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NEW BOOKS

	Duck Blind Writings and woodcuts by Bill Kelly. Text handset in Kabel foundry type, polymer, and wood type and printed letterpress on Sekishu and Twinrocker handmade papers. Edition of 40 hand printed books will be available in late 2012. Prepublication price: $1,600.
	A Torn Web Poems by Ruth Stone; etchings by Michele Burgess on handmade Twinrocker paper. Text hand set in Spectrum. Woven-strap vellum binding enclosed in a watercolor painting. Housed in a cloth-covered box which includes one of the original etching plates. Edition of 40. 2012. $2,400.

BOOKS IN PRINT

	Diana in Sight Poems by Nancy Willard; archivally hand printed Diana photographs by Eric Lindbloom. Text hand set in Spectrum and Castellar and printed on Twinrocker “Turner Blue” handmade paper. Case bound in Japanese cloth and hand marbled paper and housed in a clamshell box. 12 1/4” x 10”. Edition of 30. 2009. $2,100.
	The Diener Poem by Martha Serpas; etchings and cast bronze sculpture by Michele Burgess. Text set in Gill Sans and printed letterpress on Anna Amalia paper. Binding covered in linen printed with an etching. Walnut slipcase/sculpture stand made by James Renner. Edition of 30. 2011. $2,400.
	Excerpt: pg. 26 Text by Janet Frame; drypoint, etching, and collagraph by Nelle Martin on Rives and Fabriano papers. Text hand set in Old Style Caslon. Accordion bound in hand painted and printed cover with Twinrocker paper chemise. 6 5/8” x 4 1/2”. Edition of 30. 2006. $750.
	Figures Made Visible in the Sadness of Time Poems by Peter Everwine; etchings by Bill Kelly on Twinrocker paper. Bound in hand dyed linen with hand stenciled cover. 11 1/2” x 8 5/8”. Edition of 40. 2003. $1,800.
	Grave Deposits Prose poem by Marie Luise Kaschnitz (translation by Lisel Mueller); digital prints by Michele Burgess on film and Gampi paper. Text hand set in Spectrum, printed on Stonehenge paper. Case binding in silk matka. Hand painted slipcase. 14" x 11 3/4". Edition of 30. 2010. $1,800.
	Herbarium Prose poem (“Without Death”) by Marie Luise Kaschnitz (translation by Lisel Mueller); etchings by Michele Burgess on Rives and Gampi papers. Text hand set in Perpetua. Album binding in English buckram cloth. Tray case covered in Cave paper and cloth. 12" x 10 1/4". Edition of 30. 2010. $2,200.
	Homage to Goya Poems by Jerome Rothenberg; relief and intaglio prints by Ian Tyson on custom made Twinrocker and Kozo handmade papers. Text hand set in Bembo. Leporello binding housed in a hand painted, linen covered tray case with a sculpture mounted on the cover. 15” x 6”. Edition of 40. 2008. $2,200.
	Mahler: Poems and Etchings Poems by C. G. Hanzlicek; etchings by Olda Prochazka on Rives paper. Case binding in cloth printed with a Curwen pattern. Slipcase. 15 5/8” x 11 3/4”. Edition of 55. 1995. $1,500.
	Mimages 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. $1,500.
	An Outline of Reparation Poem by Bill Kelly; multicolor woodcuts by James Renner on F. J. Head handmade paper. Bound in paste paper and housed in a clamshell box. 7 3/8” x 8 1/2”. Edition of 35. 2006. $950.
	Procrustes Inn Register Drypoints, embossing, and holographic text by Robert Cremean in a linen tray case. Seven copies include handmade wooden slipcase with scribed copper plate and bas relief used in printing the edition. 21” x 16 3/4”. Edition of 28. 1994. (Sold out.) Deluxe $10,000. (One copy remaining.)
	Sternberg: A Life in Woodcuts Forty autobiographical woodcuts by Harry Sternberg on Kitakata and Gutenberg papers. Case binding covered in Richard de Bas paper with silk spine and printed with a woodcut by the artist. 13 1/4” x 10 5/8”. Edition of 40. 1991. Bound volume $2,000. (Sold out.) Suite of forty hand printed woodcuts $3,000. Deluxe $4,500.
	The White of Ships Poem by Marie Luise Kaschnitz (translated by Lisel Mueller); hand painted lithographs by Michele Burgess on Gampi and Twinrocker handmade papers. 10” x 6 1/2”. Edition of 30. 2009. $2,100.
	A Woman Hit by a Meteor Poem by Sandra Alcosser in response to six etchings by Michele Burgess. Japanese stab binding in silk. Cloth enclosure. 44” x 31”. Edition of 10. 2001. $5,500.

