Claudia Cohen Eye Candy

Rudolf Koch, Schriftgiesserei im Schattenbild, 1936 Bound in full black Morocco; edges rough cut; sewn on three frayed-out cords; paste paper endleaves with sewn leather inner hinge; handsewn red silk endband; décor of gold and blind tooling with red leather onlays; title in gold on spine. 19 x 25.5 x 1 centimeters. Created n.d. GBW 100th Anniversary
Rudolf Koch, Schriftgiesserei im Schattenbild, 1936
Bound in full black Morocco; edges rough cut; sewn on three frayed-out cords; paste paper endleaves with sewn leather inner hinge; handsewn red silk endband; décor of gold and blind tooling with red leather onlays; title in gold on spine.
19 x 25.5 cm GBW 100th Anniversary

 

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Claudia Cohen. Chasing Paper. Heavenly Monkey Editions, 2007. Edition binding
Each copy is laced into a heavy paper wrap (some white, some dark gray) featuring multi-color paper strips woven through the front board, and issued in a cloth-covered clamshell box.

 

Imp and Fiends. Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press, 1976. Out-of-series copy signed by the artist. Full black morocco with red and black leather onlays, gold tooling; sewn on flattened hemp cords; top edges gilt, leather endbands. 304 x 215 mm Bound in 1982. Contemporary American Bookbinding no. 16
Leonard Baskin. Demons, Imps and Fiends. Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press, 1976.
Full black morocco with red and black leather onlays, gold tooling; sewn on flattened hemp cords; top edges gilt, leather endbands. 30.4 x 21.5 cm Bound in 1982.
Contemporary American Bookbinding no. 16

 

Donna and Peter Thomas. Paper: A collection of Papers from Hand Papermills in the United States of America. Covered in a limp Barrett UICB papercase paper; sewn longstitch; decor of woven Dieu Donné blue and Barrett paper; title as cutout on spine. 11 ¾  by 9 ¼  inches  Bound ca. 1995 GBW exhibit Paper Bound
Donna & Peter Thomas. Paper: A Collection of Papers from Hand Papermills in the United States of America. Covered in a limp Barrett UICB papercase paper; sewn longstitch; decor of woven Dieu Donné blue and Barrett paper; title as cutout on spine. 11 ¾ by 9 ¼ inches
Bound ca. 1995
GBW exhibit Paper Bound

 

 

Bradford Morrow. A Bestiary. Grenfell Press, 1990. Edition binding. Full leather split board case binding. Black spine with inlays and onlays of scarlet, yellow, blue, purple, green, and orange leather. Pink leather head and tailbands. Sewn on 5 linen tapes. Somerset endpapers with sewn Japanese linen hinge. 39 x 28.5 x 6.5 cm. Bound in 1991. Fine Printers Finely Bound Too, no. 14A
Bradford Morrow. A Bestiary. Grenfell Press, 1990.
Edition binding.
Full leather split board case binding. Black spine with inlays and onlays of scarlet, yellow, blue, purple, green, and orange leather. Pink leather head and tailbands. Sewn on 5 linen tapes. Somerset endpapers with sewn Japanese linen hinge. 39 x 28.5 x 6.5 cm. Bound in 1991.
Fine Printers Finely Bound Too, no. 14A

 

Barbara Hodgson and Claudia Cohen. The Temperamental Rose &   Other Ways of Seeing Colour. Heavenly Monkey Editions, 2006. Three-piece case, with leather spine and fore edges. The boards are covered in an early 20th century European embossed paper, over which a number of different circular leather overlays are placed. 7 x 9 inches.
Barbara Hodgson and Claudia Cohen. The Temperamental Rose & Other Ways of Seeing Colour. Heavenly Monkey Editions, 2006.
Edition binding.
Three-piece case, with leather spine and fore edges. The boards are covered in an early 20th century European embossed paper, over which a number of different circular leather overlays are placed. 7 x 9 inches.

 

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Haruki Murakami, Sleep, Kat Ran Press, 2004. 7.5 x 10 inches.
Haruki Murakami. Sleep. Kat Ran Press, 2004.
7.5 x 10 inches.
Edition binding.

 

Barbara Hogson and Claudia Cohen. Occupied by Color. Heavenly Monkey Editions, 2012. 7 x 8.5 inches.
Barbara Hogson and Claudia Cohen. Occupied by Color. Heavenly Monkey Editions, 2012.
7 x 8.5 inches.
Edition binding.

 

Dean Koontz, Book of Counted Sorrows, Charnel House Press, Lynbrook, NY, 2003
Dean Koontz. Book of Counted Sorrows. Charnel House Press; Lynbrook, NY, 2003
Edition binding.

 

 

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