The Coffee Room
Louisville: Contre Coup Press, 1987. McCurdy, Michael. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 95 copies, octavo size, 51 pp., signed by Stanley Elkin and Michael McCurdy. Fine. Item #CNBR447
Timothy Hawley's Contre Coup Press is the quintessence of a private press; very small print runs, printed on a real press (Timothy uses a vintage Vandercook SP20), using only the best materials, the resulting publication being a sparkling, luminescent gem. The Contre Coup Press began in St. Louis and in 1985 moved to Louisville, with Timothy Hawley printing whatever catches his fancy.
This volume brings together a short script by Stanley Elkin (1930-1995) with the wood engravings of Michael McCurdy (1942-2016), signed by both at the colophon. A lovely book, the paste paper for the binding by Carol Blinn and the wood engravings printed directly from the blocks.
___DESCRIPTION: Bound in paste paper over boards with a blue cloth shelfback, ivory paper spine label with black lettering and brown decoration and rules, title page in brown and black, the three full-page wood engravings bound in throughout, with a small in-text engraving at the final page of text; handset print on Frankfurt Cream paper, octavo size (9 1/8" by 6 1/2"), pagination: [4, preliminary pp.] [i] ii-iii [1, blank] [1, Character list] [1, blank] [1] 2-39 [1, blank] [1, colophon].
___CONDITION: Fine, with clean boards, the paste paper without wear or rubbing, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean, crisp, and as new.
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Price: $275.00