An Abecedarium for the Makers of Artist's Books

[Cambridge, Massachusetts: Ducks in a Row Press, 2009] Limited edition of twenty-six copies (plus four proof copies), of which this is number twenty. Hand-bound in full patterned cloth with printed paper top cover and spine labels. Housed in a matching-cloth slipcase with printed paper spine label. . Small quarto (5 3/4" x 2 3/8"). The Caledonia and Bulmer types were set at Firefly Press in Boston, Massachusetts. Asian-style rubber stamp on the title page. Colophon with two Asian-style rubber stamps, linoleum Ducks in a Row Press printer's mark, mounted "In My Soul I Am Free" calligraphy opposite with sealing wax, dedication page with black-and-white portrait (truncated) of Edward M. Catich. A fine copy. A handmade artist's book designed, printed, and hand-bound at Trottier Studios. Twenty-six letters of the alphabet with accompanying text and sample tipped-in. Occasional glue residue and some stray ink marks, byproducts of the hand-made nature of this book. Twenty-six openings provide a mounted multi-colored artists' rendering of each letter, and opposite a tipped-in sample of the concept under discussion; for example, "M" is for "marbling" with a sample of marbled paper and below that, a wax seal with the corresponding letter. (Inventory #: 17867)