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      prefer to view thumbnails first, click HERE. Some
      of the works listed below are not in the "thumbnail image" sections.
 The Georgics of Virgil 
      Cheshire House, 1931
      Bound by Minsky 1969
      14" x 9" 
      Hewit's fair calf with onlays of Oasis Nigerian goat, gold and blind
      tooling. Sewn on 5 raised cords. Swedish marbled endsheets. Calf hinges.
      "MINSKY" in gold, inside front cover, "1969" in gold, inside back cover 
 Blank Book
      Bound by Minsky 1971
      9¼" x 6¾"
      Goatskin shavings on reverse Oasis goat in Oasis goat drop-back box
      Endpapers hand-marbled by Minsky 
 Pettigrew's History of Egyptian Mummies 
      London, 1834
      Bound by Minsky 1973
      12" x 9"
      Linen, turquoise. 
 The Birds of North America 
      by J. J. Studer. 1888
      Bound by Minsky 1975
      14" x 11" 
      Reverse Calf with salted Pheasant skin sewn onto front cover with linen
      thread; doublures of reverse Nigerian Goatskin, handpainted flyleaves;
      cord image under spine leather. 
      In 1975 this book was the center of a major controversy at a Guild of
      BookWorkers' exhibit in New Haven. You might enjoy The
        story of this book's trip to Yale.  
 North American Hand Papermaking 1976
      by Richard Minsky, 1976
      Two volumes accordion style with box-frame pages, containing the work of
      31 hand papermakers. Each two page spread includes a work, a photo, and a
      statement by the artist/papermaker. Each "page" is 19" x 25" and each
      volume expands to 51 feet in length. 
 The Dog Bite 
      by Barton Lidice Benes. Plain Wrapper Press, New York, 1970
      Bound by Minsky 1977
      13" x 11" x 2"
      Skin of unknown origin, endsheets of Amatyl bark paper
      "Binding by Richard Minsky 1977" in pencil, inside back endsheet 
 Babel
      by Patti Smith
      Bound by Minsky 1979
      9" x 6"
      Alum tawed ratskin, sumac tanned goatskin (both leathers treated by the
      artist), safety pins, foil stamped title. Endsheets rubber stamped safety
      pin motif by Barton Lidice Benes. Black suede box with padded satin
      lining.
      "Bound by Minsky 1979" in pencil, inside back cover 
 Blank Book for Tom Phillips' translation of Dante's
        Inferno
      Whatman paper
      Bound by Minsky 1979
      9 5/8" x 7" x 1"
      Nigerian goat sumac tanned and dyed by the artist, blind tooled with
      Florentine lily design drawn by Phillips, made into intaglio, relief and
      outline tools. Hinges of same skin, with doublures of the same skin
      reversed.
      "MINSKY 79" blind tooled inside back cover 
 The Crisis of Democracy
      by Crozier, Huntington and Watanuki for the Trilateral Commission.
      New York University Press, 1975
      Bound by Minsky 1980
      8 3/4" x 6" x 11"
      Sheep, gold, barbed wire. 
 Arakawa: Derrière le Miroir 
      Galerie Maeght, 1977
      Bound by Minsky 1981
      15� x 11�
      Green calf, gold and blind tooled. Silk endbands, cloth hinges. Sewn on
      N-guards. Endsheets in ink and watercolor.
      "Binding and endsheets (watercolor) by Minsky, september 1981" in pencil
      inside back cover
      Collection of Allan Stone Gallery 
 Blank Book
      Bound by Minsky 1983
      10" x 7"
      Red Nigerian Goatskin with inlay and onlay panels of a geometric design in
      both covers. 
 Guest Book 
      Bound by Minsky 1983
      14 3/4 x 10
      Brown Nigerian goatskin with recessed panels of inlaid goatskin, blind and
      gold tooled. Head edge in related pattern, watercolor and beeswax. 
Nineteenth Century Japanese Photo Album
      Bound by Minsky 1984
      12" x 9"
      Black calf spine, gold leaf, enamel, varnish, polyurethane and shellac
      over gessoed boards.
      Album of hand-colored albumen prints. There are 35 layers of clear
      finishes, paint and gold leaf that create an optical effect of
      extraordinary depth. The photo above does not capture the subtle colors in
      the "black" areas, nor the illusionistic depth created by the light
      passing through many layers that diffract it differently. 
 Seventy Studies 
      Original paintings by Richard Minsky, 1985
      2 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 5/8
      Letterpress title page, watercolor and acrylic paintings with gold leaf on
      paper. Flat-back case binding. Lacquered acrylic on bookcloth.
 Blank Book 
      Bound by Minsky 1985
      10 x 7 x 1�
      Nigerian goatskin with flush inlay panels of same. Sewn on 5 raised cords
      with hollow back construction. Silk endbands, linen hinges. Head and tail
      edges watercolor, beeswaxed.
      "MINSKY 85" in gold, inside back cover
    
