tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60150536419763691952011-10-18T14:52:03.314-07:00all the books published by BURNING BOOKS (old version)Burning Booksnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015053641976369195.post-16929938899864198852011-02-05T14:56:00.001-08:002011-02-05T14:56:32.206-08:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">STOP! . . . READ THIS - - - >></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">* * *</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6015053641976369195-1692993889986419885?l=burningbooksbooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Burning Booksnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015053641976369195.post-84158533678551358592009-01-15T12:33:00.000-08:002010-05-24T12:00:26.388-07:00in chronological order . . .<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(220, 255, 77);font-size:130%;" >The Form: 1970-1979</span></span><br />author: Melody Sumner [Carnahan]<br />204 pp, 11 x 8.5 in., offset, perfect bound, paper covers<br />printing: Rustie Cook, Melody Sumner [Carnahan]<br />Burning Books, Oakland, 1979<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">•</span> Purchase Award, Permanent Collection Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1981<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">(1st ed. OP / 2nd ed. available)</span><a href="http://spdbooks.org/details.asp?BookID=0936050020"> </a><br /><a href="http://theform1970-1979.blogspot.com/">>> see sample pages here</a><br /><a href="http://theformreview.blogspot.com/">>> read review by Brendan Bullock</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><br /><a href="http://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9597/the-form-19701979.aspx">>> buy now</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 255, 77);font-size:130%;" >Two</span><br />author: Melody Sumner [Carnahan]<br />20 pp, 9.25 x 9.25 in., letterpress, sewn signature, paper covers<br />typesetting &amp; printing: Melody Sumner [Carnahan]<br />Burning Books, Oakland, 1979 <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />(OP) <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pzMbppL6YQ4/SXDtCjt4-QI/AAAAAAAAA1E/nNGtAEL7vnM/s1600-h/BurningBooks_TWO.jpg">>> see page spread</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 255, 77);font-size:130%;" >(He Said She Said) Gravity</span><br />author: Melody Sumner [Carnahan]<br />42 pp., 9 x 8.75 in., letterpress, sewn signatures, paper covers<br />typesetting &amp; printing: Melody Sumner [Carnahan]<br />illustrations: Michael Sumner<br />Burning Books, Oakland, 1980<br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">(OP) <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pzMbppL6YQ4/SXDszh8plHI/AAAAAAAAA08/bvV9d2tXOV8/s1600-h/BurningBooks_GRAVITY.jpg">>> see page spread</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 255, 77);font-size:130%;" >The Time Is Now.</span><br />author: Melody Sumner [Carnahan]<br />82 pp., 9 x 8 in., offset, spiral bound, paper covers<br />typography &amp; design: Kathleen Burch &amp; Melody Sumner [Carnahan]<br />illustrations: Michael Sumner<br />Burning Books, Oakland, 1983<br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">(1st ed. OP / 3rd ed. available)</span> <a href="http://cdbaby.com/cd/mscarnahan">>> buy now</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 255, 77);font-size:130%;" >Barbara Golden's Home Cooking</span><br />author: Barbara Golden<br />88 pp., 5.5 x 8.5 in., offset, spiral bound, paper covers<br />editing &amp; design: Melody Sumner [Carnahan], Michael Sumner, Kathleen Burch<br />illustrations: Barbara Golden<br />typesetting: Kathleen Burch<br />Burning Books, Oakland, 1984 <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />(OP / see her other book below) <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pzMbppL6YQ4/SXDxxF3lWbI/AAAAAAAAA1M/xgJdkpjYlzk/s1600-h/BurningBooks_HOME_COOKING.jpg">>> see sample page</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 255, 77);font-size:130%;" >One of One</span><br />authors: Sheila Davies, Patrick James<br />72 pp., 8.5 x 10.5 in., offset, saddle-stitched, paper covers<br />stories: Sheila Davies<br />photographs &amp; illustrations: Patrick Sumner<br />design &amp; editing: Patrick Sumner, Sheila Davies, Burning Books<br />typesetting: Kathleen Burch<br />Burning Books, Oakland, 1984<br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">(OP) <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pzMbppL6YQ4/SXDnF6euWyI/AAAAAAAAA00/ZUqsZHjD3o0/s1600-h/BurningBooks_ONE_OF_ONE.jpg">>> see cover</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 255, 77);font-size:130%;" >The guests go in to supper.