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
Private Home, Long Island
Bound by Minsky 1986
9 1/8" x 12"
Red Nigerian goatskin, recessed panel of lacquered pictorial
acrylic 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.
Under the lampshade skin, dollars become swastikas on the world map.
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.
The real motivation behind the arms race.
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