David Barker: A Bibliography
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Thanks Chronic!
Hopefully David got his copies today. Mail sometimes takes a day longer to get up to Oregon.
Bill
Hopefully David got his copies today. Mail sometimes takes a day longer to get up to Oregon.
Bill
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DAMN.
Oregon may be more rural than Los Angeles, but Southern Delaware is practically prehistoric.
I shit you not when I tell you that most of our Post Offices are closed from Noon to 1:30 for lunch (and a half hour of deliveries.) They are run by one person and they will put a "back in 5 minutes" sign in the door if they have to make Poo. Most of these post offices are in trailers or in little houses. I went to one recently and sent about 10 packages. They did not have a computer! She weighed everything and them hand wrote the amount on the package like this was 1843. Then she totaled it all up with her calculator and charged me. These are then sent to a larger post office with a computer to have postage affixed.
Bill
Oregon may be more rural than Los Angeles, but Southern Delaware is practically prehistoric.
I shit you not when I tell you that most of our Post Offices are closed from Noon to 1:30 for lunch (and a half hour of deliveries.) They are run by one person and they will put a "back in 5 minutes" sign in the door if they have to make Poo. Most of these post offices are in trailers or in little houses. I went to one recently and sent about 10 packages. They did not have a computer! She weighed everything and them hand wrote the amount on the package like this was 1843. Then she totaled it all up with her calculator and charged me. These are then sent to a larger post office with a computer to have postage affixed.
Bill
Got mine today, as well.
Very nice surprise, when the only thing you're expecting during this time is your credit card statement.
Gorgeous work Bill, through and through. And David, again, the painting is fabulous.
Thank you, both.
..now..I need to get my hands on a copy of the Studebaker UFO book...
Very nice surprise, when the only thing you're expecting during this time is your credit card statement.
Gorgeous work Bill, through and through. And David, again, the painting is fabulous.
Thank you, both.
..now..I need to get my hands on a copy of the Studebaker UFO book...
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Me too! There are a few items that I do not have. They are TOUGH to find. REALLY damn near impossible.
Of the 66 (or is it 65) items in the biblio, I think that I'm missing 5 or 6.
I did find "I Laughed and the Devil Laughed Too" listed by a bookseller a few years ago and was VERY happy to get it.
Bill
Rekrab
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First off, we use donkeys in Oregon, not mules, so the package arrived here yesterday. Or, I think it was the package. It's from Bill but I haven't opened it yet. I wanted to, but my family had other plans, so I'll open it this morning, once I've got some coffee in me.
I can't describe what a thrill it is to see the words "Studebaker UFO Confidential" on this message board without my having put them there (well, I mean above, in another post -- obviously I just posted them here). While it's true that many of the items in the biblio are o.p. and impossible to find (rare to start with, plus no one much ever cared so they were not hoarded away by savy dealers hoping for a killing), you still may get to see some of them. I have a master plan that I'll now unveil. I have some extra, undistributed copies of a few of the rare items that I will offer here on the Forum. I just need to collate/bind them. On some I need to make a missing page or cover. I also plan to reprint many of them. No set schedule on all this; I'll just do it when I can. The idea is to make the material available to those of you who are interested. You may not be able to find a first printing on many of these, but you'll be able to have a later printing that's essentially the same. I've been waiting for the biblio to come out to set the wheels in motion. Stand by for further announcements.
...and thanks for the kind words you guys.
I can't describe what a thrill it is to see the words "Studebaker UFO Confidential" on this message board without my having put them there (well, I mean above, in another post -- obviously I just posted them here). While it's true that many of the items in the biblio are o.p. and impossible to find (rare to start with, plus no one much ever cared so they were not hoarded away by savy dealers hoping for a killing), you still may get to see some of them. I have a master plan that I'll now unveil. I have some extra, undistributed copies of a few of the rare items that I will offer here on the Forum. I just need to collate/bind them. On some I need to make a missing page or cover. I also plan to reprint many of them. No set schedule on all this; I'll just do it when I can. The idea is to make the material available to those of you who are interested. You may not be able to find a first printing on many of these, but you'll be able to have a later printing that's essentially the same. I've been waiting for the biblio to come out to set the wheels in motion. Stand by for further announcements.
...and thanks for the kind words you guys.
Rekrab
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Beautiful Bill, just beautiful. I love the red cloth spine. That's a very classy fabric. Is it silk? Has a nice sheen. Glad to see the wavy painting laid down flat. You must dry the bound books under pressure to keep them from buckling.
