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Naguib Mahfouz' brilliant, intrigue-woven, timeless and witty satire, Arabian Nights and Days. We are honored that this Nobel Prize winning author chose to have us to publish his 1979 masterpiece.For the prints, Mahfouz wisely chose his friend, the superb Cairo artist, Nazli Madkour. We were amazed when we saw her images. So intricate and luminous, they dance before the eyes. Almost three dimensional, their portrayals capture the essence of Mahfouz' wicked, biting, horrifying, at times amusing novel. We produced the prints by the serigraph giclee pro-cess that produces rich, deep saturated color, the only process that could do them justice.Seven color serigraph giclee prints by Nazli Madkour.Edition limited to 300 numbered copies.Each book signed by Naguib Mahfouz and Nazli Madkour.English translation by Denys Johnson-Davies. Printed letterpress on paper specially milled in Germany. Mohamed Zakariya's gold calligraphy is set into the natural colored linen binding. Hand sewn and hand bound. The same… Read More

Six insightful, tragic, yet sometimes even laugh-out-loud funny stories, that Betye Saar chose to illustrate with six glowing multi-colored serigraphs of incredible depth and power. Zora Neale Hurston, one of America's foremost writers is here matched with Saar, one of America's most important artists. The stories take place from the time of slavery to 1930's and 1940's Harlem and small-town Florida. They range from courtroom drama to misadventure and comedy.Afterword by Betye SaarSix serigraph prints by Betye Saar.Edition limited to 300 numbered copies.Each signed by Betye Saar.Betye Saar chose the paper, handmade of cotton and cinnamon as well as the deep brown ink for the text. She then wrote the Afterword! Not yet finished, she designed the binding of bark and brown leather. The book is protected by a lined and hinged box, covered in brown linen the color of the leather and the type.One volume, 11-1/2 x 15-1/2 inches. As the publisher, we unconditionally guarantee that all books are authentic… Read More

"Il Miglior Fabbro" is how T. S. Eliot termed Ezra Pound –"the best craftsman." This volume is all the more remarkable for the fact that Pound knew no Chinese. Yet these translations of eighteen medieval poems, mainly by Li Po (A.D. 70I-762), are acknowledged masterpieces. Pound worked from notes by Ernest Fenollosa, a great American scholar of Oriental literature and art. These notes Pound turned to poetry, imbued with the scent and flavor of their Chinese originals.Italian-born artist Francesco Clemente, as well, feels the magnetic pull of the East. There have been scores of books and articles by and about Clemente; and exhibitions of his art all over the world, including a large 1990 show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. As the organizer of the Philadelphia exhibit wrote, Clemente's art "resonates between intensities of the cerebral and the sensual." Especially here, in these seven exquisite color woodcuts.Seven color woodcuts by Francesco Clemente.Edition limited to 300 numbered… Read More

In 1950 you could have found Balthus listening over and over and over again to his favorite opera by his favorite composer as he designs its sets and costumes for the directors of the Aix-en-Provence festival. 1996. Breakfast in Rossinière, Switzerland. For this book, Balthus sets in motion a quest for his 1950 watercolors; and for the original recording of the opera at Aix-en-Provence. From a villa in the hills above Marseilles to the depths of a Paris bank vault and finally to the famed Château de Chassy in Burgundy. Balthus selects the six most beautiful watercolors. From these Keiji Shinhara, a National Treasure of Japan, cut and printed the wood blocks for the prints in our book. From a 1957 recording by same conductor and cast who performed Balthus' original Così fan tutte we made our CDs.Six multi-color woodcut prints by Balthus.Edition limited to 300 numbered copies.Each signed by Balthus.Printed in the original Italian on handmade Chinese paper. Bound in bluegreen silk to recall the sea at… Read More

Frontispiece photogravure by Robert Frank. Jon Goodman editioned the photogravure in his Massachusetts studio. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. Each signed by Robert Frank and David Armitage. The book was bound by hand in a homespun dark blue fabric that also covers the hinged and lined box. One volume, 10-3/4 x 14-1/4 inches. As the publisher, we unconditionally guarantee that all books are authentic and the condition is As New (NOS).

