Ghost Towns of the Enchanted Circle

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2006
Flying Horse Editions

An artist's book in two structures. The text is on a loosely sewn codex glued at the verso of the last leaf to the middle part of a trifold wrapper; a mounted color photographic illustration appears on one page. Further images are printed on a 15 x 120 cm. sheet folded into six leaves and similarly attached to the rightmost part of the wrapper; another illustration is mounted on the topmost page of the folded sheet. The wrapper features a snakeskin-patterned exterior with a grained brown interior.

"Set in Adobe Jenson Pro font and printed on a Vandercook Proofing Press. Each text section of the book was printed on archival paper using handset type. The images were printed on Arches Infinity rag paper. Layout, Typesetting and Design by Ryan Burkhart and Larry Cooper. The book was printed by Ryan Burkhart and Larry Cooper with the assistance of Amber Hand. Larry Cooper of Gardyloo Handmade Books designed the binding of the book and hand-bound the entire edition"--Colophon.

Title

Ghost Towns of the Enchanted Circle

Publisher

Flying Horse Editions
H2O Graphics

Date

2006

Description

An artist's book in two structures. The text is on a loosely sewn codex glued at the verso of the last leaf to the middle part of a trifold wrapper; a mounted color photographic illustration appears on one page. Further images are printed on a 15 x 120 cm. sheet folded into six leaves and similarly attached to the rightmost part of the wrapper; another illustration is mounted on the topmost page of the folded sheet. The wrapper features a snakeskin-patterned exterior with a grained brown interior.

"Set in Adobe Jenson Pro font and printed on a Vandercook Proofing Press. Each text section of the book was printed on archival paper using handset type. The images were printed on Arches Infinity rag paper. Layout, Typesetting and Design by Ryan Burkhart and Larry Cooper. The book was printed by Ryan Burkhart and Larry Cooper with the assistance of Amber Hand. Larry Cooper of Gardyloo Handmade Books designed the binding of the book and hand-bound the entire edition"--Colophon.

Rights

Courtesy of the artist

Source

Vanderbilt University Special Collections, Southern Civilization Collection

Files

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Citation

Poch, John, 1966-, “Ghost Towns of the Enchanted Circle,” Gallery, accessed October 1, 2023, https://gallery.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/1258.