The perfect world of David Halliday
By: photographs by David Halliday ; with an essay by John Wood
Contributors: Wood, John, 1947 January 2-, signer; Albahari, Steven, publisher, signer; Bixler, Michael, compositor; Bixler, Winifred, compositor; Russem, Michael, printer, typographer; Tomlinson, Mark, 1955- binder; Halliday, David, 1958-, signer; 21st Editions; Kat Ran Press; Press Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Published by Steven Albahari, 21st
Published: 2003
Place of publication: [South Dennis, Mass.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Artistic Photography; Still-life photography; Artists' books
Notes: "Limited to sixty copies, numbered I-LX, and two hors commerce copies, signed by the artist, editor, and publisher"--Colophon.

"The silver-gelatin prints were printed by David Halliday, New Orleans, Louisiana. John Wood's essay was composed in Monotype Walbaum by Michael & Winifred Bixler, Skaneateles, New York. The typography and presswork are by Michael Russem at Kat Ran Press, Florence, Massachusetts. The paper is Arches. The edition was hand-bound by Mark Tomlinson, Easthampton, Massachusetts. All work was carried out in the summer of 2003"--Colophon.

Titles of photographs: Still life with cantaloupe and scissors -- Magnolia leaf and seed pod -- Still life with bottles and guinea feathers -- Cushaw -- Still life with rose, lemon, and quill -- Banana diptych -- Still life with walnuts -- Milk, bread, and eggs -- Cicada -- Breadsticks and eggs.

Includes an eleventh platinum print, issued together in a clmshell box.

LC has copy number XXX, with the print, Still life with durian fruit, laid in.

Includes bibliographical references.