signed first edition Hardcover
1992 · Shaker Heights, OH
by Robert Baris editor
Shaker Heights, OH: Wind & Harlot Press, 1992. First Edition, thus. Hardcover. Like New. Signed. LIMITED EDITION of 44 copies, this is number 11, SIGNED by Robert Baris on the colophon, printed in Arrighi and Centaur types on Hayle Paper by Robert Baris. Miniature Book. 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 inches. (22) pp. Printed in red and black inks, brief bibliography of print sources; text clean, unmarked. Slate grey paper over boards, printed paper spine label, marbled endpapers; binding square and tight. SIGNED by the editor on the colophon. GK519-011. Fine. The six poems gathered here are by Anonymous, Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh, Edmund Waller, Ezra Pound, and Santa Theresa D'Avila translated by Longfellow. Baris is the proprietor of Wind & Harlot Press, where he printed over a dozen miniature books after studying with J. Hill Hamon at the Whippoorwill Press. Baris designed, set the type, letterpress printed, and bound his books by hand. REFERENCE: Bradbury, 20th Cent. US Miniature Books, No. 2755. (Inventory #: GK519-011)