HORRIFYING NEWS! / ¡HORROROSA NOTICIA!

n. p.: Editions, 1993. Fine.. Signed first printing of this unexpectedly delightful bilingual artists' book, featuring skeletons coming together in love. "Bookmaking is a great equalizer in our vastly competitive world," Edward H. Hutchins told ArtistBooks.com; he is a proponent of Guerilla Bookmaking, "the discovery that the stories of everyday people can be recorded and preserved using simple skills and ordinary materials." HORRIFYING NEWS! / ¡HORROROSA NOTICIA! is an example of his philosophy of simplicity in bookmaking: with very little structure, Hutchins manages to communicate a multi-faceted message of hope, and ponders how that hope may be interpreted by the media.
This copy of HORRIFYING NEWS! features the tiny bookplate of Robert E. Massman, miniature book maker and past president of the Miniature Book Society. We locate only 5 holdings of this title in OCLC - a scarce and charming production. 1'' x 2'' x.75'' (box);.75'' x 1.75'' (book, folded);.75'' x 26.25'' (book, unfolded). Original cloth boards with paper onlays. Black line illustrations. [14] panels mounted on grey paper, in English on one side and Spanish on the other, folded concertina-style. In original black plastic box with paper labels pasted on. Label of lower compartment of box signed by Hutchins and numbered 8/65. Bookplate of Robert E. Massman to inside of lower compartment of box. A sharp, clean copy.