The real world of Manuel Córdova / W.S. Merwin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927-2019, author.

Contributor:

Campbell, Carolee, designer, printer, binder.

Ninja Press, publisher.

Friends of the Library Endowment Fund.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Travels. Real world of Manuel Córdova

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Córdova-Ríos, Manuel, 1887-1978--Travel--Poetry.

Córdova-Ríos, Manuel.

Córdova-Ríos, Manuel, 1887-1978.

Travel.

Artists' books.

Indian captivities.

California.

Peru.

Indian captivities--Peru--Poetry.

Artists' books--California.

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Misc 1981).

Local Subjects:

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Misc 1981).

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927 (autograph)

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Misc 1981)

Physical Description:

1 folded leaf : illustrations, map ; 34 x 10 cm

Place of Publication:

Sherman Oaks, Calif. : Ninja Press, 1995.

Notes:

Limited ed. of 160 signed and numbered copies, along with 18 lettered hors commerce.

"Reprinted from Travels published by Alfred Knopf, Inc., New York, pp. 96-114"--Colophon.

Based upon actual events in the life of Manuel Córdova-Rios (1887-1978) as told to F. Bruce Lamb and subsequently published under the title, Wizard of the Upper Amazon.

"This special edition ... was printed from hand-set Samson Uncial type onto kakishibu, a persimmon-washed handmade paper ... The text, which is housed in an accordion-style binding, may be unfolded and read in hand, stanza by stanza, or opened entirely, thus revealing all forty-three, fourteen-line stanzas. Fully extended, the book is fifteen feet long. The image of a river undulates alongside the poem ... The river is printed from photopolymer plates in five colors gradually intermingling one after the other. The book is held within an enclosure of handmade papers--the outermost being a loft-dried, 100 percent raw flax sheet made under the direction of Timothy Barrett at the Center for the Book Papermaking Facility at the University of Iowa. The enclosure is lined with kakishibu on which is printed a map of the world, the first to show the world's currents, drawn by Athanasius Kircher in 1665. The map is hand-tinted in five colors echoing the colors of the river. The enclosure is fastened with alum-tawed goat skin and bone. The design, presswork, and binding are by Carolee Campbell at Ninja Press."--Prospectus.

Contained in a plexiglass slipcase.

Local Notes:

Folio PS3563.E75 T725 1995: Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Friends of the Library Endowment Fund. Edition no. 152.

Misc 1981: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck. 1 folded sheet with designer's statement laid in. Edition no. 117. Author's ink autograph at colophon.

ISBN:

0961459794

9780961459796

OCLC:

34381361