Shame

Louisville: Contre Coup Press, 2000. Limited Edition. String Binding. Fine. One of 15 copies, unnumbered, twelvemo size, twelve printed pp. Award-winning musician Randall Stuart Newman (b. 1943) began his career as a songwriter at the young age of 17, and has gone on to not only write and perform his own songs and write for other well-known bands (such as Fleetwood Mac,etc.) but has composed the music for countless films including nine of the Disney animated films, and more.

His award list is impressive, including nominations for twenty-two Academy Awards, the winner of three Emmy Awards and seven Grammy Awards (among others). He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002 and, in 2013, into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The Contre Coup Press of Louisville took the lyrics to Newman's song "Shame" (released on the album "Bad Love" in 1999) and created a lovely work whose delicacy and grace form a counterpoint to the heartfelt lines. Timothy Hawley's Contre Coup Press is the quintessence of a private press; very small print runs (often fewer than 30 copies), printed on a real press (Timothy uses a vintage Vandercook SP20), using only the best materials, the resulting publication being a sparkling, luminescent gem. The Contre Coup Press began in St. Louis and in 1985 moved to Louisville, with Timothy Hawley printing whatever catches his fancy.

Printed in an edition of only fifteen copies, we see only one other copy online as of this writing, our search of OCLC locates two copies with institutions (The Book Club of California, University of Louisville).

___DESCRIPTION: A stitched binding of six sheets with cardstock covers, wrap with blue and brown decorations, title on the front in brown with a ruled border, title page in brown andn black. four-line initial capital in brown, colophon simply states "Fifteen copies printed"; twelvemo size (7 3/4" by 6 3/8"), unpaginated with 12 leaves, printed on the rectos only.

___CONDITION: Fine, the wraps clean and without any wear or creasing, the string binding strong, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean, crisp, as new.

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