Artist book where each page has an illustration in the center and text at the bottom of the page. Covers are white with light brown text scattered accross. Spine is flexible, covered in black cloth with gold text. Publishing information at back with the colophon.
The book is about the onset of the AIDS epidemic. Author cut up an old Victorian book and rearranged the type and pictures to make a poetic and tragic story about the decimation caused by HIV in the gay community in the early nineteen eighties.
Collection
Howard Kistler
Dimensions
Height
18.1 cm
Width
12.2 cm
Book Details
Author
Willyum Rowe
Volume/Number/Issue
371
Publisher
Space Heater Editions
Date Published
1986
Printer
Kevin Begos Printing
Place Printed
City
Rhinebeck
State/Province
New York
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Binding
Binding Type
Smyth Sewn
Binding Notes
Bound in Albany, NY. Cased-in by hand by Phil Zimmermann in an edition of 500, though only about 150 were actually bound because of production problems. (Because of press issues, some of the beige second color was misregistered so the actual run that was bound for sale is significantly smaller.) Boareds are connected to the spine by gluing it to the backing material.
Notes
Colophon - Edition of 500 on Mohawk Superfine, Smyth sewn and cased in by hand. Foil-stamped black Iris binding cloth spine and offset printed on Mohawk Superfine with board covers.