 Blank Book
      Bound by Minsky 1985
      11" x 10" x 1"
      Grey goatskin spine, varnished enamel and gold leaf boards, acrylic and
      gold leaf endsheets "Minsky '85" signed inside back cover 
 Gracie Mansion Register
      Dieu Donne handmade paper
      Bound by Minsky 1985
      13" x 10"
      Black Chieftain goatskin, recessed pictorial inlay of goat and vellum,
      blind tooled, recess panel with foil stamped title. Letterpress title
      page, dedication and colophon, linen endbands, chain ring embedded in head
      edge of back board. 
 1974 Oldsmobile 98 Regency 
      Painted by Minsky 1986
      Automobile with 455 Rocket V-8 engine, lacquer. 
 Blank Book
      T.H. Saunders Paper
      Bound by Minsky 1986
      15" x 11"
      Black calf spine, lacquered gold leaf and enamel over gessoed boards.
      "Minsky 1986" inside back cover 
 Dante's Inferno
      by Tom Phillips. The Talfourd Press, 1980.
      Bound by Minsky 1986
      3 volumes, each 16" x 12" x 2"
      Red calf dyed by the artist, blind tooled, with the images burned deeper
      into each of the six covers. Bronze bosses and centerpieces cast from
      Ashanti gold weights in Tom Phillips' collection. Brass clasps engraved
      with the same florentine lily as the leather tools, and with hands drawn
      by Phillips. Sewn on seven double raised cords. Linen endbands. Each
      volume has a red leather box with gold titled black goat spine panel. The
      boxes are lined with felt, and have recesses to accommodate the hardware.
    
 Guest Book
      Bound by Minsky 1986
      9 1/8" x 12"
      Red Nigerian goatskin, recessed panel of lacquered acrylic painting on
      Rives BFK.
      "MINSKY 87" in gold, inside back cover 
 Tragedy and Hope
      (a History of the World in Our Time) by Carroll Quigley. MacMillan, 1966
      Bound by Minsky 1988
      9" x 6 3/4" 
      Kid vellum (tanned by the artist) over collage and acrylic, gold title. 
 Missile Envy
      by Dr. Helen A. Caldicott. William Morrow & Co., 1984
      Bound by Minsky 1988
      9" x 6 3/8"
      Calf spine, gold stamped. Oil and gold leaf over gessoed boards.
      "Minsky 1988" inside back cover. 
 The Biological Time Bomb
      by Gordon Rattray Taylor. The New American Library, 1968
      Bound by Minsky 1988
      8" x 5" x 6"
      Mixed media
      "Minsky 1988" signed in ink, inside back cover 
 Laying Waste
      by Michael H. Brown. Pantheon, 1980
      Bound by Minsky 1988
      8" x 5 3/4"
      Trade binding with hypodermic needle, crack caps, condom, collage, acrylic
      and phosphorescent paint. Photos show full light, dim light, no light. 
 The Geography of Hunger
      by Josue de Castro. New York, 1952
      Bound by Minsky 1988
      9" x 7" x 3"
      "Friendly Plastic," acrylic, endpapers of food and dog food labels. 
Hunger Fighters
      by Paul de Kruif. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1928
      Binding by Minsky, 1988
      Goatskin stamped in 23K gold.
 Blank Book
      18" x 14"
      Bound by Minsky 1988
      Inlaid snakeskin covers and doublures, linen endbands. 
 Minsky in Bed
      First prototype binding with one chapter
      Bound by Minsky 1988
      15" x 10 7/8" x 3"
      Purple calf, gold stamped title, brass bosses and chain, handcuffs.
      Letterpress on Richard de Bas paper, watercolor, gold leaf.
      Written, illustrated, printed and bound by Richard Minsky on Minsky
      handmade paper produced at the Dieu Donne Papermill. This work, or
      chapters from it, has been exhibited at the Zabriskie Gallery in New York
      (1988), Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton (1990), HarperCollins Publishers
      Gallery (1992), and has been featured in Avenue Magazine ("Naked Came the
      Bookbinder," Summer, 1992) and on CNN (May 8, 1992). The edition de tete
      is limited to 10 copies. Copy number 1 of the
      edition is in The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England. Copy
        Number 2 is in The Ruth & Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and
      Visual Poetry in Miami Beach. A full description
        with purchasing information is in the catalog. There are also photos
      of several pages online. 
 Holy Terror
      (The Fundamentalist War on America's Freedoms in Politics, Religion and
      Our Private Lives) by Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman. Doubleday, 1982
      Bound by Minsky 1988
      9" x 6"
      Black Nigerian goat and Hewit calf, gold and metal foil stamped.
      Case binding.
      "Minsky 88" in pencil, inside back cover 
 Holy Terror
      (Inside the World of Islamic Terrorism) by Amir Taheri.
      Adler & Adler, 1987
      Bound by Minsky 1990
      9" x 6" x 1"
      Quarter leather, gold stamped spine, lacquered acrylic on boards, flyleaf
      of foil stamped vellum
      "MINSKY" in gold, inside back cover 
 Holy Terror
      (Andy Warhol Close Up) by Bob Colacello. HarperCollins, 1990.
      Bound by Minsky 1990
      9" x 6"
      Acrylic and diamonds over ink-jet on canvas. 
 The Limits of Art
      Poetry and Prose chosen by ancient and modern critics
      Collected and Edited by Huntington Cairns
      Bollingen Serues XII, Pantheon Books, 1948
      Bound by Minsky 1990
      9¼" x 6¾" 
 Becoming Light
      by Erica Jong
      HarperCollinsPublishers, 1991
      Bound by Minsky 1992
      Book is 9.5" x 6.5"
      Slipcase which includes book and typescript is 12" x 9" x 4".
      Binding includes back cover and spine in Nigerian goatskin, with a 23k
      gold stamped title. The
      front cover is a lacquered panel of acrylic over a photo of the author.
      The binding has a paper
      chemise which slides into a velvet lined double slipcase. The original
      typescript is in the other side
      of the slipcase, in a folder with Velcro closures.
      
