LONEY, ALAN [Photograph by Claire Van Vliet]
Rise: Governors Bay Sept/Nov 2000
Vermont: The Janus Press 2003. The structure was inspired by Elizabeth Steiner's Gioia II and executed by Audrey Holden in an edition of 150 copies. Inscribed 'For Elizabeth with love and admiration Claire Van Vliet'. In the centre of the book is a colour photographic illustration of Governors Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand, taken by Van Vliet, founder of the Janus Press. According to Ruth Fine's catalogue raisonné The Janus Press, Fifty Years (2006), Van Vliet made the translucent tan paper flyleaves 'from abaca pulp prepared with seawater by Bernie Vinzani', a master paper maker based in Maine. The binding was inspired by New Zealand bookbinder Elizabeth Steiner's Gioia II (2002) and executed by Audrey Holden. 150 x 180mm, grey card boards with silver title and in original slip case with spine title. Fine.


Library of Elizabeth Steiner.