A Rainbow
Monterey, Kentucky: Larkspur Press, 2022. First edition. Paperback. 32pp. Octavo. [22cm] Typographically illustrated wraps. Letterpress printed and hand bound. Part of an edition of 600 copies printed on Mohawk Superfine paper. Includes wood engravings by Wesley Bates. New. Item #63447
"Larkspur Press books are highly collectible for their scarcity, beauty, and that they are important works. They often feature Kentucky writers such as Wendell Berry, Guy Davenport, James Baker Hall and Bobbie Ann Mason.
Larkspur Press Monterey Ky. creating fine books one letter at a time.
Larkspur books and broadsides are a delight to hold in the hand. In letterpress printing the words are in the paper not on it. To run your fingers over them is a tactile delight." - About the publisher
"This book was handset in Garamond Type, printed on a hand-fed C & P, then handbound. 600 copies were printed on Mohawk Superfine paper and a special edition of 90 copies on Zerkall paper.
The wood engravings are by Wesley Bates.
Design, composition, printing, & binding by Leslie Shane, Debbie Shannon, and Gray Zeitz at Larkspur Press." - From the book's colophon.
Price: $45.00