NUMEROLOGY. CALYBAN S WOOD TYPE WHIMSY , VOLUME 1
McMurray, Mark
Published by Caliban Press, Ogdensburg, NY, 2020
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full leather, clamshell box
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28 cm. full leather, clamshell box. 44 leaves. Limited to 100 numbered and signed copies, of which this copy has been bound in a full-leather binding by Coleen Curry. Description from the binder: "Laced on boards binding in beige water buffalo leather with inlays in black goatskin, cream and beige water buffalo. Edge-to-edge black goatskin doublures with inlays beige water buffalo. Original red spiral binding removed, individual pages tipped onto black paper stubs and sewn. Hand-tooled title on Recto painted with black and rust acrylic, with publisher and date on Verso. Black and beige silk embroidered end bands. Binding housed in custom clamshell box with a drawer holding publishers ephemera and the red spiral binding piece. Design inspiration from the numbers 8, 5 and 1." Printed with black, silver and red inks from Southern Ink Company on found, left over, and scrap papers that have accumulated at Caliban Press over time. Japan, China, Nepal, India, Spain, France, Germany, England, Canada, Mexico, are all represented - including Papeterie St-Armand, Montreal. The numerals are taken from fonts of wood types at Caliban Press. Decorated with the inevitable volvelle and much else. From the prospectus: "Initially conceived as a way to document a growing collection of wood type which eventually filled some 53 cases with some 75 fonts. Then realizing that there was too much type (not a bad thing), for a single volume showing alphabets, figures, punctuation marks, as well as whole words, I decided to devote the first volume to figures which is what printers generally call numerals or numbers. Volume 2 is planned to be complete alphabets, with volume 3 for words, phrases, and declarations.". Seller Inventory # 135335
Bibliographic Details
Title: NUMEROLOGY. CALYBAN S WOOD TYPE WHIMSY , ...
Publisher: Caliban Press, Ogdensburg, NY
Publication Date: 2020
Binding: full leather, clamshell box
Illustrator: Caliban Press
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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Calyban's Wood Type Whimsy. Volume 1: Numerology of Wood Type
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Caliban Press, New York, 2020
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Hardcover
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Seller: Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA, Conshohocken, PA, U.S.A.
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Full Leather. Condition: Fine binding. Tall octavo. [3 (blanks)], [44], [2 (prospectus)], [3 (blanks)] ll. Limited edition, number 5 of 100 copies, signed by McMurray. Originally issued by McMurray in a spiral binding with heavy printed wrappers; the printer notes that this was "[p]rinted on various scrap papers found at Caliban Press over time. Canada, China, England, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, and Spain are all representedincluding Papeterie St-Armand." It includes fold-outs, a volvelle, and slide-outs. This copy is finely bound by Donald Glaister in full goat skin with onlays of laminated mylar and sanded and painted aluminum on the front and back boards. There are also recessed areas on both boards with acrylic painted lines at some perimeter edges. Polished top-edge with silk endbands; painted cork endpapers. The leaves, original covers, and prospectus have been mounted on guards with a portion of the perforations from the spiral binding still visible with intention, a way in which Glaister is engaging with McMurray's style and playfulness that present throughout this specimen book. Even the clamshell box holding the book has a compartment containing the original red spiral, a toy begging to be played with. McMurray describes this type specimen of numerals as a way to document a collection of more than 4 dozen cases and around 75 fonts. It became evident that a complete catalogue was far too expansive for a single volume, so this, the first volume, was just numerals. Far from a straightforward specimen book, McMurray's playfulness and humor engage the viewer throughout. And engaged Glaister in his design. He writes in his artist's statement: "Mark McMurray has compiled a wonderfully designed collection of families of numbers from his collection. The is almost without words, only numbers . . . The design for the binding is as simple and as complicated as the binary system. A '1' and a '0' on each cover is all there is. However, these numbers are presented differently, subtly, richly and with great care as to their design and positions. These forms and qualities are a mirror of the text within." A wonderful book, beautifully bound by one of the premier designer bookbinders in the country. Seller Inventory # 9402
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