(Harsimus Press.) Barbara Henry, 2 titles: 'The Playbook', J...

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(Harsimus Press.) Barbara Henry, 2 titles: 'The Playbook', Jersey City, NJ, 2014, Harsimus Press, limited edition, number 24 of 50 copies, numbered & signed by Barbara Henry, designed, printed and illustrated with linocuts by Barbara Henry, letterpress printed by Harsimus Press on a Vandercook proof press, onto Zerkall and Hahnemuhle papers from a variety of types and illustrated with linocuts, 27.5 x 18cm, original full line, printed paper label, by the Campbell-Logan Bindery, two original prospectuses and another Harsimus Press printed item/broadsheet loosely inserted, 'The Workbook', Jersey City, NJ, 2010, Harsimus Press, limited edition, number 27 of 47 copies, numbered and signed by Barbara Henry, printed on a Vandercook Universal Iusing Bulmer and Gothic 544 types, [20]pp, full page linocut colour ills. of birds (of which 1 double page), designed and printed by Barbara Henry, original wraps, printed label, linocut colour illustration of a Thrush plus a Harsimus Press printed item/broadsheet loosely inserted (2). The Playbook, 2014, is a sequel to The Workbook, 2010, in which I first explored alternative symbols for fricatives and the opportunities it provided for re-imagining the alphabet. Setting type by hand, letter by letter, invites revery, and this book is the result of following the revery wherever it leads, finding or creating and setting the sorts of used for th throughout history, taking an ancient or new path.