BIG BRIDGE PRESS PUBLICATIONS
January 1998
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Favorite Songs. Poems by Michael Rothenberg. 70
pages. Published in an edition of 600 copies. Designed by Peter Rutledge Koch. Cover
photograph by Earl Mann. Illustration of author by Nancy Davis. Joanne Kyger says of this
volume: From the Heart is where Michael tests his sincerity, indeed where else? This
thoughtful, heartful, plantlover and naturalist expresses himself with no pretense to
divine, just women and a hundred thousand sea birds in the pages of this poetry, finding
time to consult the better part of himself. 8.95 |
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Ann Fields, The Collected Poems. Edited by Michael
Rothenberg. Introduction by William Dickey. This book is printed in an edition of 500
copies; there are 100 copies hardbound in boards by Arnold Martinez. Designed by Peter
Rutledge Koch. Francis Mayes says of this completed collected works: The reader is in for
a shock; its always startling to find yourself close to someone whose vibrant voice
responds to every nuance of the breathing world, whose sentient experience is so awake
that you find yourself awakened. In a voice as clear as glass tapped with a spoon, Ann
Fields intensely lyrical poems reconnect the reader to a heightened awareness of living.
This is a book to come back to over and over, when ever you need rain. 285 pages. 14.95 paperback inquire on availability of hardbound copies |
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Behold, The Mountain "This book was inspired by and dedicated to
Zenshin Ryufu Philip Whalen to commemorate the Mountain Seat Ceremony and installation of
Zenshin as abbot to the One Mountain Temple, September 1991." Drawings and design by
Nancy Davis for a tale by Michael Rothenberg. Bound in Momi-Gami paper over boards,
triangular in shape, the book opens with a bone clasp. Published in an edition of 20
copies, numbered and signed by artist and author. 20 copies 150.00 |
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Supplication for the Rebirth of the Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche
Poem by Allen Ginsberg. Concept and drawing by Nancy Davis. Typography and
printing by Arion Press using Spectrum types and Rives paper. The Scroll was executed by
Arnold Martinez using Japanese patterned paper and is 35" X 19". Published in an
edition of 76 copies, 26 are hand colored, lettered A to Z, signed by the artist and poet,
boxed in Alaskan yellow cedar. The box design is by Tom Bass. 50 copies are numbered and
signed by the poet. 26 copies 500.00 50 copies 299.00 |
Lesson In Limits Poem by Michael Rothenberg. Illustrated by Nancy Davis.
This broadside is 121/4 X 17 1/2", limited to 250 copies, printed in two colors by
Andrew Hoyem, 1977.
20.00
Whether A Moon Poem by Michael Rothenberg. Graphics by Don Gray. Broadside
in an edition of 226 copies. 200 on Fabriano Ingres. 26 copies on Sennelier Rag lettered A
to Z and signed by author. Handset on Frederic W. Goudy's Italian Old Style and Forum.
Printed by Don Gray and Ester Cubinar- Gray at the Twowindows Press, Berkeley.
200 copies 5.00
26 copies 15.00
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What The Fish Saw Poem by Michael Rothenberg. Drawings by Nancy Davis.
Twowindows Press, Berkeley. 32 unnumbered pages with one long poem and seven
illustrations. 200 copies numbered and signed by the poet, artist and printer. Printed in
16 point Bembo on original Curtis Rag stitched into hand made abaca wrappers. Exhibited in
The Rounce and Coffin Club's 1986 Western Book Exhibit. First chapbook by the author. 200 copies 25.00 |
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Nightmare Of The Violins Poem by Michael Rothenberg. Illustrations by
Nancy Davis. Twowindows Press, Berkeley. Printed in an edition of two hundred and
twenty-six copies, from Van Dijck types. Twenty-six copies, hand colored by the artist are
on handmade Prairie by Twinrocker, bound by Arnold Martinez in paper over boards with
quarter whip snake, boxed in cloth over boards, lettered A to Z and signed by poet, artist
and printer. 1987. 200 copies 15.00 26 copies 150.00 |
Elegy For The Dusky Seaside Sparrow Poem by Michael Rothenberg.
