THE INCONSTANT MOON.
Poems To The Moon by Mark Jarman, Phillis Levin, James Longenbach, Jacqueline Osherow, Susan Stewart, Mark Strand, Elaine Terranova, Eleanor Wilner. With a Homeric Hymn Translated by Apostolos N. Athanassakis. Lithographs by Enid Mark.
- Philadelphia, PA: The ELM Press, 2007.
- small folio (10.5 × 14 inches)
- Bound in black cloth overlaid with indigo and black marbled papers created for the book by Regina St. John. Quote from Shakespeare printed in silver on black endpaper.
- (14) leaves
Price: $2,500.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 142490
Limited to 63 copies, of which this is one of only 10 artist's proofs copies signed by Enid Mark on the colophon. A fine copy.
A Homeric hymn "To Selene," printed in Gills Greek type, opens the text. 8 poems are paired with Enid Marks lithographs of star fields printed in indigo and black which bleed across the page creating a deep space for the luminous moon. A moonscape drawn by Enid Mark fills the "centerfold."
First publication of 8 of the poems. Types were cast at the Golgonooza Letter Foundry. Title lettered by Jerry Kelly. Art Larson, Horton Tank Graphics printed the text on Somserset papers. A perfectionist, Larson slaved over the letterspacing of the Greek capitals and Wilners poem - shaped like a crescent moon. David Bourbeau, Thistle Bindery, Florence, Massachusetts, Barbara B. Blumenthal, Northampton, Massachusetts and Daniel Gehnrich, Paxton, Massachusetts, bound the edition by hand.