And the spirit that stands by the naked man in the book of moons, defend thee.
That from your five sound senses you never be forsaken,
Nor wander from yourself with Tom, abroad to beg your bacon."
2008, 61 numbered pages, 24 illustrations
3/4" x 1 1/8"
Bound in black and silver lizard paper, and a black kid leather spine with raised bands. Paper titles on the front and back, and decorative endpapers. Signed by the artist.
The stark and beautiful English folk song mentioned by Shakespeare in KING LEAR, illustrated with (mostly) Elizabethan woodcuts.
LITTLE BILLEE $22
"There were three sailors of Bristol City,Who took a boat and went to sea..."
2007,
37 pages, 10
illustrations
15/16" x 3/4"
Bound in cream and tan striped paper, with a paper title pasted on the front. Signed by the artist.
William Makepeace Thackery's rollicking ballad of cannibalism at sea.
SOME BEETLES $22
2007,
65 pages, 48 illustrations, no text.15/16" x 5/8"
Bound in tan paper printed with red fleur-de-lys, with a paper title pasted on the front, and decorative endpapers. Signed by the artist.
Colorful and fantastic variations on an already varied order. Scientists estimate that there might be as many as eight million beetle species, and most of them are probably interesting to look at.
CELESTIAL VARIATIONS $22
2008,
77 pages, 65 illustrations.7/8" x 5/8"
Bound in paper printed with celestial maps, and a paper title pasted on the front, and decorative endpapers. Signed by the artist.
New and fanciful designs for universal furnishings: planets with extra continents, hot pink galaxies, green stars, and imaginary asteroids. A must for anyone planning a new universe.
A FAN OF FANS $22
2007,
70 pages, 65 illustrations.15/16" x 5/8"
Bound in blue and red printed Japanese paper, with paper titles pasted on the front and spine, and decorative endpapers. Signed by the artist.
Modern and unusual design for fans, useing computer-generated graphics.
SPECIMENS $22
2007,
64 pages, 22 illustrations.7/8" x 9/16"
Bound in cream paper printed with red fleur-de-lys, with paper titles pasted on the front and spine, and decorative endpapers. Signed by the artist.
Some suggestiond for stocking a modern Cabinet of Curiosities. Everyday, and some not-so-everyday, objects in laboratory glassware and specimen jars. If you've ever wanted a Pulchinella in an Erlenmeyer flask, this is the book for you.
LOREM IPSUM $22
2007,
58 pages, 24 illustrations.3/4" x 1 1/4"
Bound in cream and red French marbled paper, with paper titles pasted on the front and spine and decorative endpapers. Signed by the artist.
The famous printer, compositor, and web designer's placekeeper. The text certainly looks like Latin, but isn't, quite. Illustrated with cute little woodcut-like marginalia drawn from various periods.
SILVER DAGGER $22
"Then he picked up that silver dagger,And stove it through his weary heart,
Saying, 'Goodbye, Katie, goodbye, darlin''
The time has come for us to part.""
2007,
19 pages, 10 illustrations.7/8" x 5/8"
Bound in black and gold paper, with a paper title pasted on the front. Signed by the artist.
A sad Romeo and Juliet folk song from so far up in the hills they had to pipe in daylight, with sepia daguerreotype-like illustrations.
A WEREWOLF FRAGMENT $22
"One met the Duke around midnight in a lane behind Saint Mark's church..."
2007,
21 pages.13/16" x1 3/8"
Bound in black paper printed with gold vines, with a paper title pasted on the front, and decorative endpaperss. Signed by the artist.
Illustrated with the skulls of men and wolves, a chilling speech from John Webster's Jacobean tragedy, "The Duchess of Malfi".
A GEOMETRY SAMPLER $22
2007,
64 pages, 24 illustrations15/16" x 5/8"
Bound in cream paper printed with red fleur-de-lys, with decorative endpapers, and papet titles pasted on the front and spine.
Lively color illustrations playing with basic two- and three-dimentional geometric shapes, paired with a variety of decorative typefaces.
