Reddan Jerry (4 results)

Portfolio. A nostalgic look at careers and output and failures of Bay Area printers, with a selection of simple verse in subtle layouts, lovely bells and whistles galore. Seems to be complete, it is recent enough not to have lost any constituent item. One question is raised by portfolio's condition: its narrow side panels are crushed, as if it had lost something, or was one of the failures. The cards offer encouragement, as these are enclosed in an obi that sits as tight as a drum, no further enclosure would be possible. Book Club of California; what more to say. Book Club of California keepsake for 2021.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. The Book Club of California's keepsake for 2021, a portfolio of materials relating to Tangram, the private press imprint of master printer Jerry Reddan. The portfolio consists of: (1) Pieces of the Puzzle (Christopher Stinehour in conversation with Reddan on the history of Tangram plus a checklist of Tangram publications, 40 pp., 8vo, card wrapper); six facsimiles of Tangram publications, printed on individual accordion-folded sheets; and (3) 15 poem card facsimiles. Design, letterpress printing, and production by Richard Seibert. Items housed in a cardboard portfolio. As new copy.

Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Letterpress printed portfolio produced for members of the Book Club of California by Richard Siebert. Master printer Jerry Reddan of Arion Press published 68 poetry chapbooks and 21 broadsides under his own Tangram private press imprint between 1987 and 2015. Poets published included Robert Sund, Jim Dodge, Denise Levertov, Michael McClure, Keith Abbott, Gary Paul Nabhan, Joseph Stroud, Barry Lopez and many others. Broadsides or Poemcards of poets included Gary Snyder, Jane Hirshfield, David Meltzer, Clifford Burke, Joanne Kyger, Peter Matthiessen, Clark Coolidge, Robert Sund, and others. This portfolio includes a 40 page booklet with an essay titled 'Jerry Reddan's Tangram' by Jerry Martien and Christopher Stinehour in conversation with Jerry Reddan on the history of Tangram. Also included are color photographs of selected books and facsimiles of Tangram Poemcards printed on a variety of French papers. Of special interest to the collector is a complete checklist of Tangram publications. A beautiful production. See photos. Fine, as new.

Condition: Good. 4to. Broadside, Letterpress printed on watermarked wove with deckled edge, Very Good+. Some penciled notes. (one of ca. 50 copies).