rottner andrew (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Rottner, Andrew (illustrator). Limited Edition. No. 15 of 100 copies. Original publisher's beige paper-covered boards backed with green cloth. 4 1/4" x 4 1/4." Unpaginated, twenty-five pages, complete. Ten black-and-white illustrations by Andrew Rottner, complete. Pages and covers are pristine and intact. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. Signed in black ink by Andrew Rottner on a back flyleaf facing the colophon: "#15 of 100, Andrew Rottner [?], 2015." A whimsical book about bookbinding. In ten words and ten illustrations, Rottner concisely summarizes the process of bookbinding with the help of an anthropomorphic gorilla as bookbinder. The last page of the story concludes with a note about the important of animal conservation: "In truth, large apes could likely not operate professional bookbinding machinery without human assistance. The same, quite unfairly, is true of their continued survival. Support conservation." Back colophon: "Knuckles on the Ground: Fundamentals of Bookbinding; San Francisco Center for the Book; 'Small Plates' Edition Series, 2015. Written, illustrated, designed and bound by Andrew Rottner. Printed on Classic Crest 100T Natural White with the invaluable assistance of Chad Johnson and Rhiannon Alpers. Special thanks to Erin Fong, John DeMerritt and the SFCB team of volunteers. Ramayana quote translation by R. K. Narayan, 1972.". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Bound by Andrew Rottner in yellow paper-covered boards, titled and decorated in green, light-green endpapers, green cloth back. A fine copy. A delight of a book, though whether intended to gather support for wildlife conservation or book conservation is hard to say. The certainty is that one feels an enormous desire to colour the drawings in by hand.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Andrew Rottner collaborated on this tribute to printing's golden age. The story, by Christina Lauritsen, mis-remembers H.C. Andersen's classic tale of the same name, transforming it into a story of revelation and madness. The visual progression of the book mirrors the plot, pitting the beauty of the decorative arts against the intense and unpredictable messiness of human experience. This book confronts the inevitability of loss and bows to intellectual freedom and its attendant risks.[artist statement] Images (drawn by Andrew Rottner) and text letterpressed on to archival pigment printed backgrounds. The book features two 26 wide foldouts. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Indigo brocade cloth binding with a gold floral pattern, recessed front panel with marbled paper onlay decorative elements, printed paper spine label, fold-out plates, tipped in marbled paper. 8vo. np. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Limited edition of 55 copies.