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"The rise of the seer" : chapter 1 of Tenderenda, der Phantast

Title
"The rise of the seer" : chapter 1 of Tenderenda, der Phantast / by Hugo Ball ; Donald Bæchler, Jonathan Hammer.
Author
Ball, Hugo, 1886-1927.
Publication
San Francisco : Jonathan Hammer Studio, 1994.

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. Amer. 1994 97-384Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Baechler, Donald, 1956-
  • Hammer, Jonathan.
Description
[35] p. : chiefly ill. (some col.); 47 cm.
Uniform Title
Aufstieg des Sehers. English & German
Alternative Title
Aufstieg des Sehers.
Genre/Form
  • Artists' books – United States – 20th century.
  • Unique books – United States – 20th century.
  • Collages – United States – 20th century.
  • Paintings – United States – 20th century.
  • Mosaic bindings (Binding) – United States – 20th century.
  • Bookbinding (Binding) – United States – 20th century.
Note
  • "Unique book ... The text is silkscreened on Stonehenge paper with collage"--Colophon, signed in pencil by Jonathan Hammer.
  • Text translated by Jonathan Hammer from the 1967 edition of Tenderenda, der Phantast (Zürich : Verlag der Arche).
  • Illustrated throughout with silkscreened, collaged and hand-painted material; many pages stained and distressed, with transparent plastic interleaves. Collaged material include ms. notes and lists.
  • Title page and colophon hand-lettered in pencil.
  • Blank leaves, not counted in collation, precede and follow t.p. and precede and follow colophon leaf.
  • Binding: Tan morocco with inlays of black, dark brown, blue-gray, blue, white, green, red, yellow, purple and orange morocco, by Jonathan Hammer; doublures of black morocco. Issued in black cloth clamshell box.
Language (note)
  • Text in German on front and back pastedowns; journal entries relating to the text in German and English on free endpapers. Text in English: p. [3-34].
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 1994 97-384
OCLC
NYPG97-B713
Author
Ball, Hugo, 1886-1927.
Title
"The rise of the seer" : chapter 1 of Tenderenda, der Phantast / by Hugo Ball ; Donald Bæchler, Jonathan Hammer.
Imprint
San Francisco : Jonathan Hammer Studio, 1994.
Language
Text in German on front and back pastedowns; journal entries relating to the text in German and English on free endpapers. Text in English: p. [3-34].
Added Author
Baechler, Donald, 1956-
Hammer, Jonathan. Binder. Printer
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Amer. 1994 97-384
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