<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>A thousand starlings<num>BA-53</num></titleproper></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>University of Richmond Book Arts Studio</publisher><address><addressline>archives@richmond.edu</addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-10-16 07:03:14 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="item">
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    <unittitle>A thousand starlings</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014003562" role="art" rules="dacs" source="LOC Authorities">Alpers, Rhiannon</persname>
    </origination>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <corpname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018022258" role="pbl" rules="dacs" source="LOC Authorities">Gazelle &amp; Goat Press</corpname>
    </origination>
    <unitid>BA-53</unitid>
    <unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/6/resources/112</unitid>
    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 Volumes</extent>
      <physfacet>[20] pages : includes illustrations</physfacet>
      <dimensions>19 cm</dimensions>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="2016/2016">2016</unitdate>
    <abstract id="aspace_9602a0ac8ba1742be803e7e6b8f90993" label="Description">"This book was inspired by sleep-deprived dreams as a new mother in the Summer of 2016. Written, illustrated, and printed by Rhiannon Alpers. Letterpress printed with photopolymer plates and monotype, with an under layer of hand painted stars beneath, on Somerset Velvet Black. The endsheets are Fabriano Tiziano Anthracite and bound in Asahi Grey Crepe bookcloth. Foil stamped birds and title, this false accordion is masquerading in a Secret Belgian binding with Italian film yarn"--Colophon.</abstract>
    <materialspec id="aspace_4ce3c8795386842236e050cd72e319a8">Title from cover. Statement of responsibility, publisher's name, and date of publication from colophon. Rare Book Room copy is 19 of 30. Rare Book Room copy includes author's autograph on colophon: Rhiannon Alpers.</materialspec>
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      <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English</language>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Gift of Westhampton College Class of 1943.</p>  </acqinfo>
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    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85039483" source="lcsh">Dreams</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85127410" source="lcsh">Starlings</subject>
    <genreform authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2017027220" source="lcsh">Artists' Books</genreform>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85103704" source="lcsh">Poetry</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95001685" source="lcsh">Letterpress printing</subject>
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