Mont-Saint-Michel
By: by Henry Adams ; with photographs by Michael Kenna ; edited and with an introduction by John Wood ; and an essay by Lance Speer
Contributors: Kenna, Michael; Creighton, Sarah, binder; Albahari, Steven, publisher; Adams, Henry, 1838-1918; Speer, Lance; Kat Ran Press; 21st Editions
Publisher: Steven Albahari, 21st Editions
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [South Dennis, Mass.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
Subjects: Mont-Saint-Michel (Abbey : France); Architectural photography; Cultural property; Artistic Photography; Pictorial works; History
Notes: John Wood, in the introduction, states that he "abridged and fused the first two chapters of Adams' book" to create the text for this book.

"Mont-Saint-Michel was produced in an edition of seventy-five copies. Fifteen copies in a deluxe binding are numbered 1-15. Forty-five copies are numbered 16-60, and fifteen copies reserved for the artist are lettered A-O. The text was set in Garamond by Michael and Winifred Bixler, and the typography was designed and printed on Crane's by Michael Russem at Kat Ran Press. The platinum prints were made for Michael Kenna by John Marcy at 21st Editions. The bindings were designed and made by Sarah Creighton. Each book is signed by Michael Kenna, John Wood, Lance Speer, and Steven Albahari"--Colophon.

The essay by Lance Speer, "Memory as Muse, Michael Kenna at Mont-Saint-Michel" is printed on p. 49-59.

Has 14 mounted platinum prints signed on verso by Kenna in main work, and 1 signed print in accompanying portfolio. Issued in a cloth-covered clamshell box with an additional "Copyright Notice" also laid in.

Copyright date from laid-in "Copyright Notice."

LC copy is numbered "30" and is signed in pen by Michael Kenna, John Wood, Lance Speer, and Steven Albahari.