Mare Blocker (11 results)

Signed, limited, first edition.

Wraps. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed and numbered limited edition of 88 copies; this being #52. Letterpress printed to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the M. Kimberly Press. Illustrations are linoleum cuts with both image and text. Non-adhesive unsupported sewing structure in an Astralux letterpress printed cover.

Very attractive specimen book from Seattle book artist, Mare Blocker who founded the M. Kimberly press in 1984. This is the "first, last, and only type specimen book" printed by the press to commemorate its fourth anniversary. . 9x5" [15]ff, printed in two colors, rectos only on Ragston paper. Stitched in plain wraps with pink Astrolux cover. Near fine copy with very light wear at spine ends First edition, number 23 of 88 signed copies.

Spiral Bound. Condition: Fine. First Edition. One of one hundred signed and numbered copies. 6 3/4 x 10 in. [23]pp., printed verso only in silver with 20 mounted linoleum cuts printed on Magnani Pescia. Double loop wire bound, with tan paper covered boards and mounted title label on front cover. A Fine copy.

Wraps. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. One of one hundred fifty numbered copies signed by Mare Blocker; this being #27. Additionally inscribed to noted printer Chris Stern: "For my pal Chris / too bad I didn't see the 'e'. / Thanks for your help and ideas / (initialed) MK." 5 x 7-1/2'. Bound accordion-fold style featuring 11 panels, with the rear cover affixed to the final page. Gray stiff card covers printed from an original linocut design. A story told in pictures, 'illustrated in the tradition of Hans Holbein the Younger whose woodcuts have been a source of great inspiration. printed on the occasion of the The M Kimberly Press' Seventh Anniversary.'. A Fine copy.

This book was modeled after the popular Victorian parlor game, the Exquisite Corpse. It was played by a number of people, each drawing one segment of a "corpse" on an accordion-folded piece of paper. Each segment was drawn without seeing the rest of the corpse. That was how Separated at Birth was written and illustrated. One of the authors wrote a paragraph and sent a sentence to the other, which then became the first sentence of their paragraph Octavo. Unpaginated. Ten woodcuts in blue, black, and red by the authors. Printed on Rives Heavyweight in Times New Roman and Futura types. Taupe cloth with red lettering on the front cover in an accordion-style binding. Lower back cover slightly bumped and slight staining on the lower front cover. A near fine copy. Of 35 copies, this is number 28, signed in ink by the authors on the colophon. Mare Blocker founded the M Kimberly Press is 1984 and specializes in printmaking, book arts, and drawing. She worked as the Visiting Instructor of Art at Whitman College and a Workshop Instructor in bookbinding at the Missoula Art Museum.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Book and archive of related material, includes: 5 handwritten cards by Mare Blocker of the text; three page typed letter regarding the proposed project between Blocker and Chris Stern; two greeting cards printed by Blocker and addressed to Stern regarding the book; two color printed test sheets (one featuring text). The book is one of thirty-five signed and numbered copies (signed by Blocker and Stern); this being #30. 6 .75 x 9.5 in. Printed on Rives Heavyweight in Times New Roman and Futura types, and bound accordion-style with 32 folding panels into gray cloth with red lettering on the front cover. Illustrated with ten woodcuts printed in blue, black, and red. A Fine copy. // "A strange tale of sharp things, dark things, curiosity & love', based on the Victorian parlor game 'Exquisite Corpse'.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. An artist's book from the author of Geek Love, illustrated exuberantly with original color prints by Mare Blocker. The book was published in an edition of just 125 copies in conjunction with the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The late Katherine Dunn is best known for her circus novel, Geek Love. "This limited edition artist's book was inspired by circus route books, popular in America at the turn of the century. The book chronicles the exploits of an imaginary circus during its spring/summer season. Letterpress printed, illustrated and bound by Mare Blocker, text by Mare Blocker and Katherine Dunn. Illustrations are color linoleum and magnesium cuts representing circus performers, one fold-out color lithograph of performing lions and tigers, and two die-cut pages in the shape of animal heads. Book is numbered on the last three digits of the pink ticket on the colophon page. This book was .selected by the NMWA Library Fellows as a winner for the 1991 Artists' Book competition." [56] pages, with a large fold-out plate. A fine copy. This is no. 061 of 125, signed by author and artist below their portraits at the front of the book. A really lovely book.

Center for Book Arts (illustrator). 11" x 11" Round shaped, case bound concertina, with printed navy Iris cloth on both the book covers and lidded clamshell box. n.p. Limited to an edition of 50 signed and numbered copies. Istoriato is an Italian narrative style of pottery decoration which uses the pottery body solely as support for a purely pictorial effect. Originating about 1500 in Faenza, Italy, paintings comparable in seriousness to Italian Renaissance easel paintings were applied to Maiolica ware. The subjects, biblical, historical, and mythological scenes, are executed with a realism (including the use of perspective) quite unlike any previous pottery decoration. Although violating aesthetic rules in their subordination of shape to decoration, such wares remain works of great skill, as well as beauty. During her Sally R. Bishop residency at the Center, Mare Blocker explored how the design of this pottery changed with the invention of the printing press. Multiple color linoeleum blocks and type were printed on Magnani Pescia. Produced at the Center for Book Arts, each boxed set also includes a unique plate decorated in the style of Maiolica pottery. Round shaped, case bound concertina, with printed navy Iris cloth on both the book covers and lidded clamshell box.

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A small group of archival material, including the first edition signed by Katherine Dunn and Mare Blocker (as called for) and additionally inscribed by Blocker to noted printer and collaborator Chris Stern, "Dear Flying Fingers - Thanks so much for all your hard work. Please join us again next season. Much Love, The Mystery Girls." With two 10 page photocopied stapled drafts of the text sent to Mare Blocker by Katherine Dunn, with hand corrections made by Dunn, Blocker and Stern. With an additional loose 27"x29" lithograph of the centerfold foldout featuring lions and tigers, unused and unfolded, inscribed by Blocker to Stern, "For Chris. From your big cat gal [signed] Mare 1991." [56] pp., illustrated in color with linoleum and magnesium cuts and one foldout lithograph. Bound in publisher's orange and black tiger-striped cloth with a turquoise question mark in glitter on the front cover. Near Fine with slight lean to binding and slight sunning to cloth. An exuberant artist's book chronicling the adventures of an imaginary touring circus, published in an edition of one hundred and twenty-five copies for the National Museum of Women in the Arts, selected by the NMWA Library Fellows as a winner for the 1991 Artists' Book competition. A wonderful collection of material passed between three Pacific Northwest literary arts luminaries.

Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, limited to 125 copies printed for the National Museum of Women in the Arts, signed by Katherine Dunn and Mare Blocke beneath their frontispiece portraits. Unpaginated, illustrated in color with linoleum and magnesium cuts and one foldout lithograph. Bound in publisher's orange and black tiger-striped cloth with a turquoise question mark in glitter on the front cover. Fine with light exposure to hinge at last gathering. Contents clean and bright. An exuberant artist's book chronicling the adventures of an imaginary touring circus. Dunn and Blocker also collaborated on very limited edition of Dunn's novel Geek Love.