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, Black cloth tray case by David Bourbeau, upper cover with marbled inset and crescent moon
- (14) leaves
Price: $3,000.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 142491
Limited to 63 copies, of which this is one of 45 numbered copies signed by Enid Mark on the colophon. A fine copy in fine clamshell box.
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.