Search Results: Authors starting with K from Priscilla Juvelis

Marshfield Hills, MA, 2012. Artist's book, one of six copies, all on a range of papers, each copy signed and numbered by the artist, Viola Kaeumlen. Page size: box of 13 pouches (tied with brown silk ribbon) as envelopes holding the "letters" and related material written by the artist, printed list of contents, box size closed is 5.5 x 7.5 x 2.25 inches. Bound by the artist: two-part box is brown book cloth over boards and adorned with medallion of young woman; box fastened tan silk cord woven through eight holes in the 2 parts of the box, lined with Canson BFK Rives Tan paper. The artist's statement and the colophon explain that the book contains texts of letters written by Mrs. Mary Arthur to her daughter Beatrice Arthur over the period from 1927 - 1935 that were found in an old suitcase by Ms. Kaeumlen in 2010 in flea market on the Boston South Shore. The letters led to an investigation of not only the women concerned but the times in which they lived, with the pertinent information on the times:… Read More

New York, 1946. Typed Letter Signed in pencil, one page 8-3/8 x 10-3/4", to Mr. Wilson, on Helen Keller's personal letterhead of 15 West 16th Street, New York, dated February 21, 1946. Traces of quarter folds, a bit of yellowing along folds, traces of two paper clip marks on back, else fine. An eloquent letter announcing the formation of the "Helen Keller Committee on the Deaf-blind" formed by the American Foundation for the Blind and asking for his support. Miss Keller writes, "Try to imagine, if you can, the anguish and horror you would experience bowed down by the twofold weight of blindness and deafness, with no hope of emerging from an utter isolation....Even work, man's Divine heritage -- work that can bind up broken hearts -- would be lost to you." Miss Keller's devotion to the suffering of others is evident, making this a wonderful example of her compassion.

Forest Hills, LI, 1925. To Mr. DeLaitre, typed letter signed, one page, 10-3/8" x 6-3/4", 27 lines, signed in pen at the bottom, "Helen Keller" to Mr. DeLaitre. Evidence of quarter folds, else fine. Helen Keller (1880-1968), noted American lecturer and author, was blind and deaf from the age of two. She spent her life raising money for the blind and other social causes, especially working for The American Foundation for the Blind. In this early letter (she had graduated from Radcliffe in 1904), she announces that Dr. Henry van Dyke, as National Chairman of the American Foundation for the Blind, is "endeavoring to secure an Endowment Fund." She informs Mr. DeLaitre that she will be visiting his city soon to speak at "one or two meetings" and expresses a desire to meet him. This is fine letter, written early in Miss Keller's extraordinary career and is signed in pen -- quite unusual as her signatures are usually in pencil.

[NP, 1939. Photograph (black and white) of Miss Keller with her beloved dog, "Go-Go" an Akita pure bred, inscribed in pencil across the bottom third of photograph, "To Mr. John E. Monahan / in appreciation of his help / fullness. / Cordially / Helen Keller." Size of photograph: 8 inches x 10 inches; matted and framed to overall size of 13 inches x 14 inches; photograph a bit rumpled at corners with some spotting. Still a lovely image of Miss Keller at age 59 seated on large chair with "Go-Go" seated at her feet, one of her hands on his collar and the other across his back. She is smiling and beautifully dressed in suit with fur shawl and hat with large cameo pin at her throat. "Go-go" is almost smiling as well - turned to face the camera with his gentle eyes seeing what his owner cannot. Helen Keller (1880-1968), noted American lecturer and author, blind and deaf from the age of two, was an international celebrity in a day and time before television and international movie distribution. She is… Read More

Boston: The Youth's Companion, 1904. First Edition, Signed by the author on the first page over an image of an Easter lily, in pencil as usual, "Helen Keller". 4to; 2pp; dark blue wrappers printed in silver, the corners chipped, the front cover s split at the edge, the text sewn with light green yarn, covers a bit soiled, about very good. The text is on French folded coated glossy stock; printed in dark blue with images of lilies in light green, with photographic image of a young Helen Keller in blue. The author and title are printed in dark blue at the top of the page with lilies decorating the margins. The text is printed in dark blue as well, within a light green double rule on each page. This is a handsome and early publication by Keller. Helen Keller (1880-1968), noted American lecturer and author, was blind and deaf from the age of two. At the age of seven Anne Sullivan became her teacher, and Keller's progress was remarkable. She graduated from Radcliffe in 1904 with honors and spent the rest… Read More

Sydney, Australia: Chowder Bay Press, 2012. Artist's book, one of 26 lettered copies, A-Z, plus 2 Artist Proof copies, all on Japanese Iwaki Mulberry paper for the linocuts and Rising Stonehenge paper for the poems, with wrapper supports of Suecia Antiqua Chamois, each book signed and lettered in pencil, by the artist, Peter Kingston, and the author, Robert Adamson. There are twenty-one prints by Kingston, including three long internal wrappers, a folding leporello, the upper lid of the box, and the illustrated colophon in the base of the lining. Page size: 13-3/4 x 13-3/4 inches; 14 folios consisting of poem title on recto, poem on verso, linocut (chine colle) on recto (one of which is double page fold), verso blank; plus titlepage and colophon, plus wrappers consisting of double-page linocut on Iwaki Mulberry paper to hold colophon and color photograph of Mr. Kingston and Mr. Adamson. Bound: loose as issued in linocut-printed green wrappers of Iwaki Mulberry paper showing wide-eyed, iridescent… Read More

[Paris]: Les Editions de Minuit, 1959. One of 1500 on velin superieur, from a total issue of 1537; 8vo; handsomely rebound in 3/4 scarlet morocco and marbled paper boards, spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., original wrappers and backstrip bound in, original backstrip torn, else fine.

Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, editeur, 1956. First edition, one of 2000 copies. Illustrated with five photographs of a sculpture of Diana, one of which on the wrappers, four full-page plates in the text. 8vo; handsomely re bound in 3/4 brown morocco and marbled paper boards, spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., original wrappers and backstrip bound in, fine.

1899. Autograph Musical Quotation Signed and dated Februrary 6, 99; a section of Knowlton's arrangement of "There, Little Girl, Don't Cry" pasted with two photographs of the composer (one sepia, one b/w) on a gray card, written and signed by Knowlton. Size: 6 x 6-1/2" .Top edge slightly sunned. Marks on back of card from the removal of other pasted items. "There! Little Girl, Don't Cry!" is a musical adaptation of the poet James Whitcomb Riley's poem "A Life-Lesson". Fanny Snow Knowlton's (1859-1926) arrangement of this popular Riley poem, published in 1891 by Brainard's Sons Company of Chicago, was one the earliest arrangements written by a woman. An American composer, Knowlton was writing during a period of great opportunity for female composers. From 1890 to 1930 scores and musical compositions by women were being published in record numbers in the United States. For her arrangements, Knowlton selected popular poems such as Riley's "A Life-Lesson" and Samuel Minton Peck's "The Grapevine Swing" and… Read More

Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 2017. Artist's book, one of 10 copies, text and images designed as a board game with Spinner Board printed on stiff board, signed and numbered by the artist / author, Dorothy Krause, on the inside back sheet. Size: 10-3/8 x 12-7/8 x 1-1/2; instructions, game board, spinner board and game pieces housed in clear plastic suitcase with title in red and white letters with black boarders; inside lid of suitcase with image of first atomic bomb blast underlaying a printed definition of war - "armed conflict, prosecuted with military forces aiming to enforce the political will of the victor upon the defeated" and information on human aggression from prehistory to present. The Game Board resembles a checkerboard with squares which give instructions such as "no weapons found: look again" and "tour of duty extended: start over" and "peace negotiations begun: pray for success." The red and black checker-like pieces are "us" and "them." "The game never ends ... there are no winners, only… Read More

[Boca Raton, FL], 2014. Artist's book, one of 10 copies, all on Rives BFK tan paper, hand-numbered and signed by the artist, Dorothy Simpson Krause, on the colophon. Page size: 11.5 x 17.25 inches; 9 leaves, including frontispiece of red cross inset into tan paper, + colophon. Bound: loose in tan wrappers with title and artist and definition of the work "prescribe" printed letterpress in brown ink on tan paper housed in black paper-covered box 12 x 18 inches; lined with red bookcloth; the lid of box collaged with a page taken from a prescription ledger kept by a pharmacy in the late 1800"s. The images in the book are taken from work that was produced during an Artist-in-Residency at Harvard's Countway Library, which houses one of the world's leading collections of medical history. Photographs of their anatomical specimens, medical artifacts, rare books and manuscripts are incorporated. The processes include prints onto the ledger pages using Pronto, Toray and Solar intaglio and planographic plates… Read More

Marshfield Hills, MA: Viewpoint Editions, 2008. Artist's book, one of 6 deluxe copies from a total issue of 106 (100 regular and 6 deluxe), all on Mohawk Options 65 cover made from 100% post consumer content with renewable wind power, each signed and numbered on the colophon by the artist / author, Dorothy Simpson Krause. Page size: 12 x 12 inches; 40pp. Bound by Harcourt Bindery in aubergine Nigerian goatskin with onlay of copper inset 7-7/8 x 7-7/8 inches that has been manipulated by the artist (acid washed with "wrinkles") title blind-stamped in center of copper, gold endpapers, housed in matching gold cloth over boards custom-made clamshell box. Printed on an HP Indigo 5500 Press by Acme Bookbinding that have been manipulated by Ms. Krause with graphite, metallic pigments, gold and silver leaf. The text is mainly taken from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, although a notable page spread is text taken from the Holy Bible, Malachi, Chapter 4, Verses 1-6, "behold the day commeth that… Read More

Marshfield, MA: Viewpoint Editions, 2007. Artist's book, one of 26 numbered copies, all on Hahnemuhle paper, each numbered and signed by the artist in pencil on the final page. Page size: 4-7/8 x -5- 9/16 inches closed and 19" long when opened, 6pp. Bound: accordion style with red printed canvas covers, the front cover printed with etching after Gustave Dore with Krause's addition of the hat painted red, and the title, LITTLE RED A CAUTIONARY TALE FOR GIRLS OF ALL AGES, housed in black paper envelope. The text is printed on the 4 front pages at the bottom of the images, "Sometimes, I explain, it's hard to tell the difference between the ones who love you and the ones who will eat you alive." It is also printed the 2 pages on the reverse which contain a more significant portion of text from Ms. Steiber's poem above an image of a doll, in greys and brown, sprawled below the text. The doll, the artist tells the reader / viewer, is one that she had as a child. When turned upside down, the little red… Read More