The bread of days
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- 1994
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COLOPHON: "This book, the twentieth issued with this imprint, was designed by and printed for James and Carolyn Robertson at The Yolla Bolly Press during the summer and fall of 1994. The verse was set by hand in the Bembo types at the Press by Jocelyn Webb. The text pages were printed from the type at the Press by Aaron Johnson, who also assisted with the planning of the edition. The English text was printed on mouldmade Zerkall Halbmatt. The Spanish text was printed on Twinrocker Chapin, which was handmade for this edition. The etchings were printed by Jesus Romero and Curtis Patience on Lana Royal. The binding structure was designed for the Press by Julie Chen. Renée Menge bound the book by hand at the Press. Of the one hundred forty-one copies in the edition, one hundred twenty-one were offered for sale. Copies 1 to 85 are each enclosed in a slipcase. Copies lettered A to X are each accompanied by one unbound print and enclosed in a slipcase. Copies bearing roman numerals I to
Signed by Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger and Enrique Chagoya.
FROM PROSPECTUS: "In this edition, we have produced a livre d'artiste in which the best of the original Spanish text and Beckett translations are combined with the work of a contemporary Mexican artist. We invited painter and printmaker Enrique Chagoya to create artwork exclusively for this book. Chagoya has selected twelve works by eleven poets and has produced a suite of twelve etchings to accompany the poems. Eliot Weinberger, who is Octavio Paz's American translator, as well as a critic and essayist, has written an introduction in which he traces the rather peculiar history of the orginal anthology, and includes a critcal commentary on Beckett's work as translator. He has also provided us with the orginal Spanish texts for the poems, which were not included in the earlier edition published by Indiana University Press. Our edition concludes with notes by Octavio Paz on each of the poets and an unusual afterword prepared especially for this edition. . . . Each of
Issued in a slipcase with spine label. Hard cover book has etching on front.
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
- Publisher
- The Yolla Bolly Press : Covelo, California
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- Artists' books
Yolla Bolly Press
Robertson, Carolyn
Robertson, James
Beckett, Samuel
Paz, Octavio
Weinberger, Eliot
Chagoya, Enrique
De Balbuena, Bernardo
De Sandoval y Zapata, Luis
De la Cruz, Sor Juana Inés
Galván, Ignacio Rodríguez
Mirón, Salvador Díaz
Othón, Manuel José
Nervo, Amado
Tablada, José Juan
Martínez, Enrique González
Velarde, Ramón López
Reyes, Alfonso
Webb, Jocelyn
Johnson, Aaron
Romero, Jesus
Patience, Curtis
Chen, Julie
Menge, Renée
Etchings
Long stitch binding
Poetry
Split boards - Format
- Xiv, 123 p.: col. ill.
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- Translations and notes on the poets copyright 1958 by Indiana University Press. Introduction copyright 1994 by Eliot Weinberger. Conversation with Octavio Paz copyright 1994 by Octavio Paz and Eliot Weinberger. Etchings copyright 1994 by Enrique Chagoya
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- The bread of days. 1994. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/CYJZO3NBBVOFA8Q. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
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- (1994) The bread of days. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/CYJZO3NBBVOFA8Q
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/CYJZO3NBBVOFA8Q>.