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Poems, photographs, drypoints, and prints by Bill Kelly on Arches, Sekishu, and Cave papers. Case binding in paste paper over boards with a photoengraving mounted on the cover. Enclosure made of Cave paper. 9 3/8” x 6 3/4”. Edition of 30. 1999/2000. $1,400.

Memory images presented in a format inspired by an altered photograph album. Bill Kelly: “Conceived the way a duck hunter or ice fisherman would carve, then use, a decoy, these ideas are lures into a reflective state, where both the reader and the writer are tricked into a belief that what is felt is the truth ... or nearly so.”