Something Lived, Something Dreamed Urban Design and the American West - Limited Edtion SIGNED by McDonough and Christopher Stern, WITH Publisher's Announcement
Salt Lake City: Red Butte Press, (2004). Christopher Stern. Limited Edition. Bound in Aluminum-and-Wood Boards, in Clamshell Box. Large 8vo. Unpaginated. Frontis. color monoprint. The binding is made of thick aluminum-and-reclaimed-wood, with a stabbed string binding. Housed in a refined drop-spine clamshell box. As New, with the publisher’s descriptive sheet laid in. Of an edition limited to 125 copies, this is hand-numbered copy 31. As New / Clamshell Box - As New. Item #5109 As for McDonough, he continues to have a remarkable career in the field of sustainable architecture, and has won the President’s Award for Sustainable Development, and the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award.
Each of the monoprints by Christopher Stern has slight variations, thus making every book unique. The text was printed on an 1846 Columbian handpress on cotton paper commissioned from Cariera Magnani. Chris Stern at Stern and Faye Printers. Stern and Faye were a preeminent Pacific Northwest fine press, operating in Sedro-Woolley, Washington (about an hour north of Seattle). Chris Stern passed away in 2006; his partner in ink and life, Jules Remedios Faye, carries on by upholding their high printing standards.
Price: $650.00