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Urgency Reader

Paul Soulellis, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

252 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. Edition of 110 numbered copies. Read more and download complete Urgency Reader 2019 here."Urgency Reader is a quick assembling of texts, risograph printed in Pawtucket, RI, and bound as a book at the last minute to launch at the Odds and Ends Art Book Fair at Yale University Art Gallery on December 6, 2019. Suggested topics from the open call included: urgency, craft, queerness, gender, transformation, kinship, race, survival ..."--cover wrapper. "Inspired by Omnibus News #1 (1969), Assembling (1970-87), and other assembling publications, Urgency Reader is an experiment in publishing as a gesture of call and response ..."--cover wrapper."queer.archive.work"--stamped on wrapper. Loose sheets stapled. Yellow paper back cover sheet with list of contributors. "Edited by Paul Soulellis, December 2019"--page [4] of cover. "Suggested topics from the open call included: urgency, craft, queerness, gender, transformation, kinship, race, survival , post-apocalyptic practice, futurity, pedagogy, surveillance capitalism, death of capital, radical publishing, decolonization, augmentation, resistance, sci-fi, collective care, joy."-- Publisher's website. Library has copy no. 24. Editor Paul Soulellis is an artist and RISD Faculty member based in Providence, RI.
It is Almost That (Box)

Siglio Press, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

8 booklets, 1 leaf , 2 sheets : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. A boxed set of nine folded and saddle-stitched booklets with photocopies or silkscreened dust-jackets signed by authors / artists. Found Pages from Antinova's Memoirs / Eleanor Antin -- Nude film / Fiona Banner -- Time / Ann Hamilton -- Inspection / Jane Hammond -- Psychic / Susan Hiller -- Dorchester boxers / Helen Kim -- A house of dust / Alison Knowles -- Notes for the translation / Molly Springfield -- Hexen II; 4 diagrams / Suzanne Treister -- From the journal Notes on living locally / Erica van Horn.

Inspired by the Great Bear pamphlets produced by Something Else Press in the 1960's, the booklets are in a signed and numbered edition of 85 plus 15 unnumbered hors commerce. Housed in a hinged wooden box (25 x 17 x 10 cm) with bronze metal clasp, grey felt-lined interior bottom, and purple ribbon marker. Top of box is stamped with title and publisher. One loosely issued leaf serves as title page and lists participating authors / artists. Published in conjunction with the book: "It is almost that : a collection of image+text work by women artists & writers" (edited by Lisa Pearson. Los Angeles : Siglio ; New York : D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers, 2011) ."Psychic" by Susan Hiller and "Hexen II / 4 diagram" by Suzanne Treister are accompanied by sheets, loosely issued and printed on one side. Library has copy no. 50.
Charles Meunier's plaquette, 1900, La Relieuse | The Bookbinder : a rare and beautiful depiction of the bookbinder in medallic art.

Henry Morris, Charles Meunier, Maurice Favre, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

1 folded leaf; 1 pewter plaquette. Text written and plaquette created by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press. 1 folded leaf in blue cloth case stamped in silver. Pewter plaquette fits in frame in case. The promotional plaquette of bookbinder Charles Meunier is a reproduction of a work by Maurice Favre exhibited in 1903. It depicts a bookbinder at her sewing frame. Lettered on reverse "Aux amis la maison du livre 1900, Ch. Meunier." (To the friends of the 1900 book house, Ch. Meunier.). Gift of the Joseph Paulsen family. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.
Poesia concreta : Indirizzi concreti, visuali e fonetici. | Concrete poetry: concrete addresses, visual and phonetic.

Carlo Belloli, Ernesto L. Francalanci, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

155 p. ill. 23 cm. Esposizione a cura di Dietrich Mahlow e Arrigo Lora-Totino. Ca' Giustinian, Sala delle Colonne, 25 settembre-10 ottobre 1969. (Exhibition curated by Dietrich Mahlow and Arrigo Lora-Totino. Ca 'Giustinian, Sala delle Colonne, 25 September-10 October 1969.) On cover: Mostra di poesia concreta. (Exhibition of concrete poetry.) At head of title: La Biennale di Venezia. (The Venice Biennale.) Catalog by Carlo Belloli, Ernesto L. Francalanci.
Future Books: Industry, Government, Science, Arts, Vol. I Overture

Marjory B. Milne, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

volumes illustrations (some color) portraits 30 cm. Editor: Marjorie B. Milne. Produced by Adprint. Cover illustration and design by G.A. Adams. Printed in photogravure by Harrison & Sons Ltd. London. Cover, binding and offset printing by Jerrold & Sons Ltd. Norwich. Advertisements in letterpress by W.S. Cowell Ltd. Ipswich; Alabaster Passmore & Sons Ltd. Maidstone; Thos. Forman & Sons Ltd. Nottingham. The photogravure and offset parts have been printed on Mellotex Paper made by Tullis Russell & Co. Ltd. Markinch Scotland. Information graphics. Casebinding. Library has Volume I. Overture & volume IV. Transformation.
Future Books: Industry, Government, Science, Arts, Vol. IV Transformation

Marjory B. Milne, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

volumes illustrations (some color) portraits 30 cm. Editor: Marjorie B. Milne. Produced by Adprint. Cover illustration and design by G.A. Adams. Printed in photogravure by Harrison & Sons Ltd. London. Cover, binding and offset printing by Jerrold & Sons Ltd. Norwich. Advertisements in letterpress by W.S. Cowell Ltd. Ipswich; Alabaster Passmore & Sons Ltd. Maidstone; Thos. Forman & Sons Ltd. Nottingham. The photogravure and offset parts have been printed on Mellotex Paper made by Tullis Russell & Co. Ltd. Markinch Scotland. Information graphics. Casebinding. Library has Volume I. Overture & volume IV. Transformation.
Women and Work

Gertrude Rosenblum Williams, Isotype Institute, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

128 pages : illustrations (some color, including maps) ; 22 cm. Series: The new democracy "Designed and produced by Adprint Ltd London ; Copyright 1945 by Adprint Ltd London ..."--title page verso. "First published by Nicholson & Watson in association with Wells Gardner Darton & Co Ltd, London, 1945"--title page verso. Contents: The scope of women's work. The wartime revolution -- The rise of the "dependent" family -- The effect of marriage -- Law and custom -- The work women do. Changes in numbers and jobs -- The middle-class woman -- Woman's dual role. Differences in pay -- Do women need less? -- The economic factors -- Workers and wives -- Public opinion and the married woman worker -- Women and work in the post-war world. Some effects of the war -- The double-job woman -- The part-time worker -- Women and the community. Photographic Editor: Paul Rotha. "Reading list": page 128. Information graphics. Book has ink property stamp on front endsheet: Ministry of Labour & National Service, Factory Department, Information Service. Case binding.
Human Problems in Industry

Norah M. Davis, Marie Neurath, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. Series: New democracy. "With 12 pictorial charts in colour designed by the Isotype Institute and 80 photographs." "Designed and produced by Adprint Ltd. London"--title page verso. Contents: Introduction -- Choosing jobs and workers -- Doing the job -- Warning signals -- Why we work -- Outlook for the future."Reading list": page [128]. Includes bibliographical references. Added Author: Marie Neurath, designer.