Holburne Press ~ Washington
(Margery S. Hellmann)

Spider
A Noiseless Patient
By Walt Whitman
Seattle, Washington: The Holburne Press, 2008. Edition of 50.

9.25 x 8.25"; 32 leaves. Letterpress printed. Paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine. Tipped on illustrated paper title label.

These lines first appeared in Leaves of Grass (edition of 1881).

Margery S. Hellmann, colophon: "This interpretation was designed and letterpress printed, with salutations to our noiseless patient neighbors weaving in the corners, and thanks to Bonnie Thompson Norman for dispelling the cobwebs."

A noiseless, patient spider,
I mark'd, where, on a little promontory, it stood, isolated;
Mark'd how, to explore the vacant, vast surrounding,
It launch'd forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself;
Ever unreeling them--ever tirelessly speeding them. ...

$225

A Book for Anne Bradstreet
By Margery S. Hellmann
Seattle, Washington: Holburne Press, 2004. Edition of 50.

7.375 x 6.75" with ten pages. Quarter beige tweed cloth with tan paper-covered boards.

A tribute to Anne Bradstreet combining her words, biography, stitchery in an innovative page structure.
(SOLD)

The Swing
By R. L. Stevenson
Seattle: Holburne Press, 2008. Edition of 30.

4.75 x 7.5"; 13 unnumbered pages. Double sided accordion. Pop-ups. Designed and letterpress printed by Margery Hellmann. Paper-covered boards with title printed on front. Slipped into a lightweight matching letterfold wrap.

A pop-up version of Robert Louis Stevenson's poem "The Swing," featuring a vertical pop-up of a swing in the gutter of each double page reinforcing the sense of the poem.

Margery Hellmann, dedication: "For my quartet of swinging boys ... with thanks to R.L.S. for capturing the timeless cadence & to B.T.N. [book artist and teacher Bonnie Thompson Norman] for supervising the playground."

How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
River and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside--
Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown--
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!

(SOLD)