      Fireworks: A History and Celebration
       by George Plimpton.
      Doubleday & Co., 1984
      Bound by Minsky 1992
      10" x 7" x 2"
      Acrylic paint and live fireworks with hurricane matches.
      
      Chemistry in Warfare
      Bound by Minsky 1993
      8" x 5"
      Mixed media. 
  Reliquary for the Ashes of Salman Rushdie's
        Satanic Verses
      From The United States Constitution series, "The Bill of Rights" section,
      this work is subtitled The First Amendment.
      Minsky 1993
      19" x 8" x 11"
      A Book Burning Kit, containing a copy of the First American Edition of the
      book, incense and matches. Lemon Gold leaf, White Gold leaf, ink and
      lacquer over bookbinders' board; Crystal Quartz, cut and polished Agate,
      emerald cut Citrine; wood base.
      
        Chateau Guest Book, Normandy, France
      Blank book of various vintage handmade papers and sheepskin parchment.
      Bound by Minsky 1994
      20" x 16"
      Green Hewit calf with inlaid panels of lacquered acrylic and gold leaf on
      Rives BFK. Lost wax cast Vermeil hardware includes central medallion
      filled with couleurs vitrail, bosses and clasps with heraldic emblems, and
      strapwork corners.
      
        The Eye 
      by Roanna Martin-Trigona, 1994
      Designed, printed and bound by Minsky, 1974
      The story of Salvador Dali's painting "The Eye," which was the basis of
      the dream sequence in Alfred Hitchcock's movie, "Spellbound." Printed
      inkjet on Dieu Donne handmade paper, mounted movie stills and other
      historical photos, magazineclippings, etc. Binding of blue calf with inset
      artificial eye , title stamped in 23K gold from magnesium die of type
      designed in CorelDraw.
      
