Darklight
Subtitle: ten poems from the night
By: by John FitzGerald ; surrounded with an etching by Dorothy Cross
Contributors: Cross, Dorothy, 1956- illustrator; Murphy, Jamie (Printer), book designer, printer; Gerstenberg, Rainer, compositor; Mullaney, Suzannah O'Reilly, printer; McQuaid, Jordan, printer; Duffy, Tom (Binder), binder; Salvage Press; Distillers Press
Edition: Copies marked A - Z.
Publisher: The Salvage Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Subjects: Night; Poetry; Artists' books; Fine bindings; Limited editions
Work titles: Poems
Description: In this series of new poems, John FitzGerald explores the themes of night and darkness through a variety of novel settings and perspectives. The book is enveloped in an original etching by Dorothy Cross, in which day and night visually coexist side by side.
Notes: Printed in a limited edition of 80 copies.

Issued in solander box.

"Designed, typeset and letterpress printed by Jamie Murphy, assisted by Sarah O'Neill, Lauren Shannon O'Brien and Lorcan Rush at Distillers Press, NCAD, Dublin. The type is hand-set in 14 and 24 point Meridien, designed by Adrian Frutiger, cast here by Rainer Gerstenberg. The image by Dorothy Cross was produced in two variants; the etching that covers the standard book was printed by Suzannah O'Reilly, Mullaney, the phosphorescent images that accompany the deluxe book were first screen printed by Jordan McQuaid before intaglio printing by Suzannah. Both image variants were printed on 54gsm Japanese Tosa Shi paper. Darklight has been printed in an edition of 80 copies. The bindings have been executed by Tom Duffy and family in Dublin's Five Lamps area. Housed in a frosted transparent Perspex slipcase, copies marked 1 - 50 have been printed on and bound in handmade paper commissioned for this book from the Velké Losiny Mill in the Czech Republic. Copies marked A - Z have been printed on the Velké Losiny paper, bound in full black Pentland goat, presented in a Japanese cloth covered solander box."--Colophon.

Rare Book copy: Letter P; signed by the author, the artist, and the designer/printer.