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The Lookout, (pictured above), pop-up edition of 350, $135 (includes shipping)

Open this beautifully cased midnight-blue folio and you will find a poem describing a lookout tower within an illustration of the Italian countryside. Turn the page, and a pop-up tower magically springs up, lighting as the page is turned. In the dark, the tower glows and delicately-cut windows and turrets are outlined by the light inside.

The Lookout is an excerpt from the collector’s edition, Five Luminous Towers (A Book to be Read in the Dark) and comes with a complete set of the poems (see below). Laser-cutting allows for intricate architectural detailing in the pop-up tower. Electronics are housed behind the second page, and both bulb and batteries can be changed. Offset printed on Mohawk Superfine Ultrawhite 65 pound cover in an edition of 350. Comes with batteries. 7 by 10 3/4 inches.

Luminous Towers, the poems
included with purchase of The Lookout
Sold separately, $7.00 (includes shipping)

This wire-O bound pamphlet contains all six of the tower poems Carol wrote in Italy, along with collaged landscape illustrations. It is a nice companion to the single-tower edition. Offset printed on Mohawk Superfine 65 pound cover. Bound in a four-fold paper cover of Neenah Classic Linen Black Iris 80 pound cover, with title plate. Signed and numbered edition of 350. 5 1/4 inches by 10 1/4 inches.

Five Luminous Towers (A Book to Be Read in the Dark) Collector's Edition $1500 made-to-order

The full collector’s edition has five illuminated pop-up towers and six poems. Each poem floats above the page on a transluscent panel and lights in the dark. The poems are surrounded by indigo and silver-blue landscapes. On alter-nating pages, five white laser-cut towers glow in the dark above imagess of maps, charts, and architectural diagrams.

This magnificant edition of 50 is hand-bound using Dan Kelm’s wire-binding technique to allow for the thickness of the enclosed pop-ups. The book is housed in an indigo-blue Japanese cloth-covered case, with the electronics housed in the spine. A magnetic switch turns the light on and off with the opening and closing of the covers. Both bulb and AAA batteries can be changed.

Five Luminous Towers was offset printed on Mohawk Superfine Ultrawhite 65 pound cover at the University of the Art’s Borowsky Center in Philadelphia. Signed and numbered. Comes complete with batteries. Books will be made to order, and will be delivered within 8 weeks of receipt of institutional purchase order or a $500 deposit. 7 1/2 inches by 11 inches by 1 3/4 inches.

Vision Shifts, 1998
Offset edition of 500
$65 (a few copies left)

Vision Shifts is about mystery and unexpected moments of revelation. Landscapes enveloped in shimmering fog are the setting for a progression of visual discoveries. Sliding pop-up windows pan background photographs as the pages are turned. Photographs are printed in duotones of alizarin crimson and celadon green, resulting in ethereal grays. Signed and numbered offset edition with die-cut window mechanisms, board covers, 4 ¾ inches x 9 inches high.