Bibliophile, Fine Press Printer, Writer, Collector, Former Lawyer in Legal Tech
Palo Alto, CA
Joined May 2008
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My private press, First Bite Press, is opening up limited subscriptions to the Press. I'll be mailing out handmade work hot off the Press or out of the bindery every other month. #books #finepress #limitededition #booktok #romance #printing
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Some photos from “Prison Writing Through the Ages,” a fascinating exhibit at the @HoughtonLib by @HarvardLibrary
The exhibit includes books by political prisoners & writers imprisoned for covering topics and ideas banned during their lifetimes. #books #rarebooks #bookhistory
Making progress on the fine press limited edition book, The Canon of Aphrodisia. Adding in the artwork by Laurelin Gilmore and the mock-up for imposition is done! Ready to get on the press and print this book. #finepress #books #printing #bibliophile
I have to wonder how many of these fun illustrations were added to cover up a slip or smudge of the scribe’s hand with a decoration. #manuscripts
Today's Monday morning cartoon is a sort of slug-foliage-man crawling across the bottom of this Biblical commentary. (WCL F76 f.153r)
ALT At the bottom of a column of black ink text is a medieval doodle, in black ink. It has a face of a man, the horns of a slug, and the body of foliage possibly vines with bunches of grapes or berries every so often. It is not really relevant to this Book of Genesis commentary.
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Starting to read Matrix, printed at the Whittington Press, and it is a joy. Full of printing and book history. So much useful information for my own work, and samples of printing as well. #letterpress #finepress #printing #bibliophiles #books
I’ve never seen anything like this in a manuscript! Would love to know the process. @StanfordSpec does Stanford Manuscripts or Special Collections have anything similar in the collection? #manuscripts #books #bookhistory
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Are you a book collector? Book collecting isn’t just about old, leather-bound books: it can be zines around a certain theme, multiple copies of a single book bought in different locations, special editions of your favorite mystery series, or anything you want it to be!
Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe, printed at The Ashendene Press, Chelsea, 1933 w/design binding by Angela James. James won first prize at the Designer Bookbinders International Competition 2022. #finepress #books #designbinding
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Hidden characters in the book manuscript in InDesign. This is the 4th pass through a collection of erotic tales. Publishing original writing is different than reprinting classics - more creative communication with living authors. #finepress #letterpress #printing #erotica #books
More paper testing & figuring out how many pages I can get per master sheet. Also checking typefaces.
This is Rives lightweight book paper in white (115gsm) w/Hanco Raven Black ink on wood engraving & plates of text and illustration. So far, so good.
#finepress #printing #books
Almost 20 yrs ago, I heard Robert Creeley read his poetry @UNCWilmington & he signed a copy of his book, Echoes. I recently acquired a fine press book of his poems, entitled Personal. It was printed by Peter Koch & illustrated by John Millei, 1998. #poetry #bookarts #finepress
Open studios at @Stanford Department of Art and Art History, including paper making and book arts taught by Michelle Wilson. #bookarts #papermaking
I spent a lovely couple of hours at Keith Cranmer’s studio this week before Colophon Club meeting at @CODEXFoundation.
Keith and I discussed progress on wood engravings for the book, & I had my first lesson in wood engraving. #bookarts #woodengraving #letterpress
And I thought printing 4-up was going to be a challenge.
Typographia, or the Printers’ Instructor…with an elucidation of every subject connected with the art, by J. Johnson, 1824, two volumes.
#printing #bookhistory #typography
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Dwiggins’s stencil decoration for the opening of Chapter 9, “The Time Machine” (Random House, 1931).
Thank you for the mention, Tom. I remember a brief mention of AI in law (related to cars) at ReInvent Law, and 10 yrs later it’s something lawyers & firms will need to watch closely. (see ChatGPT et al) Always a fascinating field!
I share @Chase_Hertel's experience about ReInvent Law. It was an inflection point in my career. 10 years ago, it raised my awareness of what was possible, that legal tech was a thing, and it connected me for the first time to the community. I got to meet my heroes, @StephKimbro and @rgranat. And set at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley! Iconic. Thank you @computational and @reneeknake for bringing us all together!
