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Madison, WI: Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, 2005. Exhibition catalogue containing bibliography of The Perishable Press taking up where TWO DECADES OF HAMADY & THE PERISHABLE PRESS LIMITED left off (book #106 1983). This starts with book #107, 1984. Page size: 10-1/4 inches x 7 inches; 18pp; one of which is a triple gatefold. Bound: original wrappers printed in color, both front and back wrappers are gatefolds with the bibliography of The Perishable Press on the interior pages of each of the gatefolds. The entire catalogue was printed in color by Park Printing House and designed by Patrick JB Flynn.The essay on Walter Hamady's work is by Roy Behrens, Professof of Art at the University of Northern Iowa, where he teaches graphic design, illustration and design history. There is a "Colophonic Afterword" by Walter Hamady and "A Note from the Curator" by Martha Glowacki. The works of The Perishable Press are included in this exhibition, but perhaps more intriguingly, collages and…
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Papermaking By Hand. A Book of Suspicions
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Minor Confluence Perry Township, Wisconsin: The Perishable Press, 1982. One of 200 copies, all on a variety of contemporary hand made papers: 13 various Shadwells; Roma & Perusia from Miliani in Fabriano; Canterbury from Barcham Green in Maidstone, Kent (all three retain their watermarks); Barlow from HMP in Woodstock, Connecticut; Banana-sisal from Carriage House in Brookline, Massachusetts; Yale (in wove and laid surfaces) from Twinrocker in Brookston, Indiana. Bound by Bill Anthony & Associates: tan Irish linen over boards, fine. Page size: 11 x 7-1/2 inches; 56 pages surfaces in 7 signatures, 26 pages of text. Illustrated with 3 illustrations from Diderot and 12 linoleum cuts by Jim Lee especially for this text. There are 2 title pages - one by Walter Hamady and one penned by Hermann Zapf who also designed the typeface, Palatino, used for this text. The type was hand set and printed by Walter Hamady, 50 of the pages printed in 88 press runs, in 5 basic colors (blacks, reds, blues, browns and grays) on 19 different colors of paper. Certainly, this is a key book on papermaking and one of the most beautiful books from Walter Hamady. PP #102.
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Juxtamorphing Space. Works by by Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady Being a Series of Autodidactic Tutorials Arranging Certain Things in a Certain Space with a Certain Aesthetic End in Mind as in a Timeline of Sorts Incorporating Books, Collage adn Assemblage on Display at the James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy 7 October Through November 20, 2005
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Thumb Nailing.
by Perishable Press Limited; Jack Beal (ill.); Walter, Mary & Laura Hamady (print.s)
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Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press Limited, [1974?].. PROSPECTUS. 8vo. Single Page, Very Good with creasing. Letterpress on fine paper. Illustration.
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Small Collection of Prospectuses from the Perishable Press, Limited
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Mount Horeb, WI: The Perishable Press Limited, 1981. 5 prospectuses/lists/broadsides, accompanied by a form letter from Walter the H. Housed in original mailing envelope addressed to Jack Walsdorf. Fine condition. A fine set of ephemeral printings from Walter Hamady's Perishable Press Limited, sent to fine press bibliophile and bibliographer, Jack Walsdorf. Each is printed on handmade paper and the set is accompanied by a rather humorous form letter addressed by Hamady to no less than eight distinct groups. 1. Making A Sacher Torte. Oblong broadside with illustration. 2. our usual terms & some attractions coming along sometime in the future near or distant... Bifolium, [2]pp. 3. arthur brown: song of the sly mongoose. Broadside with illustration. 4. Hand Papermaking; A Book of Suspicions. Larger broadside with illustration. 5. Squatting Fliesw/Quotables. Bifolium, [2]pp with illustration. .
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WHY DID YOU DIDN/T? EXPANDED QUOTABLES FROM THE YEAR 1979
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Mt. Horeb: The Perishable Press, 1980.. Small oblong octavo. Die-cut wrapper, with illustrations by Ellen Lanyon. Fine. First edition. One of 275 copies printed on handmade Roma paper. HAMADY 94.
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A BROAD (BACK) SIDE ...[caption title]
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[Mt. Horeb, WI]: The Perishable Press, 1985.. Oblong folio, folded to eight panels (21.2 x 14.5 cm folded). Illustration by Walter Askin. Fine. First edition. One of 113 copies printed in Gill Sans on Shadwell paper. The internal title of the poem is: "the asshole & the earthworm for chuck alexander en route."
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Since Mary
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Springdale Township, WI: Perishable Press, 1969. First Edition. Original wrappers. Near fine. Sewn brown wrappers with blind-embossed jacket. One of 167 copies printed, signed by Hamady. Very slight rubbing to corners. Hamady 26.
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A Broad (Back) Side.
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Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin: Perishable Press Limited, 1985.. 8vo., Folded Sheet, Letterpress On Laid Paper with Deckled Edge, Fine. Illustration. One of one hundred & thirteen copies on Shadwell Paper. First Edition.
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Juxtamorphing Space. Works by by Walter Samuel Haatoum Hamady Being a Series of Autodidactic Tutorials Arranging Certain Things in a Certain Space with a Certain Aesthetic End in Mind as in a Timeline of Sorts Incorporating Books, Collage adn Assemblage on Display at the James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy 7 October Through November 20 2005
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Madison, WI: Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, 2005. Special Issue of Exhibition catalogue containing bibliography of The Perishable Press, one of 150 copies signed, enhanced, and altered by the author / subject / printer, Walter Hamady. Taking up where TWO DECADES OF HAMADY & THE PERISHABLE PRESS LIMITED left off (book #106 1983), this starts with book #107, 1984. Page size: 10-1/4 inches x 7 inches; 18pp; one of which is a triple gatefold. Bound: original wrappers printed in color, both front and back wrappers are gatefolds with the bibliography of The Perishable Press on the interior pages of each of the gatefolds. The entire catalogue was printed in color by Park Printing House and designed by Patrick JB Flynn and Walter Hamady.The essay on Walter Hamady's work is by Roy Behrens, Professof of Art at the University of Northern Iowa, where he teaches graphic design, illustration and design history. There is a "Colophonic Afterword" by Walter Hamady and "A Note from the Curator" by…
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QUOTABLES FROM 1978 FAITHFULLY RECORDED AND PUB LISHED ...
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Mt. Horeb: The Perishable Press, 1979.. Small oblong octavo. Pictorial wrapper. Fine. First edition. One of 150 copies printed on handmade paper. With the prospectus (folded) laid in. Paul Blackburn and William Stafford are acknowledged for their inspiration. HAMADY 93.
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Wowa's First Book
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(Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin): Perishable Press, 1977. First edition of the smallest book from the press, "just the right size for a two-year-old little girl", the little girl being Laura Evans Hamady, the author's daughter. One of only 60 copies salvaged from an intended edition of 365 copies. Hamady, Two Decades of Hamady & The Perishable Press, 78. A very fine copy of this rare miniature. A miniature book, 2 x 1 3/4 inches, original Swedish marbled paper wrappers handmade by the author. A very fine copy of this rare miniature.
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