Layers of magic weave together characters from prehistoric goddess to Little Boy Blue and a sleeping pig! From fanciful to utterly charming and much, much more is this tale from John Ashbery. For the llustrations, Ashbery chose his friend, the artist and fellow New Yorker, Jane Freilicher. "Persimmon!" There it is: the color of the leather label for the book and box and for the title page and chapter headings. Look for it echoed in Freilicher's three fantastical and beautifully colored woodblock prints that build upon the themes of the story. Three colored wood block prints by Jane Freilicher.Edition limited to 300 numbered copies.Each book signed by John Ashbery and Jane Freilicher.Printed in Garamond type on handmade textured paper. The book is bound in taupe linen with a large persimmon colored leather title label, with a hinged and lined clamshell box. Printed on hand-made paper with three color illustrations by Jane Freilicher , executed using multi-color wood blocks by Keiji Shinohara. One… Read More

O'Connor's shivery story set in the mid 20th century South that the celebrated artist, Benny Andrews, knew all too well. The two lived only thirty miles from one another, but worlds and worlds apart, in Georgia farm country. Why he chose this book, this author, he will tell you in his brilliant Afterword.The white O'Connor flourished within the system. Andrews, a son of black sharecroppers, flourished in spite of it. Imagine. School, for him, was permitted only when it was too wet to work the fields. High school was a four-mile walk each way. With only determination, wit, desperation and genius he cobbled together scholarships for college.His passion, vision and talent have earned a place for his art in all major New York museums, including the august Metropolitan Museum.Six color etchings by Benny Andrews.Edition limited to 300 numbered copies.Each book signed by Benny Andrews.Peter Pettengill made the plates and editioned the prints at his Wingate Studios in New Hampshire. Red Japanese linen, the… Read More

What artist was better suited to Poe's dark tale than Alice Neel! She loved the story, would even giggle and shriek at readings. Along with two color lithographs, she included an etching of a skull-like self-portrait which was originally a pen and ink drawing, and 2 smaller black & white text illustrations. Raphael Soyer, in his afterword, tells of his reaction to seeing Neel's paintings for the first time: " 'a veritable inferno!' I said to myself, looking at the souls struggling on the canvases which surrounded us in her apartment...They are convulsively alive, their limbs seem to be in motion, their mouths, eyes, grimace and contort."
Two color lithographs and one etching by Alice Neel with two text illustrations.
Afterword by Raphael Soyer.Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies.Each book signed by Alice Neel and Raphael Soyer.One Volume, 11½" x 15½".
Text, lithographs and etching printed on all-cotton mould- made letterpress paper, produced especially for this book by Cartiere Enrico Magnani.… Read More

Imagine, if you will (and Borges did), a man who takes up the task of re-living the life of Cervantes, step by step, as if no time had passed, in order to write Don Quixote again for the twentieth century, word for word, but not referring to the original. Or imagine scholarly reviews of books which you might wish exist but don't. Or a dramatist, facing a firing squad, who asks God to make time stand still so he can finish his masterpiece. And God complies. These are the "fictions" of Borges, the famed Argentinean writer. In this edition, the "geometries" of Sol LeWitt match the intricacies of Borges' inventions. LeWitt has published several influential statements on the underlying theories of "conceptual art". His modular cubes and grid structures, wall drawings, and serial graphics have been displayed at The Museum of Modern Art, where his work is in the permanent collection and at a major show at The Whitney Museum.Twenty two silk screens by Sol LeWitt.Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies.Each… Read More

In 1890, Joseph Conrad shipped out from Brussels to the Congo, to rescue a Monsieur Klein, ailing agent of a Belgian trading company dealing in ivory. In Heart of Darkness, it is Marlow who ships out from Brussels and sails up the Congo to rescue Mr. Kurtz. Kurtz had come with the noble aim of enlightening the natives. Instead, they envelope him in darkness. As Conrad startles the reader out of complacency, so does Sean Scully with his etchings. Born in Ireland, Scully is one of the world's most renowned artists. His works are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art. Here we have Scully's eight etchings created expressly and exclusively for this edition.4 full-page etchings and 4 half-page etchings by Sean Scully.Edition limited to 300 numbered copies.Each book signed by Sean Scully.Sean Scully's etchings are printed on stock from Cartiere Enrico Magnani, in Italy. The book is hand-bound in Nigerian goatskin. Its hinged and lined box is covered in… Read More

