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Lewisburg, PA: Appletree Alley, 1992. Plotkin, Linda. Octavo. 45, (3)pp. One of 150 copies, signed by the illustrator, Linda Plotkin, at the colophon. Four of Plotkin's illustrations punctuate Valentine's poetry. Composed of highly saturated colors abstractly cast over dark backgrounds, the images reflect and enhance the surges of anxiety, love, and nostaglia that characterize much of Valentine's verses. Bound in blue-gray paper over boards, backed in navy cloth with glit spine titling. Fine.
Night Lake by VALENTINE, Jean; illustrated by Linda Plotkin - 1992
by VALENTINE, Jean; illustrated by Linda Plotkin
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Night Lake
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(Lewisburg, PA): The Press of Appletree Alley / Bucknell University, 1992. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Octavo, 45pp., illustrated by Linda Plotkin. A near fine copy in the publisher's printed boards with black cloth spine, gently sunfaded on the spine, else lovely. A beautiful edition, which pairs Valentine's poetry with Plotkin's abstract illustrations from linoleum and zinc blocks, which are very richly produced on the bright white Frankfurt mould-made paper. One of 150 limited copies SIGNED by Plotkin on the limitation page, this example is unnumbered and out of series.
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- Publisher The Press of Appletree Alley / Bucknell University
- Place of Publication (Lewisburg, PA)
- Date Published 1992
- Keywords Poetry, Poems, American literature
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Lewisburg: The Press of Appletree Alley, 1992. cloth-backed boards. Press of Appletree Alley. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 45, (3) pages. Limited to 150 numbered copies signed by the illustrator, Linda Plotkin. A fine copy. The ninth volume in this series of hand-printed books devoted to modern poetry and produced by Barnard Taylor. Printed on Frankfurt mould-made paper using a Vandercook No.4 press. The illustrations were printed directly from the linoleum and zinc blocks. Assistance by Mindy Weinreb Michaub and Juanita Bishop. Bound by Don Rash and Nicolyn Rosen.
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