colour xerox, B&W xerox, colour xerox.
Maps as Shorthand
(1985) B&W xerox, colour xerox, instantprint, single colour xerox
V Agents part 3, The
(1986) 3 colour offset litho with B&W xerox

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