Stone Dust: The Autobiography of a Stone Carving
Accokeek: Sun-Stone, The Private Press of Lenore Thomas, 1969. Limited Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good / Good. Item #2308252
Limited edition, #490 of 600 copies. Three closed tears to jacket along top corner, jacket lightly rubbed and toned.
[62 pp.] An attractive multimedia production mixing the author's experience as a sculptor with poetry, photography, illustration, and letter press bookmaking. The book was printed on Kilmory Text laid paper, the tipped in photos were made by Straus, and the printing and copper-plate engravings (some of which are overstruck in color with wood blocks) were produced at the author/artist's private press. Straus was somewhat of a controversial figure. A self-proclaimed communist, she was vocal about immigrants' rights and the working poor, and much of her art was made possible by New Deal programs encouraging the independence of women artists in ways that had up to that point not been possible.
Price: $300.00