From 'Abeng, a Description of Nanny the Leader of the Windward Maroons' [broadside]

Cliff, Michelle

Martinsville, IN: Helaine Victoria Press, 1984. Broadside. 12x18 inch broadside, rubricated and ornamented text. "This edition of two hundred broadsides was printed on a Chandler & Price platen press. Design, presswork, and hand composition by Jocelyn H. Cohen using Munder Venezian foundry types and sixteenth century initials... The broadside was printed on Strathmore Brigadoon paper and the type distributed in May 1984..."

The press, which took its name from the middle names of founders Jocelyn Helaine Cohen and Nancy Taylor Victoria Poore, started with an offset press in Santa Monica but switched to an 80-year old cast iron letterpress, “the method which was standard when we were trying to get the vote.” It was an unusual mixture of lesbian feminist politics with fine press technique, though perhaps most famous for its hundreds of postcards on themes of women's history. The Jamaica-born author was the partner of Adrienne Rich, who also had a limited-edition broadside published by Helaine Victoria Press.

Cat.No: 198492

Price: $65.00