The Intimate Stranger Breytenbach, Breyten; Campbell, Carolee (Artist) Book Arts,Fine Binding,Fine Press,Poetry,Signed by Author

Unpag. 4to. Orange paper covers with a blue leather spine. Housed in a purple folding case with an elegant clasp made with a triangle of blue leather that matches the enclosed book spine and locks into the front cover holding it closed. The triangle is a recurring motif throughout the, both in printed and and cut-out forms. A spectacular production. "Legend" or Glossary laid in as well as the original prospectus. This is copy # 81 of 100. Signed by Breyten Breytenbach on the page facing the colophon, inscribed to a previous owner by the renowned book artist and sole proprietor of Ninja Press, Carolee Campbell on the colophon. From the prospectus: "In this single, long, prose poem, every paragraph has been given its own page or double-page spread. Each page is embellished with signs and symbols printed in multiple colors which have been inspired by the text. The type is hand set Samson and Libra printed letterpress on dampened 100% flax paper handmade especially for this book by Bridget Oâ Malley at Cave Paper. A horoscope, as well as the multicolored signs and symbols seen throughout the text, are drawn by Carolee Campbell and printed from photopolymer plates. Additional symbols are applied by hand using pure earth pigments. The boards are covered in flax paper hand-coated at the press with a mixture of ochre pigment and fine volcanic pumice. A second inner cover of flax holds the text and is sewn into the spine with a thin silk purple cord. An additional hardcover enclosure protects the book and echoes the theme of the artwork using an artful locking device. A separate chapbook containing a legend for the text-inspired signs & symbols completes the edition. The chapbook is printed in eight colors with three additional hand-applied pigments on dampened Nideggen and is sewn with silk into a flax paper cover."