IIllustration concept and drawings by Nancy Davis with thanks to Luis Baptista for his
sparrow illustration, sonogram and ornithological notes. This broadside is limited to 126
copies, 26 of which are lettered and printed on Twinrocker paper, 100 copies printed on
Arches cover. The page size is 19 X 26. The poem is set in Van Dijck, text in Times New
Roman. Selected for Fine Print Magazine, "Best of Broadsides". Printed in three
colors by Peter Rutledge Koch, 1988.
100 copies 20.00
26 copies 120.00
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| Man by Joanne Kyger and Women by Michael Rothenberg. Two
poems. Illustrations by Nancy Davis. Big Bridge Press, Pacifica, CA. 46 numbered pages
with six illustrations. The page size is 7 X 10. Printed by Peter Rutledge Koch in Centaur
and Arrighi types on Mohawk, hand stitched into Twinrocker wrappers. Limited to 5 copies
signed by both poets and the illustrator. 1988. 50 copies 65.00 |
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Dahlia Designed and illustrated by Nancy Davis. Poem by Michael
Rothenberg. Published by Big Bridge Press in an edition of twenty copies. A companion to
Behold,The Mountain, with 11 illustrations, hand drawn and water colored on Mohawk, text
hand-printed. Bound in Momi-Gami paper over boards, opens from top to bottom with bone
clasp. Numbered and signed by artist with artist stamp. 1989. no longer available |
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Book For Sensei is designed and illustrated by Nancy Davis. A collection
of six poems and 14 illustrations. Pritned in Centaur and Arrighi types on BFK paper by
Peter Rutledge Koch. 32 unnumberd pages. Accordion style binding and slipcase executed by
Arnold Martinez. Slipcase is gold smaped Mulberry with persimmon stain over boards. Poems
by Andrei Codrescu, Philip Whalen, Michael Rothenberg, Joanne Kyger, Michael McClure and
Jim Harrison. Published in an edition of 100 copies, 26 are hand water colored, lettered A
to Z and signed by the artist and each of the six poets. 1990. 26 copies 750.00 74 copies 265.00 |
Big Bridge Press Botanical Publications
Bromeliaceae Andreanae by Edouard Andre'. Edited by Michael Rothenberg and
designed by Don Gray from Twowindows Press. Foreward by Victoria Padilla. Introduction by
Drs. Robert W. Read nd Lyman B. Smith. This monograph is the definitive work on bromeliads
of the region from the Panama Isthmus to the high altitudes of the Andes to the south and
between the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since it was published in 1889. Originally
published in French, this edition was translated into English by Doris Love. Includes
reproduction of the original 40 stone lithographs, one color reproduction from "Tour
Du Monde", and a portrait of Andre'. The paper is 100 pound Cameo Dull. The typeface
is Garamond. The page size is nine by twelve. The book is hardbound in cloth over boards
with a leather spine. Limited to 600 numbered copies, twenty-six copies are signed by
Victoria Padilla, Drs. Robert W. Read and Lyman B. Smith. There are two hundred and
fifty-six pages. 1983.
600 copies 150.00
26 copies 250.00
The Bromeliads by Leon Duval. Edited and annotated by Michael Rothenberg and
Dr. Robert W. Read. Introduction to the edition by Dr. Read. Translated from original
French by Doris Love. Designed by Peter Rutledge Koch. "A contemporary of both Andre'
and Morren, Leon Duval had such a tremendous fascination for all exotic plants that his
enthusiasm, quite rightly, spilled onto bromeliads. His special insight and appreciation
for the peculiarities of pollination and seed growing, so unique to bromeliads, and his
innate understanding of systematic relationships is truly amazing." The page size is
6 X 9. There are one hundred and fifty pages and forty-six illustrations in this book.
Harbound, cloth over boards. Limited to 600 copies. Big Bridge Press, 1990.
600 copies 60.00
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