Dark Pearls [Texas] [Fine Press] Thomas, Larry D. Art & Photography,Fine Press,Poetry,Texas

Beautiful production from the LaNana Creek press at Stephen F. Austin State University, an illustrated collection of 16 poems from Larry D. Thomas (b. 1947), Texas Poet Laureate. From the colophon: "Printed from photopolymer plates and the original wood blocks, cut by Charles Jones from drawings by Corinne Jones. Designed and printed by Charles Jones on Somerset Book Wove, white paper. Assisting in layout, printing, and binding were, Anne E. McCabe, Kristina N. Grauke, and Terri Goggans." A very small limitation of 20 copies, 2 of which are held by institutions, and both in TX according to OCLC. 24x33cm, unpaginated. Photo and black and white woodcuts by Charles Jones after drawings by Corinne Jones. Signed by both artists at the colophon. Half tan Harmatan goat leather, brown book cloth over boards with silhouette illustrations of crows. Few scuffs to leather, perhaps from binding, else fine