Cracked Sidewalks
Mixolydian Editions 2006
Cracked Sidewalks
Mixolydian Editions 2006
Richard Wagener, Wood Engraver
A series of vignettes and prose poems about growing up in Los Angeles, circa 1955-1965, accompanied by four wood engravings of the Pantages Theater, Griffith Observatory, and two old Fords. The book was printed letterpress by the author/engraver.
The text is in Monotype Dante, composed by Dan Carr at the Golgonooza Letter Foundry, Ashuelot, New Hampshire. The binding was done by John DeMerritt, Emeryville, California.
The edition is limited to deluxe copies printed on Twinrocker handmade paper and bound in quarter leather and cloth over boards numbered 1-25, and regular copies printed on Rives Heavyweight paper and bound with quarter cloth and paper covered boards numbered 26-65.