Bill also sent me an author's copy that has a decorated brown paper spine that is very attractive.
Bill also sent me an author's copy that has a decorated brown paper spine that is very attractive.
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Hi,
Thanks for the kind words. What David is talking about is the Author's/Publisher's copies. They were bound in paste paper that was made by me last weekend. I made about 15 large sheets of this and hope to use them on books more often.
The red spine is a really nice bookcloth from Japan called Asahi. It is the same cloth that I used on the McCreesh/Cunningham book.
Best,
Bill
Thanks for the kind words. What David is talking about is the Author's/Publisher's copies. They were bound in paste paper that was made by me last weekend. I made about 15 large sheets of this and hope to use them on books more often.
The red spine is a really nice bookcloth from Japan called Asahi. It is the same cloth that I used on the McCreesh/Cunningham book.
Best,
Bill
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Hi,
My apologies. I misspoke. The paste paper is on the spine. The cover is the same as are the insides. The only difference is that instead of a red cloth spine, I used a black and brown paste paper spine.
Bill
My apologies. I misspoke. The paste paper is on the spine. The cover is the same as are the insides. The only difference is that instead of a red cloth spine, I used a black and brown paste paper spine.
Bill
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I would bind a book with a python skin spine if it did not risk pissing off a few people....
Bill
Bill
Rekrab
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Bill's scan doesn't do the paste paper justice; it's a beautiful shade of brown, very fine looking. When you say you made the paper Bill, did you print the design on it yourself, or did you merely coat a preprinted paper with paste for binding? That's a term I haven't heard before: paste paper.
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Paste paper is paper painted with paint mixed with paste (wallpaper is a good example). The sheet starts out white. You put it in a bath of water. Then you put it on a piece of plexiglass. You then put down a coat of the paste-paint. Once you have good coverage, you can then drag combs through it, use blocks, fingers, etc.
My favorite method is to cover the paper with one color, then put another cover immediately over that one. Then when you use the implements, the bottom color shows through.
For this paste paper, I used a light brown base and then a black topcoat. I used a faux finishing comb and a rubber stamp of a leaf.
The whole page (about 30x18") took me about 3 minutes to make. You have to work somewhat fast as the paste wants to soak into the paper and dry.
This was some paste paper made by my friends Ray & Jill that was used for the cover of the Ginsberg letter that I printed for Sore Dove. Ray & Jill also did all of the binding. I printed the black piece on the cover.
Bill
My favorite method is to cover the paper with one color, then put another cover immediately over that one. Then when you use the implements, the bottom color shows through.
For this paste paper, I used a light brown base and then a black topcoat. I used a faux finishing comb and a rubber stamp of a leaf.
The whole page (about 30x18") took me about 3 minutes to make. You have to work somewhat fast as the paste wants to soak into the paper and dry.
This was some paste paper made by my friends Ray & Jill that was used for the cover of the Ginsberg letter that I printed for Sore Dove. Ray & Jill also did all of the binding. I printed the black piece on the cover.
Bill
Hey Bill: Can't wait to get mine. I've been travelling for work and then moving, so hopefully it will be waiting for me tomorrow.
As for the Ginsberg cover, were they all different? Here's my copy:
As for the Ginsberg cover, were they all different? Here's my copy:
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Hi,
Yes, they were all hand painted by Ray Nichols and Jill Cypher (although I believe that most of the pages that we used were Jill's).
With paste paper, you can try to get the same look, but it is impossible. The one that PS has looks like the base color was red and aqua and the gold was laid on top and then combed. The other one shown is one of my copies.
All copies of that book were different.
Paste paper is pretty cool stuff....
Bill
Yes, they were all hand painted by Ray Nichols and Jill Cypher (although I believe that most of the pages that we used were Jill's).
With paste paper, you can try to get the same look, but it is impossible. The one that PS has looks like the base color was red and aqua and the gold was laid on top and then combed. The other one shown is one of my copies.
All copies of that book were different.
Paste paper is pretty cool stuff....
Bill
LickTheStar
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Bill,
thanks for the insight into your method (and madness?). It looks beautiful. And congrats David on what I'm sure is an impressive inside as well.
thanks for the insight into your method (and madness?). It looks beautiful. And congrats David on what I'm sure is an impressive inside as well.
As much as I love my copy, I'd trade it for yours! ;)
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I did get the pick of the litter....
Bill
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hand painted, baby!
Bill
Bill