[Rarebooks] FS: Completely handmade and handprinted: Gary Snyder & Bob Giorgo TRUE NIGHT, 1/100 copies

[Charles Agvent]

(GIORGIO,  Bob)  SNYDER,  Gary. TRUE NIGHT.  (N.  San  Juan,  CA):
(1980).  First  Edition. Oblong quarto (12-1/2" x 10") bound  by  hand
with  Japanese  decorative  handmade papers with the spine  bound  and
laced  in  Chinese silk. Illustrated with eleven full-page  engravings
in  wood  and  linoleum  by Bob Giorgio. Each word  of  the  poem  was
calligraphed  by  the  artist  then engraved.  Only  100  copies  were
printed.  Each is baren printed on Hosho paper hand made in Japan.  No
printing  press  was used. The engraved blocks were inked with a  hand
roller;  then, the paper was laid on a block and, using a bamboo spoon
called  a baren, the back of the paper was rubbed by hand pressing the
ink  from the block onto the paper. This process was done for each  of
the  28  pages of each of the 100 copies of the edition. This is  Copy
#51  SIGNED  by  both the author and the artist. Prospectus  laid  in.
Fine copy of this beautiful, completely handmade book.        $1500.00

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