Includes a book, Papermaking at Hayle Mill, 1808-1987 by Maureen Green; a map, The Loose Valley, 1856 with the mills on Loose Stream; Mill photographs; Sample papers; and 12 proof sheets for the book; all issued in a box. 29 x 22 x 8 cm

“Printed on Finale, the last paper made at Hayle Mill. ... The portrait of Samuel Green was prepared and printed on Epson Archival paper by Ellen Dorn Levitt who also scanned the watermarks and maps preparing them, with Claire Van Vliet, for platemaking. Much of the letterpress printing used polymer plates from Boxcar Press ... and was printed by Andrew Miller-Brown. ... the photographs were scanned by Ellen Dorn Levitt from old prints in the Hayle Mill Archive and cleaned up in Photoshop. They were printed by Emily Corrow on a Xerox Docucolor 240 copier in Hammermill 100lb archival cover copy paper"--Colophon of book.

Hayle Mill produced paper made by hand until they closed in 1987 (the first paper making machine was invented in the late 19th century). The Green family of Maidstone, Kent, UK ran the mill for six generations. Claire Van Vliet is the founder of Janus Press in Vermont and was a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 1989.

Facsimile of original artist's book by Blaise Cendrars and Sonia Delaunay published in 1913 in Paris. Considered an early artists’ book work.

Delaunay and Cendrars called this “the first simultaneous book.” This reference to Simultanism, a new movement capturing the thrilling simultaneity of modern life—the fast-paced, consciousness-altering dynamism brought about by innovations in transportation and communication. Cendrars’s poem narrates an epic, mostly imaginary journey on the Trans-Siberian Railroad while Delaunay’s stencils illustrates a map of the journey.

"A Basket is a Reminder celebrates baskets and their overlooked role in creating and advancing human culture and life."--colophon.

Commonplace is a flutter book of original poetry, letterpress printed with sumi-e ink and linoleum block prints. The structure and images emulate cherry blossoms flowing in the breeze.

This book is part of an altered book series, transforming books with cut, torn, sewn and glued original prints, drawings and handmade paper produced during the artist’s career combined with thread, the artist’s hair and her handwritten text.

This book explores the patterns in life - in particular the patterns of life for the artist, a Muslim woman. The book uses a woven strip binding developed by Claire Van Vliet.

This pop-up and collage book explores the artists’ vocal accent and where she lives and has lived.

"'When Is Now...speaks to my connectedness as an 'unheard' to others who are 'unheard' and is a protest against racially motivated acts of terror, unequal citizenship, callous action, and invisibility. What action to take and when to take it is a personal decision and a multi-faceted community has room for many forms of activism. In simple terms, one form is that of patient activism."--artist's statement.

From the colophon of this book: “I feel estranged by myself being disgusted by my own hairs on the floor. Once, they were precious as part of me. But once they are shed, I alienate them and even hate them. So, I decided to collect my hairs that I lose as my way of embracing both of the feelings toward myself— the obsession and contempt.”

"Your Name is Safe, You Can Rest Now is a letter to my great-uncle Rikio who died in World War II explaining the impact that his death had on our family for generations. Every household in my family had this photograph of his funeral on their butsudan, a Buddhist altar. While Rikio and others in Hawaii fought for the United States, our family members on the mainland were held in internment camps." This book is a variation of panorama structure developed by Hedi Kyle.--colophon.

The author describes her family's experience with racism and school integration. As a high school student, the author was named lead plaintiff in Clarissa Thompson et al. v. County School Board of Arlington County (June 1956), a school desegregation class action suit filed in the United States District Court.

Lavater published her first artists’ book in 1962. It was an accordion book retelling the story of William Tell in symbols. She continued making books mostly of fairy tales. Today she is recognized as an early artists’ book maker.

This book utilizes the Jacob’s ladder format to tell multiple stories of a fictional goddess of chocolate, facts about the production of chocolate and Chen’s memories of chocolate.