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Newark, VT: Janus Press, 2019. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Item #9784
Quarto. [6] pp., illus. Limited edition, one of 120 numbered copies. Bound in a digital print on heavily textured paper over boards. Colophon inside the front cover, the textblock is a 5-panel accordion foldout: the first three panels comprise a large vitreograph print by Van Vliet, printed by Judith O'Rourke at Littleton Studios; this is followed by two panels, each containing a poem by Ensing, letterpress printed by Andrew Miller-Brown. The rear pastedown is a foldout digital print. All housed in a paper portfolio with author, title, and "Janus Press" on the front. A fine copy.
Born in the Netherlands, Ensing moved to New Zealand as a young girl. As a poet she has become a voice of New Zealand and these two evocative poems "Muriwai" and "At Muriwai" capture both a sense of place, but also a certain transience of time. Beautifully illustrated by Van Vliet's images. A book that can be leafed through or folded out to striking effect displaying Van Vliet's images of the reef at Muriwai in New Zealand.
Price: $500.00