Gaylord Schanilec
THE BICYCLE DIARIES. One New Yorker's Journey Through 9-11. Impressions Ten Years Later, by Gaylord Schanilec.
Midnight Paper Sales, 2011. 5 x 9 . 111 pages with 7 (two double spread) color wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec. Quarter oasis goatskin. Issued in a clamshell box with a separate portfolio of progressive proofs of the Cooper Union engraving. Fine. One of 26 deluxe signed copies with progressive... More
QUARTER TO MIDNIGHT. Gaylord Schanilec & Midnight Paper Sales. A Discursive Bibliography.
Saint Paul, 2011. 6 x 9. 134 pages, illustrated (some in color). Quarter morocco & pastepaper boards. Plus 12 trial sheets and proofs in wrapper printed with a catalogue of Gaylord's library aboard his boat. Both in tray case. Fine. The three-part bibliography covers books/ broadsides/ contributions, ephemera, and editioned... More
THE INTRUDER.
Stockholm (WI): Midnight Paper Sales, 2004. 5 x 7 1/2. Color wood engraving by Gaylord Schanilec on gray Ingres paper (opens to 13 inches) shows Clayton fishing his favorite pool, 19 pages. Quarter cloth & printed boards, slipcased. Fine. One of 120 numbered copies, signed by Gaylord and Clayton Schanilec. More
INK ON THE ELBOW. Conversations between David Esslemont & Gaylord Schanilec.
Midnight Paper Sales & Solmentes Press, 2003. 9 1/2 x 13. 153 pages. Illustrated with 14 color linocuts by Esslemont, 3 color wood engravings by Schanilec (including a 33-inch folding panorama), 10 tipped-in color ink jet images, and 6 original leaves. Bound by David Esslemont in laminated bevelled boards covered... More
"Cohos Falls."
1993. 5 x 12. Original wood engraving in black and blue on cream paper. Signed, dated, and titled in pencil by Schanilec. Artist's proof 4-23. More
Lac Des Pleurs. Report From Lake Pepin.
Stockholm, WI., 2015. 10 x 15. 76 pages illustrated with 9 color wood engravings, including a 2-by-3 foot folded map and 5 large foldout plates. There are also old electrotypes of fishes. The map can be left open as one navigates the book. The opening smaller engraving shows Gaylord’s boat... More
REPORT FROM POOL FOUR. Why do fish jump?
(Midnight Paper Sales, 2010). 8 x 6. 11 leaves, with tipped-in erratum and tipped-in alternate spine label. Two small color wood engravings. Dark brown flax wraps with gilt moon on cover, in slipcase with spine label. Fine. One of 200 signed copies. These river poems are a small prelude to... More
Three broadsides with color wood engravings:. two for Oak Knoll Fests, one for North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies.
NP, 1994 & 1995. Approx. 15 x 10. "A Book Arts Day," printed in 4 colors, bears a large engraving of Saint John for an edition of "The Four Gospels" never published. Sharon Butala's "Saskatchewan" is one of 150 signed copies. It has a small faint coffee stain in one... More
Three signed broadsides with color wood engravings:.
1990, 1991, 1996. Walt Whitman portrait from "Wrenching Times" (1 of 100). "Community" (1 of 750). "Stockholm Art Fair" (1 of 120) measures 19 x 12. It was hand printed at Midnight Paper Sales on heavy Van Gelder paper. All three are fine. More
OLD SWAYBACK.
Midnight Paper Sales, (2006). 5 x 7 1/2. Folding wood engraved frontis of "Old Swayback" (a barn) printed in soft tones of pale green, black, and taupe. 15 pages. Black & white wraps printed from a wood engraving to resemble barn siding, black spine with a crescent moon in white... More