Departures
By: Gaylord Schanilec
Contributors: Walbaum, Justus Erich, 1768-1837 or 1839, type designer; Campbell, Carolee, photographer, book designer; Sunada, Farida Baldonado, binder; Ninja Press; J. Barcham Green, Ltd; Cave Paper (Firm)
Publisher: Ninja Press
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Sherman Oaks, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Nature; Poetry; Pelicans; Pictorial works; Pelicans in art
Notes: Artist's book containing poetry and details of an engraving by the artist

Edition of 70 signed and numbered copies, with an additional 8 lettered hors commerce

"The artwork consists of photographs by Carolee Campbell of selected details from the first in a series of large-scale, two-fold wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec showing a flock of American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) taking off from the shore along Lake Pepin. The engravings are inserted into the 2015 Midnight Paper Sales publication, Lac des Pleurs, Report from Lake Pepin by Gaylord Schanilec. Both engravings and text were printed by Schanilec at his press in Stockholm, Wisconsin."--Colophon

"The type is hand set Walbaum, designed by Justus Erich Walbaum circa 1805 in Germany ... The text is printed letterpress on dampened Langley, handmade in 1986 at the Barcham Green Hayle Mill ... The cover is persimmon-washed pure Belgian flax paper, handmade at Cave Paper in Minneapolis, Minnesota ... Design, presswork, and binding are by Carolee Campbell ... with the assistance of Farida Sunada in the bindery."--Colophon

Rare Book copy: No. 47.