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Published by James Linden [circa 1986], San Francisco, 1986
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible First Edition
First edition. Prospectus for the limited edition publication. Single 6 x 9" leaf printed in black and green. Fine.
Soft cover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Originally printed in an edition of 226 copies by Peter Koch. This copy is one of 150 copies for presentation by James Linden, Peter Koch, Bruce L. Johnson, and David Herson to the members of The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco and The Zamorano Club of Los Angeles on the occasion of their joint meeting in Los Angeles from October 25 to 26, 1986. Signed by Mundy beneath his photograph. Paper folder is lightly scuffed with creased corners, but plates inside are clean and unmarked.
Published by James Linden, San Francisco, CA, 1986
Book Signed
No Binding. Condition: Fine. Mundy, Michael (illustrator). Limited Edition. Broadside poem with original photograph. Limited edition of 226 copies, this is one of 150 copies that were not numbered and were presented to members of The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco and The Zamorano Club of Los Angeles. Folder contains a photo signed in pencil by Michael Mundy and a broadside of the poem "Tree Song" by Gary Snyder. Black and white photo measures approximately 7 x 4 1/2 inches and is mounted on a board measuring 10 x 8 inches. Broadside also measures 10 x 8 inches. Folder is housed in a beige envelope with black lettering. Contents are in fine condition; very mild soiling to envelope. Designed and printed by Peter Koch. This presentation piece combines the work of zen poet and environmentalist Gary Snyder with that of accomplished photographer Michael Mundy. The photo depicts a bough of blossoming Mountain Dogwood, taken near Mirror Lake in Yosemite during May of 1986. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by James Linden, San Francisco, 1986
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition. Designed and printed by Peter Rutledge Koch. Number 17 of 50 numbered copies (of a total edition of 226), SIGNED BY SNYDER AND MUNDY. There were also 150 unsigned copies and 26 lettered copies. Snyder's broadside poem, "Tree Song," signed by him beneath his printed signature and Mundy's archival-mounted black-and-white photograph, "Dogwood, Forest-Yosemite," signed by him on the mat. Items separated by tissue and laid in numbered, paper portfolio printed in gray and green. Housed in original envelope printed in gray and green. Fine. Prospectus with handwritten note from the publisher included as well as the publisher's prospectuses for THE FATES OF ROCKS & TREES, published the same year, and MORE PRINTING FOR THEATER (1987), both with brief notation from publisher.
Published by James Linden, San Francisco, 1986
First Edition Signed
Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, one of only 50 numbered copies out of a total edition of 226 copies produced. This is copy number 13 complete with the original printed mailing envelope with corresponding number. The folder contains a one sheet broadside by Gary Snyder and a mounted photograph by Michael Mundy. This first printing of Gary Snyder's broadside poem, "Tree Song," was designed and printed by Peter Rutledge Koch on Arches Cover. SIGNED by Gary Snyder beneath his printed signature. Michael Mundy's archival-mounted black-and-white photograph, "Dogwood, Forest-Yosemite," is SIGNED by him on the mat. Both items are housed in a stiff paper porfolio. All bright and fine. See photos. Signed.
Published by James Linden, Publisher [designed and printed by Peter Rutledge Koch], San Francisco, 1986
Seller: Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
No binding. Condition: Fine. Mundy, Michael (illustrator). First and Limited Edition. No. 34 of 100 copies, folio size, six separate leaves plus two photographs, signed by Gary Snyder and Michael Mundy. Gary Snyder (b. 1930) is most often thought of in connection with the Beat Movement and the San Francisco Renaissance; he was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1975, the Bollingen Prize for Poetry in 1997, and the American Book Award in 1984, among other awards and honors. By many, he is thought of as the "poet laureate of Deep Ecology" (n.b., per Wiki). These two (then) new publications by Snyder, "Geological Meditation" and "Burned Out" are presented as separate broadsides and are perfectly visually paired with two original photographs by Michael Mundy of San Francisco; "Merced River - El Portal" and "Tree Roots - Clark Lakes". This work was designed and printed by Peter Rutledge Koch, considered by many to be "one of the most accomplished printers and typographic designers of his generation" (from web site of Stanford University); Stanford hosted a retrospective of his work during 2017, to coincide with the release of the three-volume bibliography of his work. A wonderful work which explores the beauty and fragility of the natural world. ___DESCRIPTION: Presented as loose sheets in a custom portfolio with six printed leaves (title page, the two broadside poems, and the colophon) and with two black-and-white photographs, the title page with a green decoration, the two broadside poems signed by Snyder in black ink, the photographs mounted on four-ply archival board titled, signed and dated by Mundy in pencil on the mats and protected by glassine, this no. 34 of 100 copies (although, per the publisher, only about half of the edition size was completed; note there were also fifteen special edition copies and five HDC copies); folio size (14" by 10 7/8"). All encased within a handcrafted portfolio case by Klaus-Ullrich Rötzscher covered with grey imported linen, cream paper spine label with black lettering, cream paper label with black lettering and a green decoration mounted onto the front, the interior lining and the three flaps enclosing the sheets and photographs of grey Fabriano paper, the portfolio measuring 14 1/8" by 11 1/8". Loosely laid in is the prospectus, a single sheet printed on the recto only, measuring 9" by 6". ___CONDITION: The entire work is fine; we acquired it directly from the publisher and every component is clean and crisp, free of any wear or markings; as new.