Knuckles on the Ground: Fundamentals of Bookbinding

Limited Edition. No. 15 of 100 copies. Original publisher's beige paper-covered boards backed with green cloth. 4 1/4" x 4 1/4." Unpaginated, twenty-five pages, complete. Ten black-and-white illustrations by Andrew Rottner, complete. Pages and covers are pristine and intact. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. Signed in black ink by Andrew Rottner on a back flyleaf facing the colophon: "#15 of 100, Andrew Rottner [?], 2015." A whimsical book about bookbinding. In ten words and ten illustrations, Rottner concisely summarizes the process of bookbinding with the help of an anthropomorphic gorilla as bookbinder. The last page of the story concludes with a note about the important of animal conservation: "In truth, large apes could likely not operate professional bookbinding machinery without human assistance. The same, quite unfairly, is true of their continued survival. Support conservation." Back colophon: "Knuckles on the Ground: Fundamentals of Bookbinding; San Francisco Center for the Book; 'Small Plates' Edition Series, 2015. Written, illustrated, designed and bound by Andrew Rottner. Printed on Classic Crest 100T Natural White with the invaluable assistance of Chad Johnson and Rhiannon Alpers. Special thanks to Erin Fong, John DeMerritt and the SFCB team of volunteers. Ramayana quote translation by R. K. Narayan, 1972.".…