The Child With A Bent Spine
Edition of 200 – 2006, 5.125” x 7.125”, staple saddle stitched/mock perfect binding, offset lithography, 80 lb. linen cover, silver ink, 60lb. text, black ink, PVA glue, 32 pages– $8.00 ppd.
The Child With a Bent Spine is an illustrated fictional diary of a ten-year-old Victorian named Eliza K. Blackwell. Her story opens with an event that sets off a string of tragedies, the death of the child with a bent spine. Haunted by delusions, Eliza follows a peculiar path that inevitably leads to her own demise. The text is typeset in a handwritten script that mimics a penmanship style popular in the 19th century. The illustrations are bold yet detailed black and white line drawings that bleed through to the other side creating a ghostlike effect further accentuating the haunting nature of the tale. The cover depicts an archetypal white horse symbolizing Death, a recurring theme throughout the book.
