ABC Box Set #1–5
ABC Box Set #1–5
Date
2007
Edition Size
50
Media
Letterpress, Xerox
Binding
Stapled
Format
Box Set
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Publisher
Booklyn, Inc.
Collection
Box Sets, Collection Development$ 280.00
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Brown University, John Hay Library
Columbia University, Butler Library
Franklin and Marshall College
Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
Nelson-Atkins Museum
Ringling School of Art and Design
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA)
State University of New York (SUNY), University at Buffalo
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
University of Central Florida (UCF)
University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP) Library
University of Delaware Library
University of Washington Libraries
Chosen by the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) as one of their ’50 books 50 covers’ of the year, the ABC Box Set #1-5 contains the first five chapbooks of the ‘Another Booklyn Chapbook’ series: Slaves of Christo, New York City Poems, Scream at the Librarian, Like a Cure, and Names. Each chapbook cover is letterpress printed and embellished with content-relevant materials (i.e.: fabric, maps, photos, drawings, etc.).
ABC #1: Slaves of Christo, by Julia Hall and Chrissy Legio, 2005.
ABC #2: 33 New York City Poems, by Angelo Verga, 2005, O.P. Letterpressed cover, xeroxed interior; edition of 500 copies.
ABC #3: Scream at the Librarian, by Joel Rane, 2007. Illustrations by Raymond Pettibon and Cristin Sheehan Sullivan. Letterpressed cover, xeroxed interior; edition of 500 copies, 2nd print run.
ABC #4: Like a Cure, Poems by NY Youth, edited by Jane LeCroy, 2007. Letterpressed cover, xeroxed interior; edition of 500 copies.
ABC #5: Names, by Jane LeCroy, 2007. Hand bound with the author’s hair. Letterpressed cover, xeroxed interior; edition of 500 copies.