Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Smith, Pamela S.

Passions in print : private press artistry in New Mexico, 1834-present Pamela S. Smith, with Richard Polese - Santa Fe Museum of New Mexico Press c2006. - 223 p. ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.

The church and the press : nineteenth-century beginnings -- Artists, writers, and the private press golden era, 1920-1940 -- The war years and beyond, 1941-1955 -- Vigor and variety: a small press revival, 1960-1975 -- Past meets present in the age of technology, 1976-2005.

"Passions in Print 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. Together with more than 150 photographs, the narrative sheds light on the small press and its printers, a little known chapter in the much-published history of Southwest arts. In All Passions in Print profiles twenty-nine presses through a series of biographical sketches. Here are the woodcut artists, hand bookbinders, pioneers of silkscreen illustration, premier typographers, and masterful hand printers that were the mainstay of a vibrant New Mexico movement unlike any other."

0890134790 (alk. paper) 9780890134795 (alk. paper)

2005019507


Private presses--History.--New Mexico
Publishers and publishing--History.--New Mexico
Small presses--History--New Mexico

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