The desert
Subtitle: further studies in natural appearances
By: [stitching] by Jen Bervin ... 2008 ; by John C. Van Dyke ... 1901
Contributors: Van Dyke, John Charles, 1856-1932; Granary Books (Firm); Press Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Granary Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 73
Subjects: Artists' books
Notes: The first seven chapters of Van Dyke's "The desert," 1901 edition, are digitally printed onto handmade bleached abaca paper.  Blue thread is stitched in a zigzag pattern over most lines of text.  Brief phrases and all side notes remain legible.  Wrapped in a white cloth with blue stitching.

"The edition comprises 40 signed and numbered books, 30 of which are bound in abaca, 10 of which are bound in vellum"--Colophon.

LC has copy no. 25, bound in paper.