The inconstant moon
Subtitle: poems to the moon
By: by Mark Jarman, Phillis Levin, James Longenbach, Jacqueline Osherow, Susan Stewart, Mark Strand, Elaine Terranova, Eleanor Wilner ; with a Homeric hymn translated by Apostolos N. Athanassakis ; lithographs by Enid Mark
Contributors: Sheesley, Timothy P., lithographer; Larson, Arthur (Printer); Carr, Dan, compositor; Ferrari, Julia, compositor; Kelly, Jerry, calligrapher; St. John, Regina, papermaker; Bourbeau, David, binder; Blumenthal, Barbara B., binder; Gehnrich, Daniel, binder; Thistle Bindery; Corridor Press; Golgonooza Letter Foundry; ELM Press
Publisher: ELM Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng; grc
Number of pages: 26
Subjects: Artists' books; Poetry; In art; Type and type-founding; Specimens; Dante type; Gill Sans type; Gill Sans Greek type
Description: Visual and poetic expression of the cyclical appearance of the moon that begins with a presentation of the Homeric hymn "To Selene." Printed in a Greek typeface designed by Eric Gill, the hymn introduces the eight poems that follow; its translation, printed in Gill Sans, concludes the collection.
Notes: Facing the Greek text and the English translation of "To Selene" are blind embossing of the crescent mooon. The eight poems are paired with duotone lithographs of star fields printed in indigo blue and black. Centerfold contains a hand drawn image of the lunar landscape, printed in two colors on black mould-made English Somerset paper.

Limited ed. of 45 copies signed and numbered by the artist, 8 poets' copies numbered I-VIII, and 10 artist's proofs printed during the summer and autumn of 2006.

Lithographs were hand-pulled by Timothy P. Sheesley, Corridor Press, Otego, New York. Arthur Larson, Horton Tank Graphics, Hadley, Massachusetts, printed the letterpress. Dante, Gill Sans and Gill Sans Greek types were cast at Golgonooza Letter Foundry, Ashuelot, New Hampshire by Dan Carr and Julia Ferrari. Calligraphy by Jerry Kelly, New York City. Marbled papers by Regina St. John, Amherst, Massachusetts. Edition hand bound by David Bourbeau, Thistle Bindery, Florence, Massachusetts, Barbara B. Blumenthal, Northampton, Massachusetts, and Daniel Gehnrich, Paxton, Massachusetts.

Signed by the artist, Enid Mark.

Rare Book copy: No. 7.

Rare Book copy: Prospectus (1 folded sheet) laid in.