San Francisco, CA: The Book Club of California, 2013. Series: Book Club of California Publication, No. 231.
Tall 4to. 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Unpaginated. [66] pp. Title page with wood engraving vignette, 2-page introduction by Peter Koch "Richard Wagener's Mountains," 31 engravings of the Sierra Nevada mountains (2 folding); text clean, unmarked. Dark-blue cloth spine, green paper over boards, wood engraved vignette on front cover, printed paper spine label, original slip case with blue cloth top and bottom edges, covered with green paper boards and printed paper spine label on the slip case; binding square and tight. SBT423-002. Fine.
LIMITED EDITION of 308 numbered copies, this is copy number 81, SIGNED by Richard Wagener on the colophon, printed by Peter Koch with the assistance of Jonathan Gerken; 10 artist's proofs and 10 printer's proofs reserved. Engravings printed by Richard Wagener; Dante typeface, printed by Zerkall Büttenpapier, binding and slip case by John De Merritt Bookbinding. These images portray the stunning natural beauty of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Richard Wagener grew up in southern California spending a lot of time in remote parts of the high desert and in the Sierra. He has a graduate degree from ArtCenter College of Design. Wagener has been engraving wood for more than forty years. In 2006, he established his own imprint, Mixolydian Editions to publish his own fine press editions.
Title: The Sierra Nevada Suite. Thirty-one Wood Engravings by Richard Wagener
Edition: LIMITED EDITION of 308 numbered copies, this is copy number 81
Created: 2013
Country of Origin: United States
Illustrator: Richard Wagener (b. 1944)
Location Published: San Francisco, CA, The Book Club of California: 2023
Binding: Dark-blue cloth spine, green paper over boards, wo
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None, as issued
Inscription: SIGNED by Richard Wagener on the colophon
Size: Tall 4to. 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches
Type: Book
Categories: Art, Books, Nature, Fine Press
Seller ID: SBT423-002
Keywords: book club of california, fine press, limited edition, peter koch, richard wagener, the sierra nevada suite, wood engravings