Books Are My Utopia -

(Vancouver, BC): Heavenly Monkey, 2020. Rueter, William. 16mo. (18)ff. One of thirty-six copies. Signed by the calligrapher. A celebration of books and letters, with each sheet printed from reproductions of William Rueter's calligraphy with polymer plates, then with embellishments added by hand. Quotations on the sustaining power of books on each sheet. Titans of the literary, philosophical, bibliographic, and historical worlds are all present, from Martin Luther to T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, Helen Keller to Richard Rodriguez. Bound by Claudia Cohen in teal paper wrappers with cover title printed in gold and affixed to front. Housed in clamshell box, covered in gold silk and with gilt-on-paper spine title. Fine.