Box 7

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The House Carpenter is an old Scottish ballad originally titled James Harris or The Daemon Lover. Everybody sings it a little differently. The version presented in this book is the one that Joan Baez sings. This book was made by Chris Altschuler in May 1982 at the Wesleyan University print shop. The text was set in 18 point Caslon and the illustrations were cut in linoleum blocks. There are only 6 of these books the world.

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These words from Donald Barthelme were given a body by Steve Okun in the print shop at Wesleyan University during the Spring of 1982. They fell together out of various sizes and styles of Helvetica monotype; each lette and each space an individual piece, each one carefully assembled by hand in order to form this text. Thanks to David and Loki, and to you, who joins me in bringing this book to life.

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This book was designed and handset in Palatino by Laura Givertz. It was printed on bright white sumi paper appropriate for a snowy December 1982. Out of an edition of nine, this is number _

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This book was printed, designed and illustrated by Simone Zelitch, at Wesleyan University, in April ("with his shoures soote") and May (with its shot afternoons), 1982. The text is set in eighteen point Helvetica Medium. Special thanks to Hope Weissman for introducign me to Chaucer. Of an edition of ten, this is number _

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Designed and printed by Karen R. Van Dyck at Wesleyan University during the Fall of 1982. This is number _ in an edition of twelve.

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This book was designed and illustrated by Tracey Winn. The type is 14 point Caslon, and the paper is Arches Textwove. Thanks to the guidance of David Schorr, the patience of John Tomanio, and the inspiration of Old Possum, this book was printed on the Vandercook Press at Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Ct., in December, 1984. This is no. _ in an edition of 10.

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The excerpt is from Franny and Zooey, by J.D. Salinger. The book is designed and printed, in Bembo type, by Gail Himes at the Wesleyan Print Shop, Fall, 1984. Hot stuff! Mostly, that is. This _ of an edition of _.

Scope and Contents Vanercook, Vandercook, Please print me a folio book. I inked you and rolled you and cleaned you--- What a chore! In the Typography class of David Schorr. Vandercook, Vandercook, Please bring me a folio book. I spent days and nights in the Wesleyan Printshop like a squid Setting type (Caslon), cutting linoleum, And designing a grid. Vandercook, Vandercook, Please print me a folio book. At last, in mid-December of the year Nineteen hundred and eighty-four, The task was completed, I soiled you...

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repurposed vinyl notebook (medium blue), cover title stamped in white, colophon in pocket, lower cover

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Of an edition of 12, this is copy no. _. This book was designed, illustrated, and printed by Rosa Cho. The type- laboriously hand-set in the Wesleyan Printshop is in 10 point Bulmer. Fall 1984.