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University of Washington Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Venetian Masks by Stephen Arkin - 1989
by Stephen Arkin
Venetian Masks
by Stephen Arkin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
Mill Valley, CA: Figment Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Dianne Weiss. Signed. Miniature Book. 2 5/8 x 3 inches. Unpaginated. [36] pp. Color illustrated half-title, illustrated throughout many hand-colored, 1 double-page gatefold; text clean, unmarked. Letterpress 3-color-illustrated white cloth over boards, the front cover with a window through which one views a hand-crafted Venetian mask mounted on a stiff board inside the cover, marbled end-papers; binding square and tight, light foxing to the top edge. SIGNED by Dianne Weiss on the colophon. SA1019-036. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 75 copies, this is copy number 39, design, binding, illustrations, and hand colored engravings by Dianne Weiss, printed letterpress in Italian Oldstyle by Susan Acker on Arches paper. Miniature Book Society Distinguished Book Award in the Artistic Category, 1990. A book about Venice and its Carnival masks, "of unusual originality and tasteful execution. Ideally demonstrates all facts of printing in providing the carnival atmosphere." The MBS jury. REFERENCES: Bradbury, 20th-Century U.S. Miniature Books, No. 217; Poska, ed., Catalog, Miniature Book Competition, '90, pp. 36-37.
- Bookseller John Howell for Books (US)
- Illustrator Dianne Weiss
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Figment Press
- Place of Publication Mill Valley, CA
- Date Published 1989
- Keywords Stephen Arkin, Venetian Masks, Miniature Book, Fine Press, Limited Edition, Figment Press, Dianne Weiss, Susan Acker, Miniature Book Society