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If There Weren't So Many of Them You Might Say They Were Beautiful
Tom Tolnay
Barbara de la Cuesta
1992
Author & Artist: Barbara de la Cuesta. Tom Tolnay of Birch Brook Press cast the type for this book on a Monotype system and printed it on 80 lb. Mohawk Vellum Text in Black Marvel ink. Linocuts are printed in Superior Sepia. A V-45 Miehle vertical was used for the text. Type on the cover was set by hand and printed on a 10" x 15" Chandler & Price.
letterpress with linocuts printing
perfect binding
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in
60 pages
text by Barbara de la Cuesta
illustrated by Barbara de la Cuesta
published by Birch Book Press
Birch Brook Press attempts to bring together strong poetry or prose with imaginative art in letterpress editions that are reasonably priced, thereby making such editions available to an audience that might otherwise have no contact with these ancient crafts. Author/artist Barbara de la Cuesta draws upon her talents in this prose-poem, illustrated by four original linocuts, to illuminate the complex human relationships that comprise her daily work as a professional in an old-age facility. Tom Tolnay of Birch Brook Press cast the type for this book on a Monotype system and printed it on 80 lb. Mohawk Vellum Text in Black Marvel ink. Linocuts are printed in Superior Sepia. A V-45 Miehle vertical was used for the text. Type on the cover was set by hand and printed on a 10" x 15" Chandler & Price.
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