SOUNDS SONG Fine Press Books

square 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord tied. (15) leaves. Limited to 30 numbered copies. A fine copy. Concieved by Graham Marks. Designed, letterpress printed and bound by Tara McLeod. Printed on a Littlejohn proofing press. Tara McLeod originally trained and worked in the commercial world of graphic design. It was after that he established The Pear Tree Press in 1988. Work produced at The Pear Tree Press is grounded in traditional, now obsolete, letterpress techniques such as metal and wooden type set and printed by hand on original printing machinery, including an Albion printing press dating from 1832. While much of the work produced at The Pear Tree Press involves McLeod's own imagery and writing, he has also collaborated with several notable New Zealand writers including Alan Loney, Brian Gregory and Hone Tuwhare and artists such as Richard McWhannell and Mike Ferris. McLeod himself is a prolific illustrator and has included his own linocuts in many printed texts. -Peter Vangioni, Curator, Christchurch Art Gallery. stiff paper wrappers, cord tied