        Forlorn Hope: The Prison Reform Movement 
      by Larry E. Sullivan
      Bound by Minsky 1996
      10" x 8" x 7"
      From The United States Constitution series, "The Bill of Rights" section,
      this work is subtitled The Eighth Amendment.
      Acrylic and hologram foil over publisher's cloth binding, Acrylic/latex
      over wood, handcuffs, padlock, chain. 
 The Right To Bear Arms
      Created 1996-98
      43" x 43" x 10"
      Seven books on the American Militia movement, the right to bear arms, and
      the gun culture, rebound in Nigerian goatskin with quotes from each volume
      in 23K gold on the covers, in a snakeskin cabinet with a Norinco Mac-90
      semi-automatic rifle, three loaded clips, and a thousand rounds of
      ammunition. From The United States Constitution series, "The Bill of
      Rights" section, this work is subtitled The Second Amendment. 
 Inventing Memory
      A Novel of Mothers and Daughters
      by Erica Jong
      HarperCollins Publishers, 1997
      Bound by Minsky 1998
      9.5" x 6.5" x 1.5"
      Calf dyed by Minsky, gold stamping, oak, brass hardware, wallpaper
      endsheets, inkjet
      photomontage and labels. Edges of Armenian Bole and gold leaf. Hinged oak
      straps across
      the spine. This binding is created to give the feeling of a steamer trunk,
      with destination labels
      relating to the travels of the four generations of women in the novel. It
      is a binding, however, and
      not a box. The text is integral to the structure, as can be seen in the
      detail photos. 
Branches 
      by Mitch Cullin
      illustrated by Ryuzo Kikushima
      Bound by Minsky 2000
      8.75" x 5.75" x 1.5"
      A novel length poem, written in the first person as the story of a Sheriff
      in Texas who is judge, jury and executioner. Each copy of the book has 9mm
      bullet holes shot through the cover, a Sheriff badge, and the title is
      affixed as a name badge. Edition of 100 with 5 AP, + 25 specially boxed
      copies as The Fifth Amendment in The
        Bill of Rights edition. 
The Right to Privacy
      by Ellen Alderman and
      Caroline Kennedy 
      I doubt there is another constitutional lawyer who has as much personal
      experience with violations of this retained "right" as Caroline Kennedy.
      The binding is an inkjet print on canvas of Princess Diana, with headlines
      on the back cover and endpapers with photos of her wrecked car. It comes
      in a velvet lined black cloth box with the text of the ninth amendment
      printed on a Fabriano Roma label. 
Boxes made from 15th-16th century book covers
      Recycled early book covers are used on these two boxes. Made in
      October, 2000.
Any Woman's Blues
      A Novel of Obsession
      by Erica Jong
      Harper and Row, 1990
      Bound by Minsky 2000
      10" x 7" x 3"
      Collection of Mechtild Maes, Amsterdam
      Binding in the style of a writing-box. Wood and wood veneers stained to a
      cherry-mahogany hue. Upon opening the box a tray is seen, containing
      writing paper and a fountain pen. The tray closes into the box lid,
      revealing a rattan lining which is the endpaper of the book. There are
      four different women's names on the stationery: Isadora Wing, Leila
      Zandberg, Erica Jong and Mechtild Maes. Isadora is a fictitious author
      created by the actual author, Erica Jong. Leila is a character of
      Isadora's, who maintains a dialogue with her creator throughout the novel.
      Mechtild is the collector who commissioned this work. The concept of this
      binding  is that the book is a woman's very private diary, and is
      hidden from the world, disguised as an anonymous writing box or "cry-box."
The Hamptons
      by Susan P. Meisel and Ellen Harris
      Harry N. Abrams, Inc.  2000
      Bound by Minsky 2000
      10�" x 10"
      Acrylic, sand and shells from the Hamptons
      
