Maggot and Worm, and Eight Other Stories

M. M. Liberman · Silkscreens by Byron Burford · The Cummington Press, West Branch, Iowa, 1969 · Limited to 300 Copies

A collection of nine stories by M. M. Liberman, printed by hand at the Cummington Press, one of the most respected American fine presses of the twentieth century, founded by the printer Harry Duncan and later based in Iowa. The book is illustrated with nine colour silkscreens by the Iowa painter Byron Burford, printed through the screens by the artist himself, making each copy a small portfolio of original prints as well as a book.

The edition was limited to 300 copies printed on Rives paper, set in Cloister Old Style and Joanna Italic types, bound in white cloth with the top edge stained black, and issued in a handmade paper dust jacket, present on this copy.


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Condition

Very Good. Binding tight and intact; pages clean, bright and unmarked; light scuffing and handling marks to the cloth; some age wear to the page edges. The handmade paper jacket has a tear at the top edge and general edge wear.


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