Name/Title
sure as death / Willyum RoweEntry/Object ID
2025.16.61Description
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 KistlerDimensions
Height
18.1 cmWidth
12.2 cmBook Details
Author
Willyum RoweVolume/Number/Issue
371Publisher
Space Heater EditionsDate Published
1986Printer
Kevin Begos PrintingPlace Printed
City
RhinebeckState/Province
New YorkCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaBinding
Binding Type
Smyth SewnBinding 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.
