Ginsberg's farm
Publisher: Caliban Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Canton, New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Poetry; Portraits; Artists' books; Type and type-founding; Specimens; 14 point Goudy Old Style
Description: A poetic tribute to Allen Ginsberg published on the 50th anniversary of the publication of "Howl"
Notes: Contains a previously unpublished photograph of Ginsberg standing in his garden, with the late summer sun setting behind him. The photograph by Mellon is selenium-toned silver gelatin.

Issued in brown paper portfolio with colophon printed, signed and dated on inside back cover. Spine is cut from wood with recess to hold glass vial of dirt from Ginsberg's farm.

Three page triptych with two pages of text bound in. Splatter-dyed handmade Nepalese paper over boards. Two outer panels of the triptych contain images of two Tibetan Buddhist protector deities taken from a damaged wood block in Kyoto, Japan. Text is handmade paper from La Papeterie St-Arman, Montréal, Québec.

Printed letterpress in 14 point Goudy Old Style.

Colophon reads: "Photo by Mellon. 40 copies from Caliban Press. Canton, New York, 2006"

Rare Book copy: No. 39, signed by the photographer, Mellon Tyrell, and the designer, Mark McMurray.