Cigales, Grasshoppers, and Ants

Title

en_US Cigales, Grasshoppers, and Ants

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Limited edition of 100 copies

en_US William M. Cheney

Creator

en_US No Author

Contributor

en_US Cheney, William M.

en_US Dawson, Glen (foreword)

Date

2016-01-22T21:18:16Z

en_US 2011-07

en_US 2006

Date Available

2016-01-22T21:18:16Z

Date Issued

en_US 2006

Abstract

en_US This is a well bound miniature book (2 7/8 x 2 1/8) with a colophon page at the back. This is apparently Volume 1 of a two volume set. It has a green frontispiece grasshopper illustration. The book is printed in black and green inks. The covers are gilt-stamped green cloth, and the binding is square and tight. The foreword by Glen Dawson reviews the history of Dawson's Book Shop, including the part played by William M. Cheney. It closes with this memorable sentence: Making and selling miniature books is a fun way of making very little money. Then an introduction presents William Cheney, who made forty-seven miniature books. The body of the book is, surprisingly, a letter from Cheney to Dawson on cigales and grasshoppers. A publisher's note tells us that the frontispiece grasshopper is Cheney's drawing for Trois Fables de La Fontaine, also in this collection. This strange little book is complemented by an even stranger companion volume, described by John Howell for Books this way: Volume 2 unpaginated, with a loosely laid in title page which denotes 10 pieces of Miniature Ephemera printed by William M. Cheney and mounted on 10 blank pages in mylar sleeves attached to the pages, additional pages allows the owner to add Cheney ephemera as they add to their collection.

Identifier

en_US 10452 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/75067

Publisher

en_US The Castle Press: Robert C. Bradbury Miniature Books

en_US Worcester, MA

Subject

en_US Mini PS3505.H46C54 2006

en_US Secondary

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole