Published by The Artist, Kalamazoo, 2006
Seller: Peninsula Books, Traverse City, MI, U.S.A.
Signed
Condition: Near Fine. Liz Faust is a Fiber and Paper artist. When this book was published, she was living and working in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She is now in Santa Fe, NM. Her signature is on the verso of the title page, and appears to be hand-signed. There are reproductions in color & black & white of over 100 early postcards of Kalamazoo, Michigan on approximately 58 pages, two images per page. The paper-covered covers appear to have been made by the artist in a beautiful green textured paper on the spine with white textured paper on the covers.There is a pictorial pasteon on the front cover of a postcard with the book's title. The end papers are photo-illustrated. The interior papers are an interesting porous glossy stock. This book does not appear in any of the usual sources, and may be a one-off -- if not, it was undoubtely done in a small printing. It is an interesting and highly unusual Kalamazoo, Michigan item by a well-known artist. ; Color & B&W Illustrations; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; [58] pages; Signed by Author.
Published by Purgatory Pie Press, 1987
Seller: Aeon Bookstore, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Art / Print / Poster First Edition Signed
No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Purgatory Pie Press postcard collection Number Six, from the year 1987, with 12 cards present from the year's subscription and kept neatly in the box, which itself is letterpressed and hand numbered 172 out of 300 All 12 cards are beautifully printed and signed, with one even printed on a copper sheet cut to the size of a postcard. All cards are in excellent condition with perhaps the slightest handling wear but hardly a trace. The cardstock grey case with velcro-enclosure also has trace handling and storage wear but overall immaculately kept. Artists include Purgatory co-founders Dikko Faust and Esther Smith as well as Allan Bealy, A.G. Smith, Liz Grace, Lisa Blaushild, M. Bartolos, Brian Buczak, Jan Hartley, Miriam Schaer. Signed by Illustrator(s).