Alice Derain. Written and Illustrated by Claribel Cone.
first edition
1984 · Woodside, California
by Cone, Claribel
Woodside, California: Occasional Works, 1984 First edition. One of a total edition of 250, numbered and signed by Claribel Cone. This copy "out of series", signed below the colophon. [9x5½]. Pp. [4], 10, [1]. Five tipped-in color reproductions of paintings. Hand set type printed on all-rag Arches Text paper. Sewn gray wrappers, paper cover and spine labels. A very fine copy. This handsome fine press work includes a color reproduction of a painting of Gertrude Stein. It presents a fictional portrait of Alice, tangentially involving Gertrude Stein. Designed by Ann Rosener of Occasional Works. The Press was established about forty years ago in Woodside, California. Ann has continued to design, print and publish limited editions under the Occasional Works imprint. A handsome little volume.. (Inventory #: 7446)