</span><br />authors: John Cage, Robert Ashley, Yoko Ono, Laurie Anderson, Charles Amirkhanian, Michael Peppe, K. Atchley<br />384 pp., 10 x 8.5 in., offset, sewn signatures, paper covers<br />concept &amp; editing: Melody Sumner [Carnahan]<br />book design: Michael Sumner<br />typographic design: Kathleen Burch<br />Burning Books, Oakland / San Francisco, 1986<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">•</span> 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.”</span><br /><a href="http://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9598/the-guests-go-in-to-supper-john-cage-robert-ashley-yoko-ono-laurie-anderson.aspx">>> buy now</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 255, 77);font-size:130%;" >Moment of Silence</span><br />author: Toma Longinovic<br />142 pp., 5.5 x 8 in., offset, sewn signatures, paper covers<br />editing: Melody Sumner [Carnahan]<br />design &amp; typesetting: Michael Sumner<br />Burning Books with The International Writing Program at The University of Iowa, San Francisco / Santa Fe, 1990<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">•</span> Chosen by ALTA for the “New American Writing Exhibition,” at the 1991 Frankfurt Book Fair.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">(OP) <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pzMbppL6YQ4/SXDm6H7hF-I/AAAAAAAAA0s/5czGNvLXhgA/s1600-h/BurningBooks_MOMENT.jpg">>> see cover</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 255, 77);font-size:130%;" >Indicia</span><br />author: Kathleen Burch<br />64 pp. monograph &amp; 104 playing cards in box, 9 x 6.5 in., offset<br />card design, monograph, typography: Kathleen Burch<br />typesetting: Kathleen Burch<br />editing: Melody Sumner [Carnahan], et al.<br />box design: Michael Sumner<br />Burning Books, San Francisco, 1990<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">•</span> Featured in the National Juried Exhibition at Ohio State University “Art of the Contemporary Book: New Works,” 1991</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">(OP) <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pzMbppL6YQ4/SXDmuom7B_I/AAAAAAAAA0k/AdyzVk7GkPc/s1600-h/BurningBooks_INDICIA.jpg">>> see cover</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 255, 77);font-size:130%;" >Perfect Lives</span><br />author: Robert Ashley<br />216 pp., 9 x 7 in., offset, clothbound, paper dust jacket<br />editor: Melody Sumner [Carnahan]<br />book &amp; cover design: Michael Sumner<br />typographic design: Kathleen Burch<br />Archer Fields and Burning Books, NYC / San Francisco, 1991<br /><a href="http://www.spdbooks.org/Products/10728/perfect-lives-an-opera.aspx">>> buy now</a><br /><a href="http://www.lovely.com/">>> Robert Ashley at Lovely Music</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 255, 77);font-size:130%;" >Helen Keller or Arakawa</span><br />author: Madeline Gins<br />320 pp., 9 x 7 in., offset, clothbound, paper dust jacket<br />editor: Melody Sumner Carnahan<br />design and type: Michael Sumner<br />Burning Books with East-West Cultural Studies, Santa Fe / NYC, 1994<br /><a href="http://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9599/helen-keller-or-arakawa.aspx">>> buy now</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 255, 77);font-size:130%;" >Barbara Golden's Greatest Hits Vol. 1</span><br />author: Barbara Golden<br />112 pp., 9 x 6 in., offset, wire-o bound, paper covers<br />editor: Melody Sumner Carnahan<br />typographic design: Kathleen Burch<br />cover &amp; graphic design: Michael Sumner<br />Burning Books with Boner Girl Prods., Santa Fe / Oakland, 1994<br /><a href="http://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9600/barbara-goldens-greatest-hits-vol-1.aspx">>> buy now</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 255, 77);font-size:130%;" >Thirteen Stories</span><br />author: Melody Sumner Carnahan<br />160 pp., 8.75 x 6 in., offset, paper covers<br />design &amp; illustration: Michael Sumner<br />Burning Books, Santa Fe, 1994<br /><a href="http://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9601/13-stories.aspx">>> buy now</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 255, 77);font-size:130%;" >The Time Is Now.</span> (3rd ed.)