The ultimate safari
By: by Nadine Gordimer ; with original hand-printed lithographs by Aletah Masuku, Alsetah Manthosi, and Dorah Ngomane.
Contributors: Masuku, Aletah.; Manthosi, Alsetah.; Ngomane, Dorah.; Press Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: The Artist's Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Johannesburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Illegal aliens -- Fiction; Artists' books; Mozambique -- Fiction; South Africa -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Notes: "A limited edition of 100 books."
"The Ultimate safari appeared in a collection of her short stories entitled Jump and other stories, published ... in 1991, and is printed in its entirety in this book"--Colophon.
"This book contains twelve original lithographs, drawn on ball-grained aluminium plates by Dorah Ngomane, Aletah Masuku, and Alsetah Manthosi. The plates were drawn... during a two week workshop... The women do not normally work as artists... Proofing and hand-printing of the images was later carried out by Mark Attwood, Joseph Legate, and Peter Sekole at The Artists' Press, Johannesburg. Printed on 250 gsm white Arches paper. The text was hand-printed from polymer blocks on Vandercook letterpress proof-press"--Colophon.
Bound in tan cloth, with the title inset on p. [1] of cover. Housed in box of similar design. Has color ill. end papers.
LC copy numbered 29.
LC copy inscribed by Nadine Gordimer.