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The Man in the Night

December 20, 2017

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of a limited edition letterpress chap book with original illustrations, 40 copies, 1997. The text is a selection from Madeleine L'Engle’s A Wind in the Door. Handset metal type (Perpetua, 9 point) with pen and ink illustrations which were then printed with magnesium plates and color with hand cut linoleum blocks. The icons were custom designed digitally and printed with photopolymer plates.

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The chap book was printed as part of a class project in the University of Alabama MFA program in Book Arts with permission from the author. Copies are not for sale. The edition was met with great favor and approval from Madeleine herself.

Design, illustration, printing and binding: Paul Rustand 1997.

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