Artists of both the eye and the soul here combine their genius to give us a magnificent picture of Macchu Picchu. The ancient and mysterious citadel built by the Incas has piqued human imagination since its discovery in the last century.The grandeur and mystery of the fortress resound in Pablo Neruda's poetry. The marvels of these wondrous heights echo in the fascinating detail that you can see in Edward Ranney's ten magnificent photogravures.The poem is presented here in the original Spanish with John Felstiner's English translation printed alongside.Ten photogravures by Edward Ranney.Edition limited to 300 numbered copies.Each book signed by Edward Ranney.The typography was designed, set in Monotype Centaur and printed by Dan Carr and Julia Ferrari at Golgonooza Letter Foundry in Asheulot, New Hampshire. Jon Goodman made the gravure plates and editioned the prints. The book is bound in a rough green linen that brings to mind the lush green of that mountainside. Black fabric covers its hinged and… Read More

Letter from Birmingham City Jail, honors the hero who made our nation and our world vastly better. From the dank confines of a hell-on-earth Southern jail cell, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote one of the most eloquent and important documents in American history. Faith Ringgold has written a brilliant introduction and created eight magnificent serigraphs for the book and print portfolios. Dr. C. T. Vivian, one of Dr. King's dearest friends, marched and endured beside him the beatings and tragedies. He worked along with him to achieve the triumphs. Now as he dedicates his life to carrying forward Dr. King's dream, he gives us his touching and inspired Afterword. Eight Serigraph Prints by Faith Ringgold.Edition limited to 425 numbered copies. Each signed by Faith Ringgold. Printed letterpress on handmade paper. The prints were editioned by Curlee Holton at his studio in Easton, Pennsylvania. The book is hand bound in red linen, with the same fabric covering its hinged and lined case. One volume, 14-1/2… Read More

Imagine a book about a man who planted trees in an edition that itself comes from a tree, for this magnificent volume is covered with the bark of the mulberry tree.Imagine also an ancient and enchanted land in the south of France. The Vaucluse inspired Jean Giono to write this book and the renowned photographer, Martine Franck, to create five hauntingly beautiful photogravures of scenes from that magical land.Andre Malraux called Giono (1895-1970) "one of the greatest writers of our generation." Inspired by God or Pan, perhaps—Giono's hero in this story expresses humanity's ancient kinship with the earth and reverence for all living things.The original French text alternates, line by line, with the English translation.Five photogravures by Martine Franck.Edition limited to 300 numbered copies.Each book signed by Martine Franck.The complex photogravure process, in which a photographic image is transferred to a copper plate using gelatin coated paper, can reveal subtleties that even the photographer… Read More

Maya Angelou's Music, Deep Rivers in My Soul is a groundbreaking event for us, a first edition that she wrote especially for our members! She also inspire the exceptional artist, Dean Mitchell, to create six glorious etchings for the book.Even better, Maya Angelou inspired Wynton Marsalis to compose and perform with her a thirty minute CD with Dr. Angelou reading her poem.And, inspired by Dean Mitchell, the esteemed art critic of The New York Times, Michael Kimmelman, in the April 26, 2002 edition devoted nearly the entire front page of the Arts section to a glowing review."Mr. Mitchell's works are subtly tuned character studies with an eye toward abstract form and charismatic light. Mr. Mitchell is a virtual modern-day Vermeer of ordinary black people given dignity through the eloquence of his concentration and touch."From the art critic of New Orleans' Times-Picayune: "In the world of romantic realism, it doesn't get much better than this."Six colored etchings and Afterword by Dean Mitchell.CD of… Read More

When in the summer before the 1917 October Revolution Boris Pasternak wrote My Sister–Life, it aroused wild enthusiasm and established him as a genius of Russian poetry. As brilliant, is this English translation by the poet, Mark Rudman.In the original Russian the poems were strictly rhythmical and written mostly in a classical meter. Most of them rhyme. Rudman has translated them into free verse, paralleling Pasternak's rhythm and retaining his stanzas. He created, said a reviewer, "a natural American syntax with Pasternak's irrepressible vitality and capacity for regeneration."Six etchings by Yuri Kuper.Edition limited to 250 numbered copies.Each book signed by Yuri Kuper.The acclaimed Russian born artist, Yuri Kuper, chose Aldo Crommelynck to print his etchings on Hannemule paper in Paris. For the text the H.M.P Mill in Connecticut made the paper by hand to resemble the stock produced in 1920's Russia, even incorporating bits of Russian newspapers with the rags and cotton pulp. The binding,… Read More

