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Nicolás Dumit Estévez, For Art's Sake

For Art's Sake is a devotional guide printed and bound at the Center in an edition of one hundred. Concept, text, and illustrations by Nicolas Dumit Estevez. Page layout and letterpress printing by Amber McMillan. Text, handset Scotch Roman type, and illustrations, polymer plates, printed on Arches paper hand painted by CBA interns from a design by Ana Cordeiro. Pages bound with cotton velvet covers. Structure design and bookbinding supervision by Ana Cordeiro, based on a historical model taught by Pamela Spitzmueller. Aesthetic Credential letterpress printed and designed by Amber McMillan and Nicolas Dumit Estevez. Handset Scotch Roman type and polymer plates on handcut Fabriano Elle Erre paper. (2006)

Celebrating Artist Members: 30th Anniversary Broadside Portfolio

Organized by Roni Gross, Artist Member. This special limited edition portfolio features the work of the artist members of The Center for Book Arts. Each participating artist submitted a broadside in an edition of 100. The theme of the project is the celebration of the contributions of the artist members, past and present, to the growth of the Center and the field of book arts over the past 30 years. Includes the catalogue, which opens to a poster where each of the 58 broadsides is illustrated. It also includes an essay by Nina Schneider and a curatorial statement by Roni Gross. Nancy Loeber, Barbara Mauriello, Benjamin Rinehart, and Peter Schell each designed a unique portfolio (edition of 25 each) to house the editions. (2005)	$950
PRICE FOR MEMBERS (2005)	$850

Andrew Atkinson, Street Life in London Redeemed

Published in a limited edition of 50, each signed and numbered by the artist. Street Life in London, by John Thomson, photographer, and Adolph Smith, writer, is the basis of the Street Life in London Redeemed. The original was published in 1878 and was a major publication that used the Woodburytype process. Andrew Atkinson was the 2003 Sally R. Bishop Resident. (2003)

Emily Martin, Mutually Exclusive

Printed and bound at The Center in a limited edition of 50. It is a set of five books and a wrap around bookcase, which reflects the slipperiness of forging a personal philosophy. Using the magic wallet structure, the book panels flip back and forth using two opposing statements. Each of the texts has three layers: three basic statements, an underlying stream-of-consciousness narration and ten sets from the Pythagorean tables of opposites. Emily Martin was the 2002 Sally R. Bishop Resident. (2002)

Benjamin D. Rinehart, Ticket Licket

Comprised of six reductive woodcut images, encased in a printed bound portfolio. Ticket Licket focuses on the single life of the artist as a gay male. The raffle ticket reflects the element of chance. Ben Rinehart specializes in multimedia images with a strong focus on printmaking and book constructions. His socially charged work has been shown throughout the US. (2001)

Mare Blocker, Istoriato

Produced at the Center for Book Arts, during her Sally R. Bishop residency, Mare Blocker explores how the design of Maiolica pottery changed with the invention of the printing press. Multiple color lineleum blocks and type printed on Magnani Pescia. Round shaped, case bound concertina, with printed Iris cloth on both the book covers and lidded clamshell box. Each boxed set also includes a unique plate glazed in the style of Maiolica pottery. (11 x 11) (2001)

Mikhail Magaril, The Diary of a Madman

By Nikolai Gogol and translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett and illustrated by Mikhail Magaril, each copy of the edition of 100 was hand-lettered and bound by Gogol. Drypoint plates by Mikhail Magaril were printed by Kathy Caraccio & Sana Fadel at Kathy Caraccio Studio. The typography was planned by Misha Beletsky. Summer Garden Editions, New York, 1998. (1998)

Alphonso Ossorio, Recovery: The Hospital Drawings of Alfonso Ossario

Designed by Richard Minsky. Texts by Rose Slivka, Dr. Lewis Thomas and B.H. Friedman. Each print is authenticated in the margin with the seal of the Ossario Foundation. First Edition of 100. Letterpress printed at the Center for Book Arts, 1995. (1995)

Stephanie Krause, Animals on Wheels

Written and illustrated by Stephanie L. Krause. This edition of 100 was letterpress-printed on Arches 140-pound Satinee and hand-colored at The Center for Book Arts, 1995. (1995)

Joyce Cutler Shaw, Three Cages

Images and Text by Joyce Cutler Shaw. Paper Engineering by Allwyn Bookbinder. The text is typeset in the Alphabet of Bones, an original calligraphy based on the hollow bones of birds, and in Malibu italic. The paper is 100% cotton fiber Clearprint. Edition is limited to 250 signed copies. Center for Book Arts, 1993. (1993)