in chronological order . . .
The Form: 1970-1979
author: Melody Sumner [Carnahan]
204 pp, 11 x 8.5 in., offset, perfect bound, paper covers
printing: Rustie Cook, Melody Sumner [Carnahan]
Burning Books, Oakland, 1979
• Purchase Award, Permanent Collection Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1981
(1st ed. OP / 2nd ed. available)
>> see sample pages here
>> read review by Brendan Bullock
>> buy now
Two
author: Melody Sumner [Carnahan]
20 pp, 9.25 x 9.25 in., letterpress, sewn signature, paper covers
typesetting & printing: Melody Sumner [Carnahan]
Burning Books, Oakland, 1979
(OP) >> see page spread
(He Said She Said) Gravity
author: Melody Sumner [Carnahan]
42 pp., 9 x 8.75 in., letterpress, sewn signatures, paper covers
typesetting & printing: Melody Sumner [Carnahan]
illustrations: Michael Sumner
Burning Books, Oakland, 1980
(OP) >> see page spread
The Time Is Now.
author: Melody Sumner [Carnahan]
82 pp., 9 x 8 in., offset, spiral bound, paper covers
typography & design: Kathleen Burch & Melody Sumner [Carnahan]
illustrations: Michael Sumner
Burning Books, Oakland, 1983
(1st ed. OP / 3rd ed. available) >> buy now
Barbara Golden's Home Cooking
author: Barbara Golden
88 pp., 5.5 x 8.5 in., offset, spiral bound, paper covers
editing & design: Melody Sumner [Carnahan], Michael Sumner, Kathleen Burch
illustrations: Barbara Golden
typesetting: Kathleen Burch
Burning Books, Oakland, 1984
(OP / see her other book below) >> see sample page
One of One
authors: Sheila Davies, Patrick James
72 pp., 8.5 x 10.5 in., offset, saddle-stitched, paper covers
stories: Sheila Davies
photographs & illustrations: Patrick Sumner
design & editing: Patrick Sumner, Sheila Davies, Burning Books
typesetting: Kathleen Burch
Burning Books, Oakland, 1984
(OP) >> see cover
The guests go in to supper.
authors: John Cage, Robert Ashley, Yoko Ono, Laurie Anderson, Charles Amirkhanian, Michael Peppe, K. Atchley
384 pp., 10 x 8.5 in., offset, sewn signatures, paper covers
concept & editing: Melody Sumner [Carnahan]
book design: Michael Sumner
typographic design: Kathleen Burch
Burning Books, Oakland / San Francisco, 1986
• Chosen by the N.E.A. for the “New American Writing Exhibition” at the 1987 Frankfurt Book Fair, while Burning Books was cited as “one of the best independent presses of the year.”
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Moment of Silence
author: Toma Longinovic
142 pp., 5.5 x 8 in., offset, sewn signatures, paper covers
editing: Melody Sumner [Carnahan]
design & typesetting: Michael Sumner
Burning Books with The International Writing Program at The University of Iowa, San Francisco / Santa Fe, 1990
• Chosen by ALTA for the “New American Writing Exhibition,” at the 1991 Frankfurt Book Fair.
(OP) >> see cover
Indicia
author: Kathleen Burch
64 pp. monograph & 104 playing cards in box, 9 x 6.5 in., offset
card design, monograph, typography: Kathleen Burch
typesetting: Kathleen Burch
editing: Melody Sumner [Carnahan], et al.
box design: Michael Sumner
Burning Books, San Francisco, 1990
• Featured in the National Juried Exhibition at Ohio State University “Art of the Contemporary Book: New Works,” 1991
(OP) >> see cover
Perfect Lives
author: Robert Ashley
216 pp., 9 x 7 in., offset, clothbound, paper dust jacket
editor: Melody Sumner [Carnahan]
book & cover design: Michael Sumner
typographic design: Kathleen Burch
Archer Fields and Burning Books, NYC / San Francisco, 1991
>> buy now
>> Robert Ashley at Lovely Music
Helen Keller or Arakawa
author: Madeline Gins
320 pp., 9 x 7 in., offset, clothbound, paper dust jacket
editor: Melody Sumner Carnahan
design and type: Michael Sumner
Burning Books with East-West Cultural Studies, Santa Fe / NYC, 1994
>> buy now
Barbara Golden's Greatest Hits Vol. 1
author: Barbara Golden
112 pp., 9 x 6 in., offset, wire-o bound, paper covers
editor: Melody Sumner Carnahan
typographic design: Kathleen Burch
cover & graphic design: Michael Sumner
Burning Books with Boner Girl Prods., Santa Fe / Oakland, 1994
>> buy now
Thirteen Stories
author: Melody Sumner Carnahan
160 pp., 8.75 x 6 in., offset, paper covers
design & illustration: Michael Sumner
Burning Books, Santa Fe, 1994
>> buy now
The Time Is Now. (3rd ed.)
author: Melody Sumner Carnahan
80-page book and 74 min. audio CD in slipcover, offset, sewn signatures, paper covers
design, type & illustration: Michael Sumner
Burning Books with Frog Peak Music, Santa Fe / Lebanon, NH, 1998
• Independent Publisher Book Awards Finalist, in “Audio Fiction--Unabridged,” 1999
>> buy it here (audio samples too)
>> the Village Voice review
She Dresses in Red
author: Melody Sumner Carnahan
3 books in a box, 11.25 x 11.25 x 1.625 in.
- Call to Order, 38 pp., 7 x 7 in., laser printed on coloring book paper, spiral bound, acrylic on canvas covers
- After Life, 20 pp., 8.5 x 8.5 in., laser printed on star charts, Japanese-bound, wool felt covers
- Dear Male Friend, 24 pp., 10 x 10 in., laser printed on newspaper, rivet-bound, neoprene covers
stories & design: Melody Sumner Carnahan
design & illustration: Michael Sumner
Burning Books, Santa Fe, 2000
(RARE) >> see it here
The Centerpiece
author: Melody Sumner Carnahan
16 pp., 7 x 5 in., web press, saddle-stitched
illustration & design: Michael Sumner
Burning Books, Santa Fe, 2001
>> view entire book here
The Form: 1970-1979 (2nd ed.)
author: Melody Sumner Carnahan
208 pp, 11 x 8.5 in., offset, sewn signatures, paper covers
Burning Books, Santa Fe, 2003
• Purchase Award, Permanent Collection Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1981
>> see sample pages here
>> buy it here
One Inch Equals Twenty-Five Miles
author: Melody Sumner Carnahan
128 pp., 10 x 7 in., offset, sewn signatures, paper covers
design & illustration: Michael Sumner
Burning Books, Santa Fe, 2004
• Eric Hoffer Book Award Winner, Honorable Mention in the Legacy Fiction Category, 2010
• Independent Publisher Books Awards Semi-Finalist, The Art of Short Story Fiction, 2005
>> buy it here
Plain Old Boogie Long Division
author: Mark Weber
144 pp., 9 x 6 in., offset, sewn signatures, paper covers
design & editing: Michael Sumner & Melody Sumner Carnahan
illustrations: Mark Weber
Burning Books with Zerx Press, Santa Fe / Albuquerque, 2006
>> buy it here
Caput Nili: How I Won the War
and Lost My Taste for Oranges
author: Lisa Gill
144 pp., 9.7 x 7.4 in., offset, perfect bound, paper covers
design & editing: Michael Sumner & Melody Sumner Carnahan
illustrations: Kris Mills
Burning Books, Santa Fe, 2009
>> in progress, see prototype 1.2 here
