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Taxi driver curry - 1 : Heathrow, 4.30 a.m., terminal 4 to 3, April 2014.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection TX749.5.B43 E821 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Esslemont, David.
- Language:
- English
- Hindi
- Subjects (All):
- Cooking (Curry).
- Cooking in art.
- Artists' books--Iowa--Decorah.
- Artists' books.
- Iowa--Decorah.
- Genre:
- artists' books (books)
- Artists' books
- Woodcuts -- Iowa -- Decorah -- 2015.
- Artists' books.
- Artists' books -- Iowa -- Decorah.
- Artists' books -- 2015.
- Handmade papers (Paper)
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (21 pages) : color illustrations ; 19 x 26 cm
- Other Title:
- Taxi driver curry
- Place of Publication:
- Decorah, IA : Solmentes Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- Title in Hindi and English.
- Notes:
- "Fifty copies hand printed from the original woodblocks. Five copies in a deluxe binding and forty-five copies bound in printed cloth."--from colophon on p. [2] at end.
- "There are many different ways to cook curry - this transcript of a conversation with a taxi driver describes just one approach and was recorded at 4.30 a.m. while travelling between terminals at London's Heathrow airport. The woodcuts are based on Indian Kolam, Designs traditionally created outside homes to bring prosperity and ward off evil spirits. Fifty copies hand printed from the original woodblocks. Five copies in a deluxe binding and forty-five copies bound in printed cloth."--Colophon.
- Hindi characters at head of title.
- Pages printed on one side only.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ruth and Marvin Sackner Fund for the Arts of the Contemporary Book.
- RBC copy numbered 16 in pencil below colophon. In slipcase.
- OCLC:
- 933453359
- Online:
- The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Fund for the Arts of the Contemporary Book Collections Home Page
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