The Devil's Widow: A Story Told in Pictures
Seattle: Rolling Bones Printing Parlour, 1994. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Square 8vo. Unpaginated. Quarter black cloth over maroon paper-covered boards with linocut illustration inset on front board. Letterpress printed. From an edition of 53 copies designated by a collaged playing card, this is the King of Clubs. Fine. Item #13711
Story told in a series of linoleum block prints, inspired by and dedicated to Seattle's 211 Pool Hall (211 Union Street), a hallowed cathedral of all manner of vice, but mostly gambling, that has been preserved as a shooting location in the Mamet movie "House of Games." The author-illustrator-printer's sophomore effort, Aftermath, won the 1996 AIGA award for best book design.
Price: $600.00