Seventeen April Fools Keepsakes from Foolscap Press.

(FOOLSCAP PRESS)

Published by Fooldscap Press 1999-2018, San Francisco, 1999

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First editions of these farcical pamphlets. Octavos. Variously paginated and often illustrated. Publisher's sewn stiff wrappers of various hues. Excellent.Peggy Gotthold and Lawrence G. Van Velzer each worked at Arion Press with Glenn Todd; Peggy in the bindery and Lawrence as printer and typesetter. In 1990 they established Foolscap Press. "Foolscap Press is Lawrence G. Van Velzer and Peggy Gotthold. They started Foolscap Press in 1990 after many years in the business in order to publish books under their own imprint. All of the editions are designed, printed and bound at the Press. Peggy Gotthold worked as a bookbinder at Schuberth Bookbindery in San Francisco for a number of years, as well as at Arion Press. She trained in letterpress printing and typesetting at Cowell Press (UCSC), Yolla Bolly Press and Artichoke Press. Larry operated his own press and worked as a printer and typesetter at Arion Press. His father taught printing in technical high schools and was a letterpress printer who learned printing from his father, who published a newspaper printed on a handpress in the 1870's. Foolscap Press is located in the small coastal community of Santa Cruz, along the central coast of California, not far over the hills from San Francisco. The printing facility, bindery and their home surround a kitchen garden in the summer and bird sanctuary in the winter. The pressroom is set up with two platen presses, two proof presses and an assortment of other letterpress equipment. Books are printed from either lead type or from work generated from the computer and made into photopolymer plates, then mounted for letterpress printing. They publish their own original first editions or texts, and produce work for other publishers and fine presses as well. Peggy and Larry work as a creative team, collaborating on all aspects of book production, from conception through marketing." (Nawakum). Titles are; The Spring Haiku of Tobu Sho, 1999. A Letter to Isabelle Rimbaud, 2000. General Dwight D. Eisenhower's Golf Caddie, 2001. Shakespeare: Motions & the Man: Essays by Henryk Moosekowski, 2003. Gaillard Durfort: An Ordinary Frenchman's Ride Up & Down History related by Laurent Durfort, 2004. Tayler's Ho, a Snaile! A Crye for Haelp, 2005. My Private Library: Confessions of a Collector by Basil Roan Quagga, 2006. On the Labeling of Paintings: A Guide for the Art School Impaired, 2007. [B. Traven: An Interview with Himself], 2008. A Foundational Literature Experience for a Young Person, 2010. Calliope vs. Thamyris, et al., 2011. The Diaries of a Damp Stone, 2012. Hoarder's Manual No. 77, 2013. New Foolszit Roman: Finally, a typeface for the rest of us, 2014. Harry Paget Flashman: Dawn of a Dastardly Hero, 2015. A Truer History of Doctor Dolittle, 2016. Murder by the Book, 2018.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Seventeen April Fools Keepsakes from Foolscap Press.
• Publisher: Fooldscap Press 1999-2018, San Francisco
• Publication Date: 1999