      The Bill of Rights edition
      A set of ten bookworks representing the first ten amendments to the United
      States Constitution, in an edition of 25 copies
 Sappho's Leap
      A Novel
      by Erica Jong
      Norton, 2003
      Bound by Minsky 2003
      12" x 7" diameter
      Bound as a scroll. Papyrus endpaper printed inkjet with reproduction of
      Sappho text from early scroll fragment. Wood endcaps with oil base stain,
      23K gold leaf, polyurethane and lacquer. Inset brass bushing for cedar
      scroll handle, which is contained in scroll center under removable endcap.
      Wood base with, stain, polyurethane and lacquer. Scroll cover is lacquered
      inkjet adapted from Greek Krater image of Alcaeus and Sappho. 
NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR
      by George Orwell
      Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York 1949
      Binding by Minsky 2003
      6" x 8�" x 3"
      Lizard-grained cowhide, hologram foil stamped title. LCD monitor embedded
      in cover with miniature black and white video camera hidden behind leather
      with 1/8" hole for lens. When you hold the book you see yourself on the
      screen.  
Francis of Assissi: Early Documents
      New City Press, New York, London, Manila, 2000
      Bound by Minsky 2004
      Four Volumes 9" x 6"
      Issued as paperbacks, rebound in full goatskin with three edge yaps over
      thin boards. Edges in 22K gold leaf over Armenian bole. Foil stamped title
      on spine, Cross of St. Damian on front cover, St. Francis on back cover
      with owner's name. Different marbled papers are used in each volume, and
      different colored ribbons. The volume number is blind stamped near the
      tail of the spine. Four other volumes are bound similarly: two Holy
      Bibles, a Catechism and Lives of Saints and a book of Prayers, Verses and
      Devotions.
The Liturgy of the Hours
      Catholic Book Publishing Co.
      New York, 1976
      and
      Proper Offices of Franciscan Saints
      English-Speaking Conference of the Orders of Friars Minor
      New York, 1976
      Bound by Minsky 2004
      17" x 5�" x 2�"
      Two volumes in one girdle book sleeve based on several historical models,
      made for daily use by a Franciscan Friar. Blind stamped on the exterior
      with images of the Cross of San Damiano, St. Francis, and the Arms of the
      Order of St. Francis, and on the interior flaps with typographic
      abbreviations. Interior flaps also incorporate a prayer card and an image
      of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The books are removable, as each season requires
      a change of both volumes.
Guest Book, LongHouse Reserve
      Bound by Minsky 2005
      16" x 11"
      Photographs on the covers and the front endpapers by Matko Tomicic. 
      Tovil handmade paper ( Barcham Green & Company Ltd., Hayle mill, Kent,
      England, 1980). Hewit calf (Scotland). Hand sewn with flax thread made in
      Lisburn, Northern Ireland. The headbands are hand woven over a laminated
      core of vellum and alum tawed pigskin, using the same type of thread in a
      heavier weight. Photo images printed on Epson Watercolor paper with an
      Epson Stylus Photo 2000P archival printer, coated with Krylon UV Filter
      Acrylic. The cover images have a second coat of UV Filter, with a final
      coat of lacquer. 
Box for The Odyssey of Homer
      (the 1932 limited edition designed by Bruce Rogers)
      Constructed by Minsky 2005
      12 5/8" x 9 3/8" x 2 1/8"
      Lacquered black cloth, 23K gold stamped labels in Centaur type (the book
      is set in Centaur), red leather for the title, black leather for the date,
      lined with gray felt.  
American Decorated Publishers'
        Bindings 1872-1929
      Collected and Described by Richard Minsky
      Published by Minsky 2006
      Limited edition of 100 printed digital offset, Deluxe edition of 25
      printed archival high resolution inkjet, CD-ROM edition on MAM-A gold
      archive disks. 500 designs by 88 known artists and many anonymous, viewed
      in an art historical context. Volume
        2 (2009) and Volume 3 (2010) bring the total to 1,100 designs and
      141 artists. 
 SHAMBHALA :: The Sacred Path of the Warrior
      by Chogyam Trungpa
      Shambhala Dragon Edition, 1988
      Bound by Minsky 2008
      9" x 6"
      Midnight blue goatskin, blind stamped front and back covers, 23K gold
      title on spine. Extended leather edges wrap 5/16". Page edges finished
      with Armenian bole and 22K gold leaf. 
 The Philosophy of Umbrellas
      by Robert Louis Stevenson
      Designed by Minsky 2008 while von Hess Visiting Artist at The Borowsky
      Center for Publication Arts, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
      Lori Spencer, Master Printer.  An edition of 100 copies was printed
      by offset lithography on DuPontTM Tyvek�. The
      typography was designed by Minsky using InDesign with Palatino Linotype
      and OpenType Discretionary Ligatures. The printed sheets are mounted on an
      umbrella.
 Freedom of Choice
      Three Poems of Love and Death by Lucie Brock-Broido
      Richard Minsky, 2009
      73" x 26" x 24" 
      Inkjet on J. Barcham Green handmade paper with a 1976 watermark, bound in
      dark teal goatskin with 23K gold title, chained to an oak electric chair.
      On the inside of the head restraint are three electrodes, and one
      electrode goes to the leg. An MP3 player on the head restraint plays
      Minsky's reading of the three poems, two of which concern shotgun suicides
      and one an electrocution. On the back of the chair is a cabinet containing
      a 20 gauge shotgun, a Manila hangman's noose, a wakizashi sword, razor
      blades, poison and a hypodermic syringe. 
 Self-Portrait
      by Richard Minsky, 2010
      Snapshots of a 16" x 20" canvas as it evolved into a self-portrait, drawn
      in pencil, erased, redrawn, and painted over in successive layers of oils.
    
