Lewis, Richard; Alvare, Gigi

Each Sky Has Its Words

ISBN: 1929299001
New York, NY: Touchstone Center Publications, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed by Richard Lewis to Thomas Rain Crowe. "In this book, Richard Lewis and Gigi Alvare have collaborated to create a quiet evocation of the presence of language in "all things, from shells to stars, from our heartbeat to distant thunder" and how everything around us "is alive with its own way of speaking." For those who listen, Each Sky Has Its Words, will reaffirm the infinite and subtle ways the natural world speaks to us." (front flap) A volume with the title poem by Richard Lewis, a poet & educator who is the founder & director of the Touchstone Center for Children in NYC; illustrated by the acclaimed artist, performer, writer & educator Gigi Alvare (as noted on back flap, this is the first book with reproductions of Alvare's artworks). Following the illustrated version, the poem is reprinted by itself on one page. Large-format softcover original in sewn binding with blank wrappers, illustrated dust jacket including full-page size flaps. A beautiful production by the Touchstone Center's own imprint. On blank page opposite title page, Lewis has hand-written & signed: "Oct- 2008-/ To Thomas & Nan-/ May all your words/ reach always to/ the sky(?)- and/ the earth-/ In fondness and thanks-/ (signed) Richard (underline)." "Thomas & Nan" are Thomas Rain Crowe & his partner. Crowe, the noted poet & publisher, was at the center of the Baby Beat Generation/ Second San Francisco Renaissance during the 1970s (see our book, Starting From San Francisco, Item No. 3071, Deluxe Edition No. 3075). An attractive, collectible work of poetry & art for children & their parents to read, admire & ponder together; with enriching poet-to-poet association & provenance. Book in very fine condition with only a bit of wear & a few tiny bumps at edges & corners of blank white front, back covers & spine; a few tiny purple spots at lower side edge of text block. Interior very fine with only tiny bumps, creases at corners of a few page leaves. Dust jacket very fine with only slightest rubbing to front, back covers & spine; a bit of wear & a few tiny bumps, small creases at thin edges & corners of same & flaps; a few very small-tiny purple spots at mid-lower left edge of back cover extending very slightly onto right edge of rear flap. Very Fine / Very Fine. [Item #3938]

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