Ballet for opening day
Subtitle: the Swede was a hard guy
By: by Nelson Algren ; etchings by Tony Fitzpatrick.
Contributors: Fitzpatrick, Tony, 1958-; Bixler, Michael.; Bixler, Winifred.; Mucha, Teresa S.; McCamant, Bob.; Chiplis, Martha.; Hammer, Trisha.; Sherwin Beach Press.; Press Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Sherwin Beach Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Risberg, Swede, -- 1894-1975.; Chicago White Sox (Baseball team) -- Corrupt practices.
Description: Retelling of the 1919 "Black Sox" scandal.
Notes: "Printed by special arrangement with Seven Stories Press ..., which publishes "Ballet for Opening Day" as part of the Nelson Algren collection The Last Carousel."

Non-adhesive, long-stitch binding with an Abaca paper cover in slipcase covered in pinstripe fabric evocative of baseball uniforms. Paper is custom made of cotton rag and flecks of Indiana corn husk. Some pages are sewn with red stitching to resemble a baseball.

Limited edition of 50 copies.

"This is number 38 of an edition limited to 50. The type is [Monotype] Walbaum, cast by Michael and Winifred Bixler of Skaneateles, New York. The etchings were pulled by Teresa S. Mucha, master printer, Big Cat Press. The paper was handmade by Twinrocker of Brookston, Indiana. The book was designed by Robert McCamant, printed by Martha Chiplis, and bound by Trisha Hammer. [signatures] Tony Fitzpatrick, Robert McCamant, Martha Chiplis, Trisha Hammer"--Colophon.