WHAT THE PENCIL WRITES / ORPHEE [Poetry Broadside]
by [Laughlin, James; Vanessa Jackson (artist)]
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Brooklyn, New York, United States
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About This Item
[New York: Grenfell Press], 1986. First Thus. Broadside. Fine. Jackson, Vanessa. Broadside, printed recto and verso, Approximately 10 x 16 inches. One poem facing one color woodcut print on each side, with "What the Pencil Writes" signed in pencil by Laughlin and facing print signed in pencil by Jackson. In English and French. Fine.
Two-sided leaf printed by the Grenfell Press during its production of THE HOUSE OF LIGHT, a 1986 collaboration between poet and publisher James Laughlin (1914-1997) and British painter and printmaker Vanessa Jackson (b. 1953). As with the book, the broadside is printed on Rives paper, the text is set in hand-set Monotype Poliphilus, and the prints are made from the original blocks.
Two-sided leaf printed by the Grenfell Press during its production of THE HOUSE OF LIGHT, a 1986 collaboration between poet and publisher James Laughlin (1914-1997) and British painter and printmaker Vanessa Jackson (b. 1953). As with the book, the broadside is printed on Rives paper, the text is set in hand-set Monotype Poliphilus, and the prints are made from the original blocks.
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Details
- Bookseller
- W. C. Baker Rare Books & Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 669
- Title
- WHAT THE PENCIL WRITES / ORPHEE [Poetry Broadside]
- Author
- [Laughlin, James; Vanessa Jackson (artist)]
- Illustrator
- Jackson, Vanessa
- Format/Binding
- Broadside
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Grenfell Press]
- Place of Publication
- [New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American literature, poetry, art, prints, woodcut, broadside, book arts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Book Arts;
Terms of Sale
W. C. Baker Rare Books & Ephemera
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About the Seller
W. C. Baker Rare Books & Ephemera
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Brooklyn, New York
About W. C. Baker Rare Books & Ephemera
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Glossary
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.