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Book Edition Reviews

The Bread of Days, Samuel Beckett, Octavio Paz, Enrique Chagoya, Yolla Bolly Press (1994)

What do you get when you combine the high point of one of the top fine press book publishers of the last 50 years with a collaborative work including two Nobel Prize for Literature winners, one of the greatest Mexican born modernist painters in generations and eleven of Mexico’s greatest poets from the last five hundred years?  A unique and special livre d’artist of the … Continue reading The Bread of Days, Samuel Beckett, Octavio Paz, Enrique Chagoya, Yolla Bolly Press (1994)

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Book Reviews

The Man Who Made Wine, by J.M. Scott, Yolla Bolly Press, 1996

The Man Who Made Wine, published by The Yolla Bolly Press, is a beautiful little book with a story that resonates to all who have life memories intertwined with fine wine. Michel Rachelet, Maitre de Chai of Chateau La Tour – St. Vincent for the past 23 years, vigneron for more than a half century, is retiring.  After his retirement party, he finds himself alone, late at … Continue reading The Man Who Made Wine, by J.M. Scott, Yolla Bolly Press, 1996

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Book Edition Reviews

My First Summer in the Sierra, by John Muir, Yolla Bolly Press

{Ed Note: This is the last installment from DlphcOracl looking at the wonderful work done by the Yolla Bolly Press.  In this article, we look at My First Summer in the Sierra, by John Muir.  Previous posts on Yolla Bolly Press are here, here and here.} John Muir (1838-1914) was born in Scotland and in 1849 his family emigrated to the United States, starting a farm in Wisconsin.  In 1864 … Continue reading My First Summer in the Sierra, by John Muir, Yolla Bolly Press

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Book Edition Reviews

The Winged Life: The Poetic Voice of Henry David Thoreau, Yolla Bolly Press

{Ed Note: This is the next installment from DlphcOracl looking at the wonderful work done by the Yolla Bolly Press.  In this article, we look at The Winged Life: The Poetic Voice of Henry David Thoreau.  Previous posts on Yolla Bolly Press are here and here.} In this folio sized tribute to Henry David Thoreau, poet and essayist Robert Bly (b.1926) celebrates the 140th anniversary of … Continue reading The Winged Life: The Poetic Voice of Henry David Thoreau, Yolla Bolly Press

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Book Edition Reviews

One of the Missing, by Ambrose Bierce, Yolla Bolly Press

{Ed. Note:  Yesterday, I posted an introduction to the Yolla Bolly Press, from contributor DlphcOracl, including pictures and thoughts on one of their folio works, The Man Who Died.  Today DlphcOracl follows with another one of Yolla Bolly’s outstanding folio editions, One of the Missing, from Ambrose Bierce. Notes on Bierce were added by me.} One of the Missing is a collection of twelve of the best … Continue reading One of the Missing, by Ambrose Bierce, Yolla Bolly Press

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