early october mailbag at the Endless Bookshelf
— Ingrid Burrington. Networks of New York. An Illustrated Field Guide to Urban Internet Infrastructure. 2026 Edition. [vi], 136, [2] pp. [Brooklyn : printed in Minneapolis by Shapco Printing, for the author, 2026].
The 2016 edition was the Endless Bookshelf best book of the year, praised for challenging the reader to see the familiar anew and providing the necessary tools. “Urban internet infrastructure has metastasized over the past decade and here are the tools for observation, diagnosis, and resistance.
— Chad Oness. A Private Matter. Ten Essays by C. Mikal Oness. Text printed in blue and black. [Photographs and afterword by Griffin Gonzalez]. [Portland] : Manually printed and bound at No Reply, 2026. Edition of 130 copies on Arches Johannot and Zerkall Ingres papers. Cloth spine, patterned paper boards.
“printing books by hand is not all fun and games”
Perhaps not, but this book is a delight to hold in the hand and I look forward to reading the text.
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Michael Swanwick, master of concision and the unexpected turn, is scattering the leaves of another autumnal tale all the month of October, “Autumn’s End”. It’s worth taking a walk in the woods with him.
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Photographer Henry Wessel at the Grolier Club
Jack Gray’s exhibition of books and original prints by American photographer Henry Wessel (1941-2018) is on view at the Grolier Club in New York City, through 14 November.
(above : San Francisco, 1993 ; incongruous detail)
N.B. : no relation.