COMMON MONSTERS OF THE UNITED STATES

Book Description

Northampton: Double Elephant Press, 2004. . 18 x 14. 24 leaves. A satiric "natural history." Ten plates (13 1/2 x 9 1/2) are etched with images of the beasts, their common names & binomial nomenclature. The etchings are hand colored by Kuch, in the tradition of natural history books. A description of each creature is printed in shaped typography on translucent paper through which the creature is glimpsed. Bound in blue boards with a red spine, the book is housed in a red cloth tray case which resembles a specimen box. Through its glass window one sees the specimen--a collage of the American Imperial Moth (pulp painted by Kuch)-- and its printed label pinned to the binding. Number 19 of 25 bound copies and 15 unbound sets of sheets. Some other common monsters in this surprisingly beautiful and moving book are the Autocrassus Adnauseum (Goitalone) and the Nexus Ignorantia (Giant Blind-Spotted Broadcast Spider). A prospectus is available.

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