SUBMARINE BELLS - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED
Minneapolis: Red Egypt Press, 1994. Limited Edition. Item #6294
One of 20 copies (plus three Artist's Proofs) specially bound and signed by Rathman, this being copy no.20. Quarto (33.5cm); text is letterpress printed on Rives BFK, wire-bound into grey cloth-covered boards, with pictorial label inset on front cover; publisher's matching cloth slipcase; [26]pp; illustrated with 9 three-color engravings from relief prints and etchings by David Rathman. Fine in a Fine slipcase. An elaborate production, pairing the poetry of Russell Edson (1935-2014) with the artwork of Minneapolis-based visual artist David Rathman. Edson, a Guggenheim Fellow, has been called the "godfather of the prose poem in America." Uncommon, evidently sold out prior to publication; OCLC notes 8 holdings.
Price: $5,000.00