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Exoticum: Twenty-five Desert Plants from the Huntington Gardens. Wood Engravings by Richard Wagener. Essay by Edwin Dobb.
by [ Wagener, Richard ]
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
[Petaluma, California:] Mixolydian Editions, 2017 One of sixty copies, signed by both Edwin Dobb and Richard Wagener. This is one of the twenty-six deluxe copies, featuring the extra signed prints. Quarter terra cotta morocco over marbled paper boards, gilt lettered spine. Laid in a clamshell box, along with five signed prints from the edition and a special printing of the bladderpod plant, which was the genesis of this suite of engravings. The suite of prints is in a green paper chemise. Clamshell box with printed paper spine label. Binding by John DeMerritt; paper marbling by Pamela Smith of Abiquiu, New Mexico.. Folio. 12.25 x 7.5 pp. Printed letterpress on two types of Zerkall-Bütten paper from the Kall River Valley in Germany. Engravings printed directly from the wood blocks on a Vandercook Universal I proof press. A fine copy. Edwin Dobb is a fiction writer, essayist, and journalist. A former editor-in-chief of The Sciences and contributing writer at Harper's, he currently writes for National Geographic and teaches at the U. C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. "Richard Wagener is a California printmaker and book artist specializing in wood engraving, and is the proprietor of Mixolydian Editions where he publishes fine press limited edition books and prints. He is the 2016 co-recipient of the Carl Hertzog Award for Excellence in Book Design from the University of Texas at El Paso and the recipient of the 2016 Oscar Lewis Award for contributions to Book Arts from the Book Club of California" (from the prospectus).
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- Seller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 17098
- Title
- Exoticum: Twenty-five Desert Plants from the Huntington Gardens. Wood Engravings by Richard Wagener. Essay by Edwin Dobb.
- Author
- [ Wagener, Richard ]
- Format/Binding
- Quarter terra cotta morocco over marbled paper boards, gilt lettered spine. Laid in a clamshell box, along with five signed prin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- One of sixty copies, signed by both Edwin Dobb and Richard Wagen
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Mixolydian Editions,
- Place of Publication
- [Petaluma, California:]
- Date Published
- 2017
- Pages
- 72 pp.
- Size
- Folio. 12.25 x 7.5 pp
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Los Angeles, California
About Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
Our office is located in Los Angeles on West Third Street, between the Beverly Center and Farmer's Market. Though we gave up an open shop after more than thirty years, we welcome serious customers and dealers. We are normally open from 10 to 6 Monday through Saturday. Since some of our less expensive books are located in a temperature-controlled storage area offsite, you may want to call ahead of time to insure that the book you want to see will be available. We feature a stock strong in literature, history, Western philosophy, women's studies, education, history of science and fine printing and artists' books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. We have books from the 15th to the 20th century in all prices ranges. We do appraisals for income tax and insurance purposes. We purchase individual books and libraries. Proprietor: Carol Sandberg
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