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Author Duke, Jas H

Title Dada kampfen um Leben und Tod : a prose poem / by Jas H. Duke
Edition Limited edition
Published Katoomba, N.S.W. : Wayzgoose Press, 1996

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 ADPML SPFOL  702.81 Duk/Dku *  LIB USE ONLY
Description 1 volume of folded leaves : illustrations ; 34 x 50 cm + 2 folded sheets in pocket
Contents Jas H. Duke the dadaist : an appreciation of Australia's first dadiast / by fellow poet Pi O -- A concise gloss on dadaism / by Mike Hudson
Summary Artist's book being a typographic rendering of Duke's work which is a hommage to the original Zurich dadaists
Notes "This edition of 34 copies comprises: 5 copies out of edition ... and the remainder signed and numbered thus: No. 1 in a designer binding, Nos. 2-25 in a portfolio, Nos. 26-29 unbound"
Accompanied by a prospectus from Wayzgoose Press
"jas h duke jun 1973" -- Last folded leaf
Conceived and designed by Mike Hudson and hand set in a wide range of lead & wood sans serif types by Jadwiga Jarvis. Hand printed in three primary colours & black throughout its 8 metre length; when it is folded into its concertina format each page measures 34 x 50 cm. Hand printed on Magnini Incisioni 220 gsm by the two partners using a Western proof press. It is contained in a quarter-bound buckram & board portfolio which also holds two introductory essays; one about the author, by Pi O, the other concerning the Dada movement and philosophy by Mike Hudson. The introductions are printed on Mohawk Superfine 148 gsm."
Text in English
Subject Duke, Jas H -- Prose
Artists' books -- Australia.
Printing -- Australia -- Katoomba (N.S.W.) -- Specimens.
Illustrated books -- Australia -- History -- 20th century -- Specimens.
Dadaism -- Pictorial works.
Private presses -- Australia -- Katoomba (N.S.W.)
Author Jarvis, Jadwiga.
Hudson, Mike. Concise gloss on dadasim
Pi O, 1951- Jas H. Duke the dadaist
Wayzgoose Press.
Other Titles Dada fight for life and death