BROADSIDES IN PRINT

	Adam and Eve’s Lament Poem by Chard deNiord; etching by Brian D. Cohen. 10 1/2” x 18”. Edition of 25. 1996. $200.
	The Blue Vein Poem by Sandra Alcosser; aquatint etching by Michele Burgess on Yamada Hanga paper. 23 3/4” x 14 1/4”. Edition of 30. 2004. $250.
	A Deep Romantic Chasm Poem by Jerome Rothenberg; chine collé intaglio by Bill Kelly on Stonehenge paper. Edition of 30. 2007. $200.
	Drought Poem by Sandra Alcosser; drypoint by Michele Burgess. 8 3/8” x 15”. Edition of 50. 1992. $125.
	Elegiac Fragments Poem by Peter Everwine; pochoir by Bill Kelly on Twinrocker paper. 22 5/8” x 15 1/4”. Edition of 30. 2004. $250.
	Flame Poem by Sandra Alcosser; two etchings by Michele Burgess. 11” x 15 3/4”. Edition of 50. 1992. $125.
	Island Poem by Elizabeth Brinsfield; woodcut by Michele Burgess. 12 5/8” x 12 5/8”. Edition of 26. 2001. $75.
	Lullaby: The Comforting of Cock Robin Poem by W. D. Snodgrass; etching by DeLoss McGraw. 22” x 11”. Edition of 200. 1987. $350.
	The Times Are Never Right Poem by Jerome Rothenberg; intaglio embossing by Ian Tyson. 16 3/8” x 11 1/2”. Edition of 60. 2003. $150.

ONE-OF-A-KIND BOOKS

	Museum of Temporal Living Mixed media paintings by Michele Burgess with hand set poem by Bill Kelly. 2005. $5,000.
	Nocturne Mixed media painting on etchings printed on Murillo paper by Michele Murgess. Concertina binding attached as a circular structure. Clamshell tray case covered in cloth. 2009. $2,500.
	An Open Book Poem by Lisel Mueller and patinated plaster sculpture and etchings printed on Roma paper by Michele Burgess. 2009. $2,000.
	Story Aquatint etchings printed on Gampi paper with additions of shale, coal, and ash by Michele Burgess. Case binding in leather and marbled paper. 2008. $2,500.
	Stratigraphy Seventeen aquatint etchings printed on Gampi paper by Michele Burgess. Whirlwind, side-stab binding with paste paper covers. Housed in a clamshell tray case. 2008-2009. $1,500.

