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Manhattan Fine Press Book Fair ~ Book list for April 5th & 6th

27 Thursday Mar 2014

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This is just a little list of items I’ll have available for next weeks big show in New York. I’m pulling out some of the older titles I haven’t shown in a while where there may only be one or two copies left for sale and I’ll also have some of the broadsides available for purchase.

Looking forward to meeting some new people whom I’ve only had the pleasure of communicating with online or snail mail. Chris Adamson, who has the excellent blog Books and Vines, will be attending the show along with a few others coming in from all parts of the world. Hope to see some of you there!

Books:

  • The Intruder, by Robert Traver with wood engravings by Jim Westergard
  • Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad illustrated by Marc Castelli
  • The Path, by Sigrid Christiansen with lino cuts by Chad Pastotnik
  • Saturnalia, by H.P. Lovecraft with a collagraph by Chad Pastotnik
  • Killing The Bear, by Judith Minty with wood engravings by Glenn Wolff
  • There Be Monsters, written and illustrated by Chad Pastotnik with lino cuts
  • The Changeling’s Exile, by Gerard Wozek with an intaglio print by Chad Pastotnik
  • The Frogs Who Wished A King, Aesop with intaglio prints by Chad Pastotnik
  • Ripping Oblivion, written and illustrated by Steve Toornman with his intaglio prints
  • The Legend of Minisens, by Judith Hitz with lino cuts and intaglio by Steve Toornman, Meredith Krell and Chad Pastotnik
  • Folly, written and illustrated by Erin Murray with lino cut. Erin was my star apprentice a couple years back.

Broadsides:

  • The Mad Angler’s Manifesto, by Michael Delp with lino cut by Chad Pastotnik
  • If, by Rudyard Kipling with a wood engraving by Chad Pastotnik
  • Along With Youth, by Ernest Hemingway with a wood engraving by Jim Horton
  • The Trout in Winter, by Jerry Dennis with an intaglio print by Glenn Wolff
  • Where They Run, map of Montauk Point, Long Island. Intaglio by Glenn Wolff
  • September Inverness, by Robert Hass

I’ll also have along some other small ephemera which is rarely seen outside the studio.

 

 

 

Some nice bits of PR or “Black Arts Tuesday”

03 Tuesday Dec 2013

Posted by in Future Projects, Letterpress, PR and Media releases, Printing, The Mad Angler's Manifesto

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Last week, right before Thanksgiving, Jonah Olgles from Outside Magazine online requested a pdf of the Mad Angler’s Manifesto. I wasn’t sure what his plan was but happily sent one along. Apparently Jonah is a old fan of Michael Delp and he put up a very nice piece about our broadside though I wish now I had sent a better image. Jonah has let the cat out of the bag in the article so yes, very soon, squeezed in before Oscar Wilde, there will be a new edition of The Mad Angler Poems with 12 new pieces to make 25 in the collection. I can’t help myself, I love these poems and they speak to me more than most so they must be a DWP book. As Judith Minty wrote:

No writer is more at one with the river than Michael Delp. It is as if he emerges from mud and rock, the very soul of moving water, to speak its words, to sing its songs. He is a true mystic, a celebrant of life on this earth…

This is the sort of fluke exposure that artists daydream about before the holidays. While I can’t complain it seems I’ve spent the better parts of my recent days packing up shipments. If you’ve been waiting to get a copy of the broadside, I wouldn’t wait much longer, they’re going fast at the moment. Thank you Jonah.

Chris Adamson, from his Books and Vines blog has also put online a very nice piece about supporting your favorite fine presses this year instead of big retailers. It has a nice mention of Deep Wood Press and also shows the Mad Angler print. This blog post features other fine presses as well with images and links to some of the more affordable offerings out there to be had. Chris writes with an interesting perspective about the people who make the books he loves, a very entertaining read.