Lives of the artists
By: W.S. Merwin
Contributors: Henderson, Frank, 1862-1885; Little Finger Nail; Chu, Karen Skove; Smith, Pamela; Campbell, Carolee; Ninja Press
Publisher: Ninja Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: [Sherman Oaks, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Subjects: Indian ledger drawings; Indian artists; Poetry; Plains Indians; Artists' books
Description: "Inspired by actual events in the lives of two young men living on the Great Plains of North America during the Plains Indian Wars of 1861-1890; one, an orphaned Arapaho boy named Frank Henderson and the other, a Northern Cheyenne warrior called Little Finger Nail.  Both of them recorded their past and present histories by drawing in 'ledger books.' Twelve multicolored drawings ... come from a 1988 facsimile edition of Frank Henderson's drawing book"--From publisher's description.
Notes: Poems.

Place of publication from colophon.

Last page blank.

"A note on the drawings" ([2] leaves), laid in.

"The edition is comprised of 72 signed and numbered copies with an additional 7 hors commerce"--Colophon.

Set in Van Dijck with Gloria for display.

"Design, presswork, and binding ... by Carolee Campbell"--Colophon.

Images scanned and printed by Karen Skove Chu.

Quarter bound in French goatskin; marbled paper boards by Pamela Smith; inner paper covers of Belgian flax paper, with open sewing.

Library has no. 69.

Special Collections copy shelved with Ninja Press.