As new from the printer; NY: South Street Seaport Museum, 2003. Unpaginated (52 pp); 8-1/4 x 5-1/2 inches. Quarter bound in gilt stamped brown linen and ochre textured paper covered boards; limited to 115 copies, numbered.

A few copies of this limited edition book are available with a suitable for framing extra page specially printed for collectors of Emily Dickinson's poems. See which poems are available separately.

This beautiful volume contains visual interpretations of twenty poems written by Emily Dickinson, each page designed to capture the mood and imagery of the poem using nineteenth century typography designed by the museum’s then curator, Barbara Henry, and a select group of volunteers and staff. The introduction is by Jerome H. Buff, containing biographical information and an insightful context for Dickinson’s poetry.

Set in foundry type from the museum’s Phillips collection and printed by a group of staff & volunteers at Bowne & Co., Stationers.

From the colophon: We have tried, in these pages, to create typographic, interpretive “essays” of twenty of Emily Dickinson's poems. ... Foundry types from the collection of Bowne & Co., Stationers were used throughout. Printed on Zerkhall Book Laid with a Vandercook proof press and a Golding jobber. Binding by the Campbell-Logan Bindery, inc.

Note: “Specimens of song” is from a line in “Before you thought of Spring”, poem 1465 included in this collection.

Price: $200