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Printers in Residence
October 22, 1988 - December 3, 1988

the work of six presses and one bookbinder at The Center for Book Arts

organized by  Ted  Danforth

Alison  Alpert
Memoir: Sholom Aleichem in My Life by Ber Green
(1985)
Songs for Shabbat
(1986) (with cassette)
Songs of Marriage
(1985) Translations of old texts by Ber Green (with cassette).
Christopher  Erb
Coda by Christopher Erb
(1987) Mechanical by Elena Laza; Binding by Angela Scott.
Dead Birds
(1988) Suite of 24 prints by different artists; poems by Christopher Erb.
Venom
(1988) Rives BFK and bark paper for interior and binding of book cloth and snake skin with burlap slipcase.
Dikko  Faust
3 X 3 Pyramid Pie
(1986) Cooperative project at Pyramid Atlantic
Dress Eclectique
(1986) Drawings by Isabelle Dervaux. Mix and match movable book, hand set Futura type printed letterpress with photoengravings and linoleum cut on ANW drawing and Framing paper.
Hidden Agenda, The
(1989) Datebooks for 1987, 1988 and 1989 (prototype binding)
Lilly Lou by Holly Anderson
(1986)
Mysteries of Prague by Paula Goldman
(1984) Linocuts by Dikko Faust. Set of thirteen postcards.
Postcards Seven
(1988) Series of 12 postcards
Postcards Six
(1987) Complete set of Purgatory Pie Press postcards
World at My Fingertips, The; by Donna Ratajezak
(1986)
Katherine  Kuehn
Aunty Em on Binders by Karen Snider
(1986)
Dorothy During Wounded Knee by Karen A. Snider
(1984)
Fox and the Farmer, The; by Thomas P. Pinkert
(1985) Woodcuts reproduced from a 1780 edition of Aesop, additional illustrations by Ruth Lingen.
O, Glinda Love. . . By Karen A. Snider
(1984)
T.S. Eliot: A Tribute by Ted Hughes
(1987) Printed for Faber & Faber. Three Mylar-encapsulated books.
Walking with My Sons by Joe Bruchac
(1986)
Elena  Laza
Coda by Christopher Erb
(1987) Mechanical by Elena Laza; Binding by Angela Scott.
Dead Birds
(1988) Suite of 24 prints by different artists; poems by Christopher Erb.
Venom
(1988) Rives BFK and bark paper for interior and binding of book cloth and snake skin with burlap slipcase.
Nora  Ligorano
Two prototype Roger Powell bindings
(1987)
Ruth  Lingen
Dream and Reality
Hesitation
(1982)
Intestinal Fortitude
(1988) Prototype
Mark Twain Compliments the President's Wife
(1984) Hardbound book with letterpress pages
Nothing by Tim Raworth
(1987)
Peter Parley's Visit . . .
(1987) Printed for Bowne & Co.
Ruth Makes a Masterpiece
Xerox flipbook
Scighte by Joe Napora
(1987) Binding by Tim Ely. (Specimen pages and broadside in case, special edition on wall.)
Lois  Lowenstein
Memoir: Sholom Aleichem in My Life by Ber Green
(1985)
Songs for Shabbat
(1986) (with cassette)
Songs of Marriage
(1985) Translations of old texts by Ber Green (with cassette).
Esther K.  Smith
3 X 3 Pyramid Pie
(1986) Cooperative project at Pyramid Atlantic
Dress Eclectique
(1986) Drawings by Isabelle Dervaux. Mix and match movable book, hand set Futura type printed letterpress with photoengravings and linoleum cut on ANW drawing and Framing paper.
Hidden Agenda, The
(1989) Datebooks for 1987, 1988 and 1989 (prototype binding)
Lilly Lou by Holly Anderson
(1986)
Mysteries of Prague by Paula Goldman
(1984) Linocuts by Dikko Faust. Set of thirteen postcards.
Postcards Seven
(1988) Series of 12 postcards
Postcards Six
(1987) Complete set of Purgatory Pie Press postcards
World at My Fingertips, The; by Donna Ratajezak
(1986)
Carol  Sturm
Bronze by James Merrill
(1984)
Candles of Your Eyes by James Purdy
(1985)
Japan: Prose of Departure
(1987) Text by James Merrill. Printed letterpress from handset Bembo type on T. H. Saunders handmade paper. Sewn in wrappers of Richard de Bas handmade paper.
Carol  Sturm
Japan: Prose of Departure
(1987) Text by James Merrill. Printed letterpress from handset Bembo type on T. H. Saunders handmade paper. Sewn in wrappers of Richard de Bas handmade paper.
Carol  Sturm
Japan: Prose of Departure
(1987) Text by James Merrill. Printed letterpress from handset Bembo type on T. H. Saunders handmade paper. Sewn in wrappers of Richard de Bas handmade paper.
Jonah by Guy Davenport
(1986)
Kinder Capers by W.D. Snodgrass
(1986) Letterpress printed Optima type on Whatman paper
Souvenirs by James Merrill
(1984)
Sun at Midnight by Muso Soseki
(1985) W.S. Merwin, trans. Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi.
Verses for a Fordham Commencement by Seamus Heaney
(1984)
Doug  Wolf
Bronze by James Merrill
(1984)
Candles of Your Eyes by James Purdy
(1985)
Japan: Prose of Departure
(1987) Text by James Merrill. Printed letterpress from handset Bembo type on T. H. Saunders handmade paper. Sewn in wrappers of Richard de Bas handmade paper.
Jonah by Guy Davenport
(1986)
Kinder Capers by W.D. Snodgrass
(1986) Letterpress printed Optima type on Whatman paper
Souvenirs by James Merrill
(1984)
Sun at Midnight by Muso Soseki
(1985) W.S. Merwin, trans. Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi.
Verses for a Fordham Commencement by Seamus Heaney
(1984)

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