Palmapodoca Press ~ New York
(Rory Golden)

They Had Clothes Back Then
By Rory Golden
2003. One-of-a-Kind.

14.5 x 13.25 inches with 64 pages. Hardcover longstitch binding with tar paper drawing inset on cover.

Unique artist book on handmade mulberry paper with original drawings, collage, and tip-ins. Some (minimal) text, often caption-like.

A series of (presumably) personal body-and-soul-searching explorations by the artist, a facile draughtsman, an exceptional colorist, and (here) an aching homosexual.
$1,200

To Know
By Rory Golden
2001. One-of-a-kind.

4.75 x 6”, 72 pages.
Unique artist book on handmade mulberry paper. Hand-painted male images on each fold-out page. Last fold-out with blank with tipped-in final folded image to fold-out. Uses plan of St. Gall foldout book.
$250

The Hand of God (in bed / under the sheets)
By Rory Golden
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Fall 1997. Edition of 25.

Pamphlet bound chapbook, with wraparound band. 6 x 8" with 16 pages. Letterpress printed. Tells the story of a crazy fight in a crazy marriage. Subversive texts run throughout the book in changing colos. The bottom of each page folds up to reveal hymn titles followed by 'under the sheets' or 'in bed.'
$50

Still There Was Hope Before the Ring Was on the Finger
By Rory Golden
2001. One-of-a-kind.

4 x 4 x 1.5"

Five unique drawings of Japanese style tea bowls collaged / borrowed and handwritten original texts tell the story of a love relationship. Housed in a handmade, simple lidded box, covered in Iris book cloth. Ribbon and false bottom allow the viewer to remove the pages for viewing.
$150

Sixteen Sonnets
By Rory Golden
2001. Edition of 2.

5.5 x 8", 38 pages.

Sixteen sonnets in the style of Ted Berrigan. Laser printed on handmade Korean mulberry paper. Titles and other text bits functioning as illustration handwritten with a 9B graphite pencil. After printing, the pages were treated in a light gold paste paper medium of methyl cellulose and acrylic gel medium. Hand-drawn illustrations were painted in a spectrum of colors, again using the paste paper medium. Highlighting added with ink pens and water-soluble crayons. Books case bound with a simple longstitch exposed sewing style. In black cloth boards.
$250

Hidden Mountains
By Rory Golden
2002. Edition of 40.

6.5 x 11" 29 pages.

Letterpress printed from photo-polymer plates onto handmade mulberry paper. Ten seven inch drawings of male figures in various postures reminiscent of Buddhist iconograhpy. Printed images are hand-embellished with color. Book covers are letterpress printed paste papers in purple, blue and gold on mulberry paper so that each copy is 'unique.' A poem on the last page completes the mood of the project; it is a paean to Japanese Zen Philosopher Eihei Dogen's 'Water and Mountains Sutra.' Due to the accordion style & stiff boards the book can be displayed standing or arranged flat for reading.

A delight to the eye and soothing to the soul.
$150

Buddha Book
By Rory Golden
(n.d.) One-of-a-kind.

9.75 x 12.75", accordion book with 6 pages. Front board with 2 x 3.75" hand-painted Buddha paste-on. Unique artist book on handmade mulberry paper with six original drawings. Black iris bookcloth bound accordion book.

A fine draughtsman and exceptional colorist, Golden here pays homage to his Buddhist leanings. Joyful leering, erect nudes, prayerful attitudes.
$500