The intimate stranger
By: Breyten Breytenbach.
Contributors: Ninja Press.; Press Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Ninja Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Sherman Oaks, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 34
Subjects: Artists' books -- California -- Sherman Oaks
Notes: "The type is handset Samson and Libra printed on dampened flax paper handmade especially for this book by Bridget O'Malley at Cave Paper. The horoscope, as well and the signs and symbols throughout, are drawn by Carolee Campbell and are printed from photopolymer plates. Additional symbols are applied by hand using pure earth pigment. The boards are covered in flax paper hand coated with a mixture of ochre pigment and fine volcanic pumice. An enclosure for the book, along with a chapbook containing a legend for the symbols, completes the edition"--Colophon

"The design, presswork and binding are by Carolee Campbell at Nija Press with the assistance of Karen Skove Chu in the bindery"--Colophon

"This edition is comprised of 100 numbered and signed copies with an additional 10 lettered hors commerce"--Colophon

The tri-fold portfolio is covered in purple cloth with a raised triangle and interlocking trangle-shaped hole as a locking device, all handmade by Judi Conant (cf. publisher's prospectus); the tri-fold portfolio opens to 34 x 61 cm.

LC has copy 62, and is inscribed by the artist.

LC copy has publisher's prospectus (1 leaf) for "The Intimate Stranger" laid in.