Poems. A limited ed. artist's book of 30 copies, numbered and signed by Maureen Cummins and Nicole Cooley. " ... [P]rinted and produced by Maureen Cummins ... The project is a collaboration between Cummins and the poet Nicole Cooley, based on research done at the American Antiquarian Society. The cycle of poems was created by Cooley specifically for this book; the accompanying images are from a penmanship book kept by a Salem boy, Josiah Peele, during the years 1808 and 1809. Salem Lessons was printed with offset, letterpress and silkscreen technologies on Johannot paper. The end pages are a handmade sheet, Belgique, created by HMP."--Colophon. Accordion-folded pages with slate covers; issued in a black cloth-covered four-flap enclosure case with black tape ties. Rare Books Fine Printing copy: No. 26; in original cloth-covered four-flap enclosure case.
Source of Acquisition
Rare Books copy: Purchased from Maureen Cummins, book artist; 2016. Rare Books copy: Purchased with funds from the Helen F. Faust Special Collection Libraries Endowment; 2016.
Exhibitions
Exhibited : “The Secret Lives of Girls and Women," Eberly Family Special Collections Library, 2019.
Endowment Note
Helen F. Faust Special Collection Libraries Endowment
