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1982rif. 3156Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1982. First Edition one of 200 copies all on Rives lightweight paper from a total issue of 300 copies signed by the artist Alan James Robinson and hand-numbered by him on the colophon page. Page size: 13-1/2 inches x 9-3/4 inches; 158pp including 6pp. Introduction by Laurie Block and 13pp. bibliography by Ms. Block. Bound by Grey Parrot: red quarter leather and light tan cloth over boards tan cloth over boards folder for extra suite of engravings clamshell box of tan linen over boards with red morocco spine stamped in gold gilt with title fine. Each letter of the alphabet is exemplified by an animal whose name represents that letter. Each letter has its own page with a small woodengraving of the animal above printed text describing the animal. This is followed by an original full-page woodengraving of the animal with a caption and source printed in red by a page of text. The first letter of each of the 26 text sections is in red original calligraphy by Betse Curtis in the style of Old English Gothic letters. The colophon features a red alphabet in Old English Gothic letters surrounding the debossed turtle cheloniidae with the colophon text printed in Arrighi. The text of the book is in Centaur as well as Arrighi set in monotype by Mackenzie-Harris with some hand-setting by Arthur Larson. The text compiled by Laurie Block from five centuries of travelers' accounts is "the story of how men came to view the animate world as a reality with its own unique history integrity and order." The earliest bestiaries - full of fantasy and little fact - from the medieval period seem elementary in comparison to those produced by the scholarship of the Renaissance. Humans had renewed their efforts to portray and accurately describe those other living creatures that share their planet. And their ever-expanding audience was delighted. This desire to see and know the living world continues unabated. Here is a textual survey from publications as early as the 1577 THE HISTORY OF TRAVAILE IN THE WEST AND EAST INDIES. by Richard Eden for the Elephant's entry to the 1839 NARRATIVE OF THE SURVEYING VOYAGES OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS ADVENTURE AND BEAGLE. by Charles Darwin for the Tortoise's entry. There are 26 wood engravings by Alan James Robinson for each animal / letter of the alphabet. There are also 26 smaller linecuts which appear above the page of text with the first letter of the animal's name printed over / with the image. The woodengraving is a full-page image with a sentence printed in red below the engraving referring to the animal. This is an altogether welcome addition to the much sought after bestiary. Elegantly and beautifully executed it is one of Mr. Robinson's most charming endeavors. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
1987rif. 3157Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1987. Unique copy of artist's book this copy with 7 original finished drawings for each of the sea turtles pictured in the edition book which consisted of 41 copies 26 of which were lettered copies which this copy is the book with seven hand-colored etchings all on Rives BFK and handmade Japanese Moriki paper each etching signed by the artist who has also signed the drawings and the colophon. Bound: loose as issued housed in cloth portfolio made by Claudia Cohen with tray cases by Peter Geraty and Linda Lembke. Page size: 10.5 x 15 inches 44pp. The seven species of the order Cheloniidae pictured in this study are: Green Turtle the Hawksbill Turtle the Loggerhead Turtle the Leathery Turtle the Leatherback Turtle the Atlantic Ridley the Pacific Ridley and the Flatback Turtle. The text is handset and printed letterpress by Harold Patrick McGrath in Centaur and Arrighi by Mackenzie-Harris of San Francisco CA with additional hand composition by Arthur Larson. The source of the text is JOHNSON'S NATURAL HISTORY illustrating and describing the Animal Kingdom with its Wonders and Curiosities from Man through all the divisions classes and orders to the Animalcule in a drop of Water; Volume II by S. G. Goodrich. A very beautiful book with the original art. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
1990rif. 10394Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1990. One of 125 copies all on Cheloniidae Rag paper the first book of the press with Cheloniidae watermark each signed by the artist Alan James Robinson from a total issue of 155 copies with an extra suite of the woodengravings and etching laid in loose in tan cloth over boards folder housed in clamshell box with book. . Page size: 10-3/8 x 15- 7/8 x inches - the size of the first folio edition of Shakespeare - Dedication Page Half-title engraved frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare in rondel surrounded by the animals Titlepage i-iii iv-v 1-87 88-92pp. Bound: full tan morocco by Claudia Cohen and Sarah Creighton title stamped in gold gilt on front panel within a blind rule at outer edge spine panelled marbled endpapers housed in tan cloth over boards clamshell box with leather label on spine title stamped in gold gilt. Illustrated with 54 woodengravings depicting the birds and beasts found in Shakespeare's plays and poems plus two portraits of the Bard: one etching and one woodengraving. The woodengravings were accomplished by Robinson on end-grain English boxwood from T.N. Lawrence & Sons of London. The type was set at M & H Type Foundry of San Francisco and printed by Harold Patrick McGrath in black within a caramel-colored rule on each page with Shakespeare's own words in caramel ink. This book uses Shakespeare's original texts addressing the natural history folklore and mythology of the birds and beasts in his plays. The text was written by Arthur F. Kinney Thomas W. Copeland Professor Literary History at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Certainly one of the most ambitious and most beautiful books of the Press published to mark their tenth anniversary. Cheloniidae Press unknown books
1982rif. 3598Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Deluxe edition copy #46 of only 50 issued with an extra portfolio containing a suite of the 26 engravings each SIGNED and numbered by Robinson plus a suite of the 26 smaller linecut illustrations each with hand calligraphy by Curtis and SIGNED by Robinson and Curtis all contained in a morocco-backed sleeve that matches the clamshell box. The alphabet book compiled by Laurie Block is equally wonderful. Fine. Cheloniidae Press hardcover books
2006rif. VR438302006-2010 In issues, 8vo. A total of 14 issues of this journal dedicated to turtles.
