The Headless Horseman (Easthampton, MA: Cheloniidae Press, 2016)
A letterpress printed broadside featuring an image of Washington Irving's headless horseman from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the quote "If there were no books ... there would be no Headless Horseman". Printed by Master Printer Art Larson from a relief etching by Alan James Robinson on archival Cranes Lettra paper. Limited to 100 copies. Signed and numbered by the artist.
The Haunted North Country by CT Oxley, photographs by J Leach (England: by the author, circa 1970)
Short re-tellings of ghost sighting and hauntings in Northern England including castles, manor houses, libraries, pubs, and more. Black and white photos of buildings.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Todd M. Thyberg, book artist (Minneapolis: Angel Bomb Press, 2016)
A three-color letterpress mini-book designed and printed to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The book has an accordion fold structure that allows the front spread to be from the perspective of Doctor Frankenstein and the reverse to be from the perspective of the monster. The original story was re-read and condensed down into 9 distinct spreads with artwork created for each and relevant copy from the original work provided to tell the story. Housed in a grey box designed to look like a cigarette package with title on top.
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The Headless Horseman
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The Haunted North Country by CT Oxley
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The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
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Baba Yaga by Sarah Horowitz
The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, with wood engravings by George Walker (Toronto: George Walker, 2024)
One of 25 copies signed by the printer George Walker and Eva Seidner, the author of the foreword and afterword. The story first appeared in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The text in this edition follow exactly that of the original printing. Hand bound with brown wood covers sewn with wine colored linen thread, a unique non-adhesive stitch that incorporates a wood spine into the structure. The book is housed in a wooden box reminiscent of those used to present fine wines, with the wood evoking the casks where the wine is aged.
Baba Yaga by Sarah Horowitz (Washington: Wiesedruck, 2022)
This artist’s book is of the story ‘Baba Yaga’, the Slavic folkloric witch who lives in a house on chicken legs and flies around in a mortar driven by a pestle. This retelling was based on the folktale originally recorded by Aleksandr Afanas’ev and translated by W.R.S. Ralston. Number 22 of 40 copies signed by the artist.