OUT-OF-PRINT BOOKS

	The Blue Vein Poem by Sandra Alcosser; hand colored etchings by Michele Burgess. Text on Arches watercolor paper, hand dyed by Merilyn Britt. Etchings printed on Kitakata. Bound in custom made Cave paper and housed in a tray case covered with hand dyed linen. 11 1/4” x 7 3/4”. Edition of 30. 2004.
	A Colored Poem Poem by W. D. Snodgrass; etchings by DeLoss McGraw. 6 1/4” x 4 3/8”. Edition of 50. 1985.
	Device for Survival Poems by Emilio Adolfo Westphalen; etchings by Fernando de Szyszlo on Alcantara paper. Case binding in paste paper over boards with an etching mounted on the cover. Enclosure made of handmade paper. 10 1/2” x 7 1/4”. Edition of 45. 1992.
	Etchings of Buried Memory Poems by François Cheng; aquatint etchings by Michele Burgess on Gampi paper. Bound in vellum, chitzu of Moriki paper. 8 1/2” x 5 1/2”. Edition of 30. 2003.
	Force=Equal Poems and drypoints by Bill Kelly on Rives paper. 7” x 4 5/8”. Edition of 30. 1997.
	Ghost Poems by Li He; relief sculpture and prints by Ian Tyson on Kozo-shi and Moulin da Gué papers. Unbound and housed in a cloth covered box. 11 1/8” x 11 1/8”. Edition of 30. 2005.
	Glyphs Essay and poem by Sandra Alcosser; drypoints by Michele Burgess on Twinrocker paper. Case binding covered with a chine collé drypoint on Gampi paper. Silk enclosure with a watercolor by the artist mounted on the inside. 11 3/4” x 11 1/4”. Edition of 30. 2001.
	Hard Traveling Ten etchings and four hand painted woodcuts by DeLoss McGraw; selected text by John Steinbeck, Gary Soto, Woody Guthrie, and others. 12 1/4” x 14 3/4”. Edition of 40. 1989.
	The House the Poet Built Poem by W. D. Snodgrass; etchings by DeLoss McGraw. 10 3/8” x 16 3/4”. Edition of 30. 1985.
	How It Is Poem by Peter Everwine; twelve-page woodcut by Bill Kelly on Seichosen and Twinrocker papers. Leporello binding. 6 7/8” x 25 3/4”. Edition of 35. 2005.
	Janet and DeLoss: Poems and Pictures Poems and translations by Janet Lewis; woodcuts by DeLoss McGraw. 22 1/8” x 7 5/8”. Edition of 45. 1990.
	Midnight Carnival Ten poems by W. D. Snodgrass; ten hand painted etchings by DeLoss McGraw on Arches and Rives papers. Tray case covered with an etching. 11” x 12 1/2”. Edition of 50. 1989.
	The Mouse and the Woman Short story by Dylan Thomas; woodcuts by James Renner. 9 7/8” x 6 7/8”. Edition of 94. 1988.
	Paper of Live Flesh Poems by Juvenal Acosta; etchings by Derli Romero. Closed: 9 13/16” x 7 7/8”; Open: 48 1/2” x 7 7/8”. Edition of 55. 1990.
	Pilgrims A one-act play by Stephen Metcalfe; woodcuts by Julia Talcott. 9 1/4” x 7 1/4”. Edition of 30. 1992.
	Poem Made of Water Poem by Nancy Willard; drypoints by Michele Burgess. 6 3/4” x 9 15/16”. Edition of 25. 1992.
	Repair Poems by Bill Kelly; paintings and intaglios by Michele Burgess on Gampi paper. Hand printed binding housed in a chitzu covered in Japanese silk. 10” x 7 1/2”. Edition of 30. 2006.
	The River that Runs Two Ways Poems by Nancy Willard; photographs by Eric Lindbloom. 11 1/4” x 24”. Edition of 15. 2000.
	Seven Passages to a Flight Pochoirs with autobiographical text by Faith Ringgold. 9 1/2” x 7 7/8”. Edition of 30; deluxe edition of 15. Also produced as a hand printed quilt. 1995.
	She Said Poems by Mary Julia Klimenko; hand painted etchings by Manuel Neri on Saunders Waterford paper. Unbound in a silk tray case printed with an etching. 21 1/2” x 16 1/2”. Edition of 25 includes one artist’s proof. 1991.
	Sleeping Inside the Glacier Poems by Sandra Alcosser; etchings and collagraphs by Michele Burgess on Roma, Lana, and Japanese papers. Unbound in a vellum cover. Housed in a slipcase with a cast bronze sculpture mounted on it. 9 5/8” x 7 3/8”. Edition of 35. 1997.
	Soliloquy Hand painted wood construction and hand relief prints on Seichosen paper by James Renner. Coptic binding housed in a cloth covered clamshell box with a woodcut mounted on the cover. 6 1/2” x 11 1/4”. Edition of 20. 2007.
	Swimming Lessons Poem by Nancy Willard; seven drypoint etchings by Michele Burgess. Housed in a painting fragment. Silk enclosure with bone clasps. 10 1/8” x 7 5/8”. Edition of 20. 2001.
	Territory Twenty-one poems by Mary Julia Klimenko; one original mixed-media drawing and five photolithographs by Manuel Neri on Arches, Sudare, and Japanese papers. Introduction by Frances Mayes. Case binding in hand tooled leather. Linen tray case. 15 1/2” x 11 3/4”. Edition of 55. 1992.
	When There Were Trees Poem by Nancy Willard; drypoints and etching by Michele Burgess; paper color and design by Merilyn Britt. 11” x 5”. Edition of 25. 1999.
	Traces Prose poems by Peter Everwine; chine collé etchings with pochoir by Bill Kelly. Text hand set in Romulus. Case binding in paste paper. Tray case covered in hand woven cotton. 18" x 13". Edition of 30. 2010. $3,200.(Two copies remaining.)