4th Choral Ode from Euripides' Hippolytos
Translated by Anne Carson
A limited edition broadside featuring the 4th Choral Ode from Euripides' masterwork, translated by Anne Carson as part of her soon-to-be published version of the classic Greek tragedy. The dimensions are 7"x10". Using an antique letterpress, it was printed from copper plates on Twinrocker handmade papers. The broadside was then scorched with smoldering tea leaves and a butane torch. Initialed by Carson on broadside's back. Edition of 150.
$30.00

Lettre Sauvage, 2006

Every Life
Brenda Hillman
Printed by hand from handset lead type on a platen press. 11x7.25 inches, slate blue and charcoal ink on pale blue Magnani Pescia paper.
Signed $25.00

Littoral Press

Each Sound
Dorianne Laux
Printed by hand from handset lead type on a platen press. 11.25 x 7.5 inches, midnight purple and pale yellow ink on Somerset Velvet Antique paper.
Unsigned $15.00

Littoral Press

Piano Concert
Cornelius Eady
Printed by hand from handset lead type on a platen press. 13 x 7.25 inches, violet, ruby and silver ink on white Arches cover paper
Signed $25.00

Littoral Press

Rushing through the Night
Dean Young
The pages were individually painted with a delicate watercolor wash by the printer and Claribel Cone, after being printed letterpress. The text font is Garamond, with Kaufman Script titling, in black and blood-red inks on Arches cover or BFK Rives. 11.75 x 9 inches. Edition of 95.
Signed by author | $30.00

Littoral Press, 2006

The Garden as the History of a Queen
Cole Swenson
Printed on handmade paper (University of Iowa hemp paper or Twinrocker sweet cream). The Jenson type is printed in black and dark green inks. The artwork is Andre LeNotre's 17th c. drawing for the Tuileries Garden in Paris, printed in sea green and red. 100 copies. First edition, signed. Swensen is a 2004 National Book Awards nominee for Goest.
Signed $45.00

Empyrean Press, 2004

Sappho
Translations by Lisa Rappoport
Sappho is printed on white Arches cover paper in an edition of 22, each signed by the printer/ translator and the artist. Three fragments of her poetry, three watercolor images by Portland artist Andrew Larkin, three shades of coppery ink. Handset Centaur & Arrighi metal type. 16"x12"
Signed $100.00

Littoral Press, 2005

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I Didn't Sleep
Marvin Bell
Silhouette artwork by Peter Feldstein. The text and silhouettes are printed in black. The title and author's name appear in gray and vermilion. One hundred twenty-five copies are letterpress printed by Shari DeGraw from Maiola types on Rives BFK paper. First edition publication. Signed by both the author and the artist. 10.5 x 17 inches.
Signed by author | $40.00

Empyrean Press 2006

I Speak of the Jazz Poets
Jack Crimmins
A painterly element was brought into the design by printing the title (set in wood type) and the oak leaves in multicolor– the ink color shades from deep blue through green to acid yellow. The highly textured paper is from the St. Armand mill in Montreal. The text of the poem is handset Italian Oldstyle lead type. Edition of 200, to celebrate the publication of the author's first book.
Signed $20.00

Littoral Press, 2005

An Excess of Fireflies
Lisa Rappoport
The font is handset Centaur, with Garamond italic titling. The lightning bolt was dusted with bronzing powder, an oldtime printer's technique in which the powder is applied to the wet ink. The paper is Arches Cover. Edition of 60.
Signed $20.00

Littoral Press, 2005

The Deer Braids the Turtle...
Tomaz Salamun
With artwork by John Dilg
Translation by Christopher Merrill and the author. The image is based on the painting "Wilderness" by John Dilg. One hundred twenty-five copies of this poem were printed by Shari DeGraw, Dina Hardy, and Dan Rosenberg to celebrate the author's reading at the University of Iowa. Printed from Joanna and Romanee Open Titling. 9 x 11 inches.
Signed by author and artist | $40.00

Empyrean Press 2006