Just twenty eight when Louis Aragon wrote this magical novel, he compares a poet's love for his city to a peasant's love for his land. A leading Surrealist writer, Aragon was keenly aware of the hidden life concealed by every object, great and small. The Peasant of Paris combines minute descriptions of scenes and objects, humorous anecdotes, and philosophical reflections: all to create a reality that goes far beyond the literal or visual. Another love affair with Paris: that of the renowned artist and photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson who chose this book to illustrate with seven enchanting lithographs of Paris and a photogravure portrait of Louis Aragon.Seven lithographs and a photogravure by Henri Cartier-Bresson.Edition limited to 300 numbered copies.Each signed by Henri Cartier-Bresson.The text and seven lithographs are printed on mould-made paper, from the Arches mill in Epinal, France. The photogravure plate was made and the photogravures were editioned by Jon Goodman at his studio in Hadley,… Read More

The Museum of Modern Art honored Frank O'Hara with a memorial edition of his poetry illustrated by artists who knew and loved him—foremost among them, William de Kooning. De Kooning made his drawings on mylar which he then presented to the Museum.A quarter of a century later, the mylar drawings were transferred to lithographic plates and printed under the supervision of the artist and the Museum of Modern Art solely in order to illustrate the Club's edition of those O'Hara poems that had so moved de Kooning.Seventeen of de Kooning's eighteen charcoal drawings are reproduced here for the first time as originally intended-with their subtle strokes and wide tonal range. The thirteen poems begin with O'Hara's "Ode to Willem de Kooning."Seventeen lithographs by Willem de Kooning.Edition limited to 550 numbered copies.Facsimile signature by Willem de Kooning from the bon à tirer proof signed by the artist.De Kooning's drawings were transferred from their original mylar sheets to lithographic plates and… Read More

Born in French West Africa, Leopold Senghor became the first Black member ever inducted into the French Academy. In 1960, he was unanimously elected the first president of Senegal and then re-elected four times. As a poet, he represented the literary and artistic expression of the black African experience. Four of Senghor's poems appear in this edition, in the original French and in English translation. The lush, exotic diction of Senghor's poetry finds its ideal complement in the vibrant paintings of Lois Mailou Jones, one of America's most celebrated Black artists. M. Senghor and Ms. Jones were personally acquainted and mutual admirers of one another's art.Five silkscreen prints by Lois Mailou Jones.Edition limited to 300 numbered copies.Each signed by Leopold Sedar Senghor and Lois Mailou Jones.The paintings of Lois Mailou Jones have been beautifully turned into multi-colored, silkscreen prints and the text was handset in English Monotype Bodoni. The book is bound in purple linen and set into… Read More

One of the most intriguing books of the Bible, this work has inspired the literary masterpieces of Dante and Milton. Now it has inspired one of America's great artists, Allan Rohan Crite, to produce fifteen relief engravings for what may be the ultimate illustrated edition.Revelation was written at the height of Christians' persecution at the hands of the Romans. The work cries passionately against the power of evil and exhorts Christians to resist, even at the cost of martyrdom, a message that has a special resonance for an African-American artist, such as Mr. Crite. Perhaps the most forceful of his Revelation drawings is that showing an angry Angel whirling a millstone through Babylon, archetypal city of sin and indulgence. Critics have acclaimed Crite's revisualization as the finest of the artist's religious works.Fifteen relief engravings by Allan Rohan Crite.Edition limited to 400 numbered copies.Each signed by Allan Rohan Crite.Mr. Crite's relief engravings were printed on Japanese paper and… Read More

"He is the poet of rebellion...the greatest of all," said Albert Camus of Arthur Rimbaud. Rimbaud had staked everything on expressing God and the infinite in this poetry. When this wouldn't work, he resolved, in A Season in Hell, to leave God's love behind and to keep his personal freedom at all costs. But Rimbaud is unable to remake life, to re invent love, and pays the price. The original text appears in French with the acclaimed English translation by Paul Schmidt on facing pages. In the art of Robert Mapplethorpe, as in the poetry of Rimbaud, Man's exploration of his being leads to both darkness and divinity. Seven photogravures by Mapplethorpe illustrate the text with a shared knowledge of the passage through the dark side of the soul.
Seven photogravures by Robert Mapplethorpe.Translation and Introduction by Paul Schmidt.Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies.Each book signed by Robert Mapplethorpe and Paul Schmidt.One Volume, 7½" x 11½".
To preserve the delicate tonal changes and the… Read More