Books Are My Utopia; | Calligraphed Aphorisms Chosen & Rendered by William Rueter
s.l. [Vancouver]: HM [Heavenly Monkey], 2020 [in roman numerals]. 16mo, 19.1 x 12.9 cm. In pale teal limp paper covers. The gatherings were sewn onto slips of matching pale teal paper; the slips were then laced through the covers at the joints. Matching teal paper label, titled in gilt, to the upper cover. Housed in a gold cloth covered solander box, with a paper label titled and ornamented in gilt to the spine. Unpaginated [ll. 19, of which 3 are fold-out leaves]. A fine copy. “William Rueter’s calligraphy was reproduced from polymer plates printed by Rollin Milroy on a variety of papers with a handpress. Each sheet then had elements added by Will, so every leaf in this book includes original handiwork by him.” With the exception of the title-spread verso, each leaf is printed on the recto only. From an edition of 36 copies uniformly bound by Claudia Cohen. The present copy is number 29. It is signed in ink by William Rueter on the colophon page. (This Monkey’s Gone to Heaven, 1.39). Item #386
Price: $700.00