Blue River
Prose by ALDO LEOPOLD
2024 / Limited Edition Book / VH0025
[Gaspereau Press Imprint]
Out of Print
¶ Aldo Leopold’s short description of a cow perishing on a sandbar in the Blue River wilderness—a kind of postcard story or prose poem—gives the reader an intimate, matter-of-fact glimpse into the way in which life and death intertwine in the natural world. The directness and economy of Leopold’s prose belie the expansiveness of insight and empathy it evokes. Best known for his book A Sand County Almanac, Leopold (1887–1948) was a forester, teacher and author who helped to establish the modern land conservation movement.
Specifications: Typeset in Monotype Dante and wood type. Printed in black and blue on Zerkall mouldmade paper. Three sheets printed ‘two-up’, folded and gathered into a 12-page signature, trimmed to 11.5 × 18.7 cm. Includes a three-colour wood engraving by Wesley Bates printed in black, red and green. Handsewn. Doubled endpapers, same as the text paper. Bound in light-grey cloth spine with blue Zerkall Ingres mouldmade paper over boards. Paper label on the spine printed in black. Issued in a paper envelope printed in black, blue and transparent green from wood and metal type.
12 pages + doubled endpapers
Limited edition of 70 numbered copies
CND $200 + shipping & taxes
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