 Warren Street
      Accordion format, inkjet on canvas (cover), inkjet on paper (two pages),
      and six prints made by placing pages on Warren Street (Hudson, NY) where
      cars ran over them. 13" x 10", 2011. Unique.
 Pop Delusions
      A House of Cards (backed with Chinese money)
      Richard Minsky, 2012
      10" x 13¼" x 13¼"
      Minsky's credit cards, Chinese paper money, 23K gold leaf, binders' board,
      bookcloth, felt, linen tape, wood, J. B. Green handmade paper, acrylic,
      $10 bills.
      Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
      by Charles Mackay. Inside the house are two copies of the book, the 1852
      edition in the original binding by Burn of Hatton Garden, and the 1963
      printing of the 1932 reprint, bound in Minsky's credit cards. 
 The Morgan Register
      Richard Minsky, 2014
      15�" x 10�"
      A mostly blank visitor's register for the Director's office of The Morgan
      Library & Museum, with the addition of several images interspersed
      throughout. Goatskin, title in 23K gold, stainless steel grid coated in
      Titanium Nitride. Rives heavyweight paper, 175 gsm. Sewn on double raised
      linen cords with Irish linen thread. Laced-in boards. Headbands of linen
      thread over a core of alum-tawed pigskin laminated to goat vellum. The
      endpapers are photos by Minsky, printed on an Epson R1900 with 6-color
      archival pigment inks. There are several other photos by Minsky throughout
      the book.
 Wedding Guest Book
      Bound by Minsky 2016
      10" x 12"
      Alum tawed goat, recessed panel by of semi-aluminum tanned calf inlaid 
      with goatskin and abalone shell, stamped and tooled in 23K gold.
Wedding Guest Book
      Bound by Minsky 2016
      10" x 12"
      Alum tawed goat, recessed 6" x 9" panel by Minsky, lacquered oil glazes
      over inkjet on canvas.
      Onlay border, lacquered inkjet on paper 
 It Can't Happen Here
      by Sinclair Lewis.  Doubleday, Doran & Company. Garden City, New
      York, 1935. First Edition.
      Bound by Minsky, 2017
      8⅛" x 5¾" x 1⅞"
      Alum-tawed goatskin, gold, panel of 8-point type, acrylic paint, artist's
      blood.
 It Can't Happen Here
      by Sinclair Lewis.  Doubleday, Doran & Company. Garden City, New
      York, 1935. First Edition.
      Bound by Minsky, 2018
      8⅛" x 5¾" x 1⅞"
      Calf, gold, panel of 8-point type, acrylic paint, artist's blood on
      Vermont Vigilance.
 It Can't Happen Here
      by Sinclair Lewis.  Doubleday, Doran & Company. Garden City, New
      York, 1935. First Edition.
      Bound by Minsky, 2018
      8⅛" x 5¾" x 1⅞"
      Alum-tawed goatskin, gold, panel of 8-point type, acrylic paint, artist's
      blood on Vwermont Vigilance.
 Fear of Flying and Fear of Dying
      by Erica Jong
      Bound by Minsky, 2018
      The classic novel of women's liberation (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973)
       and the novel about the same character still seeking sex four
      decades older (St. Martin's Press, 2015).
      Calf, 22K gold and metallic pink title on spine, sculpted, padded boards
      with zipper and peau de soie. 
 Democracy in Chains: The Deep History
        of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
      by Nancy MacLean
      Bound by Minsky, 2019
      9" x 6" x 4" + chain
      Black calf with 22K gold title on spine, brass chain on covers. Edges of
      24K gold leaf over Armenian Bole. 
      Made to hang from a wall bracket or stand.
      Tells in great detail how billionaires and economist James Buchanan
      strategized the takeover of the United States.
      Described by Publishers Weekly as “a thoroughly researched and gripping
      narrative… [and] a feat of American intellectual and political history.” 
 Sappho Wedding Fragments
        Diptych
      Printed and bound by Minsky, 2019
      7" x 5"
      Archival pigment inkjet on papyrus and paper, bookcloth. 
Studies in Pink and Gold  
      24 matte lacquered prints by Richard Minsky, hand tooled with 22K gold, in
      a pop-up display box, 2020.
      10" x 11½" 
The Jewish Annotated New Testament
      
      Presentation binding by Minsky, calf stamped in 22K gold, 2021.
      9" x 6½" 
The Decameron of Boccaccio 
      Minsky binding on the 1886 Japan Paper Edition translated into English by
      John Payne with etchings by Léopold Flameng.
      Blind stamped alum-tawed goatskin, Three volumes, 9½" x 6½" in a triple
      slipcase, 2020-2022
    
 
  