Lithographed images of traditional wooden doors from St. Petersburg residences and handset letterpress text of Brodsky's poem. Printed on folded leaves of deckle-edged paper laid loose in a plywood cover. Title and publication information are printed on the wood of the back cover; half title on front cover. Issued in a plexiglass case.

Limited edition of 17 copies.

"Like most of my works, this book on Joseph Brodsky's poem Speech [about] Spilled Milk was not inspired by the text. If it sprung from any poetry, it was the poetry of the city ... I once realised that in the city centre, the old doors in the main entrances to the St. Petersburg tenements have vanished. Old, with peeling paintwork, carved from natural wood and decorated with borders and panels, rounded or straight, each one is unique, just like the house to which it belongs ... I walk along Pestel Street, studying the miraculously surviving (for the time being) old doors. Forty years ago, Joseph Brodsky used to walk along this street, past these same houses" -- Mikhail Karasik's web site at www.artists-book.net

LC has copy no. 16 signed by the author.