À LA GRECQUE, ALLA GRECAA style of binding with thick boards, grooved on the edges and flush with the trimmed leaves of the book, the tail- and headbands therefore protruding above and below the boards. These bands, sewn deep into the quires of the book, are an important part of its structure, in which sewing bands, if present, do not carry the weight of the covers. The clasps are usually of plaited strands of leather, ending in a ring fitting over a pin protruding from the edge of the opposite board. This distinctive style, employed in Greece during the Middle...
"Colorful Fortune" : The First Book of Poetry by Composer Harold Budd
Emerging in the 1960s from the American minimalist movement inspired by John Cage and Morton Feldman, Harold Budd has become one of the country's most prolific, consistent and influential composers and musicians. Throughout his career, poetry - or what Harold refers to as "something like poetry, but not the same thing" - has been an occasional companion to his music. His "something-like poetry" now takes center stage in Colorful Fortune, the first published collection of Harold's poems, issued in both paperback and a deluxe, hand-bound and signed editions. The first half of Colorful Fortune presents the debut of an extended...
”A Proud Non-Reader of Books”
If you, like me, hang on the words of celebrities, completely dependent upon the wisdom of our betters for guidance in matters of life and love, then the gold that fell from the mouth of Grammy Award-winner, Kanye West, the other day was bling to the ears of those of us who have struggled daily with the imperative to Read or Die."Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed," West said. "I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book's autograph."I am a proud non-reader of books. I like to get...
The Open and Closed World of Maurizio Nannucci
Multiple. Object. "Book" bound on both vertical edges, the two volumes face to face. Full dark blue leather binding. Inside a marbelized cardboard slipcase. 18.5x11.7 cm. On the two spines, stars and title printed gold. Bianconero, Rome, 1969. Unspecified edition size.In the age of DRM and the seemingly constant assault on "the book" from all corners it is a good time to revisit the book work of Italian artist Maurizio Nannucci. It was 40 years ago when Maurizio Nannucci created Universum, a book art piece consisting of two volumes bound in blue leather and housed in a slipcase. The books...
ABC’s of Book Collecting : Advertisements
ADVERTISEMENTSThese have engendered as much heat and argument as any factor inbook-collecting. It is first necessary to distinguish between:(a) Leaves of advertisement, usually, though not necessarily,the publisher’s, which are integral to the gathering (or quire or section), i.e. printed in the same operation with, and on the samepaper as, and gathered for binding with, the sheets of the bookitself;(b) Leaves of advertisement – publisher’s, wholesaler’s, distributor’s,or other – printed separately from the book and often ondifferent paper, seldom peculiar to it, but bound up with all, orsome, recorded copies.The former date from the 16th century and were common inEnglish books...