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Avalanche Safety
Rocky Mountains and Chamonix Alps 1934 - 1937. Book One

Item date(s): 2020

Casey Gardner


Pages: unpaged
Size: 357mm
Binding: Three-quarter red buckram
Language: English
Inscription: Signed by the artist
Edition: #15/30

Theme(s): Mountaineering

Place publication: Berkeley, CA
Publisher: Set in Motion Press and Still Wild Books

Additional notes:
A booklet with printed postcard titled Chamonix 1936 held in a separate compartment within the book.

The paper, made of cotton and flax, is Moulin du Gué. Other papers are Zerkall Book and Curious Metallic. The typefaces are Cheltenham, Kabel, Gill Sans, Futura and Bodoni.

Written, drawn, printed and bound by the artist.

Shaped, fold-out pages sewn through or glued into the fore-edge. Shaped letterpress, including multiple colours and typefaces, some pastel, reflecting the delicacy of snowflakes.

Ref: GB/30421



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