Passions In Print
Private Press Artistry in New Mexico, 1834-Present
Published on 31. January 2006
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-89013-479-5 (ISBN)
Description
Weaves the colorful story of New Mexico book artists, their dedication to a timeless craft, and their extraordinary contribution to the literature of the region. From the work of nineteenth-century printers to the illustrated books created by Santa Fe and Taos art colonists in the 1920s and 1930s to contemporary printings spawned by creative-edge book artists, this is distinctly a New Mexico story.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Mexico
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 272 mm
Width: 214 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1216 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89013-479-5 (9780890134795)
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Persons
Pamela S. Smith is the former director of the Press of the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she designed and printed award-winning limited edition letterpress books for nearly thirty years. She is an adjunct faculty member at the College of Santa Fe, where she teaches classes in the book arts.