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Jack's Yellow Book
75th Birthday Book

Item date(s): 8 January 2022

Lunetta Bartz  - (binding)
Rosalind Cleaver  - (binding)
Rosalind Cleaver  - (book artist)
Kim Berman  - (foreword by)
David Paton  - (foreword by)
Dumisani Dlamini  - (paper maker)
Kim Berman  - (box made by)
Boitumelo X  - (box made by)


Pages: various
Size: 320mm
Edition: Unique


Place publication: Johannesburg
Publisher: Rosalind Cleaver

Additional notes:
Collaborative book arranged, as a surprise, for Jack Ginsberg's 75th birthday.

There are several components in a hand-made box with the title in the watermark on the inner front cover:

Two small books, 110 x 140mm with a page of the stipulated size from each person: A-L and M-Z in order of contributor's first name.

A list of the 171 contributors on a folded sheet.

75. A foreword plus messages (30 characters) and some images from the contributors.

##. & Yellow Book Long Messages (indicated in the above by ##). 31 contributors.

A hidden compartment containing various contributions which did not confirm to the stipulated size or additional material not included in the bound books.



Ref: GB/30512







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