A sphinx's field guide to questionable answers
Contributors: Larson, Arthur, printer; Tomlinson, Mark, binder; Brock, Shannon, papermaker; Horton Tank Graphics; Press Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Double Elephant Press, Michael Kuch
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Asparagus Valley [i.e. Hadley] Massachusetts
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Type and type founding; Massachusetts; Toy and movable books; Artists' books; Wood types (Printing); Specimens; Hadley
Other titles: Field guide proofs, a chronological survey.
Notes: "Michael Kuch, chiaroscuro woodcuts; Art Larson, printer; Mark Tomlinson, binder; type from the banks of HortonTank; Robert Quigley prepared blocks; Shannon Brock, flax papers"--Colophon.

In a case made of red paper decorated with a paper ankh.  The staff of the ankh slides to open the case. In a clamshell box that includes two woodblocks, a folder with 14 prints marked i/xv, and a folder with 15 proofs.

Illustration on p. [19] has three flaps that open to reveal letters that change as the paper wheel within the double leaf is turned.

Commemorates the combination of the Double Elephant Press and  Art Larson's Horton Tank Graphics in 2003.

"Presenting, A sphinx's field guide to questionable answers, Double Elephant Press, Fall MMIV, chiaroscuro woodcuts by Michael Kuch, Arthur Larson printer, Mark Tomlinson, binder, octavo 7 & a half by 10 inches, edition of 150, all wood type, answers to eternal questions! It's just what you need. Buy now before time runs out"--Broadside, laid in.

"A key to the wood type in the order of appearance"--1 sheet, laid in.

LC copy is no. 1.

LC copy is accompanied by the artist's proofs and two wood blocks in a clamshell box with the title: Field guide proofs, a chronological survey.