Book of roses [binding over original art work and blank pages],

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Title

Book of roses [binding over original art work and blank pages],

Date

ca. 1990.

Description

Designer, book artist and binder Tim Ely began making books as early as 1957. His work reflects a wide range of interests and preoccupations, including science, alchemy, UFOs, comic books, and odd religious arcana, and many of these elements are present in the volume he gave to the Club in 1992. Two years earlier the book had been used as a prop in a photo shoot at the Club; at the end of the session, Grolier Librarian Martin Antonetti asked to have the volume in lieu of a fee, and Tim Ely not only presented the book, but also illuminated some of the interior pages.