(West Chester, Pennsylvania): The Aralia Press, 1988-2004.
Price: $75.00
Unbound. Promotional pieces and ephemera. Measuring 5" x 8" or smaller. Fine.
Six pieces related to the Aralia Press, who Bruce Meyer calls "the leading literary fine press in America." Included are two printed keepsakes (one dated 1989), one Holiday letter briefly Inscribed by press founder Michael Peich (2004), a nicely printed announcement introducing the Aralia Press Chapbook Series (1990, with a wood engraving by John DePol), a checklist of titles 1983-2000 (with an introduction by Bruce Meyer), and *Aralia Press: Poetry and Fine Printing*.
The final volume is a beautifully produced chapbook published in 2000 (in an edition of 1100) to accompany exhibitions at Colorado College and Swarthmore College. It contains an introduction by David Mason and a checklist of titles, 1983-2000. Aralia Press was founded in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1983 and has published work by James Merrill, Philip Levine, Rita Dove, and Dana Gioia.
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