the next book from Temporary Culture is now ready :
A Melville Census. John Marr & Timoleon. With a note by Henry Wessells.
Edition of 52 copies, designed and printed by hand by Jerry Kelly.
To be published 8 January 2025. Subscription details available here.
This is just what it sounds like : a report on the location of all known copies of Herman Melville’s John Marr (1888) and Timoleon (1891), the two last books of poems (each printed in editions of 25 copies), with a note about Maurice Sendak, Bill Reese, and others. Of the 52 copies printed, 26 lettered copies are for presentation (one copy for the author, printed on blue paper, can be glimpsed at left above).