<br />author: Melody Sumner Carnahan<br />80-page book and 74 min. audio CD in slipcover, offset, sewn signatures, paper covers<br />design, type &amp; illustration: Michael Sumner<br />Burning Books with <a href="http://www.frogpeak.org/">Frog Peak Music</a>, Santa Fe / Lebanon, NH, 1998<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">•</span> Independent Publisher Book Awards Finalist, in “Audio Fiction--Unabridged,” 1999</span><br /><a href="http://cdbaby.com/cd/mscarnahan">>> buy it here (audio samples too)</a><br /><a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/content/printVersion/214554">>> the Village Voice review</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 255, 77);font-size:130%;" >She Dresses in Red</span><br />author: Melody Sumner Carnahan<br />3 books in a box, 11.25 x 11.25 x 1.625 in.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-</span> <span style="color: rgb(220, 255, 77);">Call to Order</span>, 38 pp., 7 x 7 in., laser printed on coloring book paper, spiral bound, acrylic on canvas covers<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-</span> <span style="color: rgb(220, 255, 77);">After Life</span>, 20 pp., 8.5 x 8.5 in., laser printed on star charts, Japanese-bound, wool felt covers<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-</span> <span style="color: rgb(220, 255, 77);">Dear Male Friend</span>, 24 pp., 10 x 10 in., laser printed on newspaper, rivet-bound, neoprene covers<br />stories &amp; design: Melody Sumner Carnahan<br />design &amp; illustration: Michael Sumner<br />Burning Books, Santa Fe, 2000<br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">(RARE) </span><a href="http://shedressesinred.blogspot.com/">>> see it here</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 255, 77);font-size:130%;" >The Centerpiece</span><br />author: Melody Sumner Carnahan<br />16 pp., 7 x 5 in., web press, saddle-stitched<br />illustration &amp; design: Michael Sumner<br />Burning Books, Santa Fe, 2001<br /><a href="http://thecenterpiecebb.blogspot.com/">>> view entire book here</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 255, 77);font-size:130%;" >The Form: 1970-1979</span> (2nd ed.)<br />author: Melody Sumner Carnahan<br />208 pp, 11 x 8.5 in., offset, sewn signatures, paper covers<br />Burning Books, Santa Fe, 2003<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">•</span> Purchase Award, Permanent Collection Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1981</span><br /><a href="http://theform1970-1979.blogspot.com/">>> see sample pages here</a><br /><a href="http://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9597/the-form-19701979.aspx">>> buy it here</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 255, 77);font-size:130%;" >One Inch Equals Twenty-Five Miles</span><br />author: Melody Sumner Carnahan<br />128 pp., 10 x 7 in., offset, sewn signatures, paper covers<br />design &amp; illustration: Michael Sumner<br />Burning Books, Santa Fe, 2004<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">•</span> Eric Hoffer Book Award Winner, Honorable Mention in the Legacy Fiction Category, 2010<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">•</span> Independent Publisher Books Awards Semi-Finalist, The Art of Short Story Fiction, 2005</span><br /><a href="http://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9602/one-inch-equals-twentyfive-miles.aspx">>> buy it here</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 255, 77);font-size:130%;" >Plain Old Boogie Long Division</span><br />author: Mark Weber<br />144 pp., 9 x 6 in., offset, sewn signatures, paper covers<br />design &amp; editing: Michael Sumner &amp; Melody Sumner Carnahan<br />illustrations: Mark Weber<br />Burning Books with <a href="http://zerxpress.blogspot.com/">Zerx Press</a>, Santa Fe / Albuquerque, 2006<br /><a href="http://www.spdbooks.org/Products/18937/plain-old-boogie-long-division.aspx">>> buy it here</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(220, 255, 77);font-size:130%;" >Caput Nili: How I Won the War<br />and Lost My Taste for Oranges</span><br />author: Lisa Gill<br />144 pp., 9.7 x 7.4 in., offset, perfect bound, paper covers<br />design &amp; editing: Michael Sumner &amp; Melody Sumner Carnahan<br />illustrations: Kris Mills<br />Burning Books<a href="http://zerxpress.blogspot.com/"></a>, Santa Fe, 2009<br /><a href="http://newburningbook.blogspot.com/">>> in progress, see prototype 1.2 here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6015053641976369195-8415853367855135859?l=burningbooksbooks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Burning Booksnoreply@blogger.com0