MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02439cam a2200385 a 4500
001 2012658390
003 DLC
005 20150826080313.0
008 040303s2004 maua 000 0 eng
010 $a 2012658390
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-ma
050 00 $aN7433.4.K825$bC66 2004
100 1 $aKuch, Michael,$d1965-
245 10 $aCommon monsters of the United States, as observed & limned /$cby Michael Kuch.
260 $a[Hadley, Mass.] :$bDouble Elephant Press,$c2004.
300 $a[24] leaves :$bcol. ill. ;$c36 x 48 cm.
500 $a12 leaves of text on translucent paper alternate with leaves of hand-colored etchings.
500 $aTen etchings of fictitious creatures inspired by contemporary political attitudes and described as scientific specimens. Bound in red cloth and housed in a red clamshell box with a transparent cover, made to look like a specimen box.
500 $a"An edition of 25 books & 15 boxed suites. The type 14 point Romulus was cast by Julia Ferrari & Dan Carr in Ashuelot, N.H. Art Larson printed the letterpress & etchings at the new Double Elephant Press offices in Hadley, Mass. Shannon Brock of Brooklyn made the translucent abaca & cover papers. The etching paper is by Zecchi of Firenze. Lisa Van Pelt of Easthampton, Mass., was binder & boxer"--Colophon
500 $aFifteen copies are accompanied by three portfolios in a box labeled Matériel. First portfolio is labeled "extra suite" and holds a second copy of the book, unbound. Second portfolio labeled "state proofs" holds ten etchings marked i/vi, ten marked drypoint i/v, ten marked first state i/v, and ten marked second state i/v. Third portfolio labeled "copper plates" holds two copper plates. Prospectus laid in.
500 $aLC copy has the copper plates for Popular Brown Nose Toad and American Imperialist Moth.$5DLC
650 0 $aArtists' books$vMassachusetts$vHadley.
650 0 $aPolitical satire, American.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCongress$vHumor.
650 0 $aLegislators$zUnited States$vHumor.
655 7 $aArtists' books$vMassachusetts$vHadley.$2rbgenr
655 7 $aArtists' books$y2004.$2rbgenr
700 1 $aLarson, Arthur$c(Printer)
700 1 $aCarr, Dan,$d1951-2012,$ecompositor.
700 1 $aFerrari, Julia,$ecompositor.
700 1 $aBrock, Shannon,$epapermaker.
700 1 $aVan Pelt, Lisa,$ebinder.
710 2 $aDouble Elephant Press.