Colorful Fortune - 1st Limited Edition; Unicate Binding by Budd, Harold - 2009

Vancouver: Heavenly Monkey. Fine+. 2009. Limited Edition; First Printing; Signed by Author. Fine Binding. This book was set in Perpetua with Zaphino for display by Rollin Milroy at Heavenly Monkey. It was printed letterpress on Rives paper by David Clifford at Black Stone Press. The first ten copies form the Deluxe issue, & include one of the original drawings reproduced in the book, as well as photo-etchings of four preliminary arabesque drawings by the author, printed by Peter Braune at New Leaf editions. These copies have been bound by Claudia Cohen. The remaining 50 copies plus 15 hors de commerce form the Press Issue, and have been bound by Keith Lowe in limp paper vellum made by Reg Lissel. Signed by Harold Budd on the limitation page. This particular copy and its unique slip case, numbered 47 is one of four copies bound differently at Heavenly Monkey with Rollin Milroy's inscription added to the limitation page. ; Emerging in the 1960s from the American minimalist movement inspired by John Cage and Morton Feldman, Harold Budd has become one of the country's most prolfic, consistent and influential composers and musicians. Throughout his career, poetry - or what Harold refers to as "something like poetry, but not the same thing" - has been an occasional companion to his music. His "something-like poetry" now takes center stage in Colorful Fortune, the first published collection of Harold's poems .