43D [According to Robin Price, with Annotated Bibliography] [Artist Book]

Middletown, CT: Robin Price, Publisher, 2009. Limited Edition [Deluxe]. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition [Deluxe]. Hardcover. When fully open, the case lies flat to a 40-inch-wide expanse. The height is 27.5 inches where top and bottom flaps occur.
"With the book 43, According to Robin Price, with Annotated Bibliography, the press offers a deluxe edition for the first time. The adventure provided an opportunity to expand upon some of the concepts within the standard edition and to have a close collaboration with Daniel E. Kelm, the illustrious Chief Mechanic & Alchemist of the Wide Awake Garage. Themes of systems, pathways, and order are paralleled with chaos and the unknown; meaning is conveyed through movement, visuals, and objects, in contrast to the text-laden book.
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The fundamental difference between the two editions is the elaborate container housing the deluxe. A tumbling motion occurs when one opens the case, mimicking the river that visually flows through the text pages. Along the way, one encounters a compass, fractal patterns and labyrinths, and a large-scale grid that echoes the maps inside. A unique collage of various map tidbits is recessed on the cover. The goatskin leather exterior vibrates with two intensely-colored greens and a painted turquoise river. Techniques used to work the leather include sandblasting, hand painting, die stamping, and recessed & open windows.

Wrapping the cover boards is St. Armand handmade paper that is printed, painted, and foil-stamped in a pattern based on prime numbers. Within the map accordion for the book, the deluxe offers several rare maps. The colophon, with revised text and an additional color, features press-numbering from D43.1 to D43.12; these edition numbers are also printed within the case." [Colophon/artist statement]
"In her announcement for this book, she says that simple formulas, using modular arithmetic with the number 43, were applied to categories such as page number, paragraph, sentence, line of poetry, etc. The text is grouped by subject matter into sixteen page spreads. Titles of spreads include "Water," "Counting," and "Flora."
One dozen (because 4 x 3 = 12) copies of 43 are offered in deluxe format. Bright and unmarred. Printed paper boards, pockets in front and rear board hold a Legend Card and Annotated 43, accordion fold structure; bound in complex structured full leather archival box. 8vo. np. Illus. (color plates). Numbered limited edition of 12, this being 2. There are 86 copies in the standard edition. (Inventory #: 11309)