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
070.59309789 Smi 39
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
070.59309789 Smi 39