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177, [3] pp. 53 relief prints (wood cuts and wood engravings), some folding. With historical anecdotes by Benjamin Verhoeven, and production notes by Gaylord Schanilec..30.5x20 cm (12x8") bound in quarter sawn white oak boards and an alum-tawed goat skin spine; housed in a blue silk-covered slipcase. No. 3 of 120 numbered copies from a total edition of 146.

Signed by Ben Verhoeven, and Gaylord Schanilec at the colophon. Twenty wooded acres surround Midnight Paper Sales in western Wisconsin. This book documents the journey of Ben Verhoeven and Gaylord Schanilec into the woods to create a work not only about these trees, but of these trees. In all 24 species have been catalogued through image, historical anecdotes, and notes taken during the cutting, milling, engraving and printing. A striking presentation.

The 53 images consist primarily of long grain and end grain specimens which have been taken from this property. In each case the image is manipulated through either color, impression, engraving, or some combination of the above to emphasize a certain characteristic of a species. The text varies as well from tree to tree, focusing on what role each played in the local history and in this project.