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The Wolf-Girl of Midnapore [Artist Book].
Sebastopol, CA: Deeply Game, 2010. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Based on the true story of Kamala, a feral child captured in India in 1920, this book features 6 original intaglio/aquatint etching prints set against Indian papers and two letterpress-printed texts, consisting of an original short story narrating Kamala’s experience, and a historical chronology of her life. The book’s rich colors and rough edges combine with a classical scholarly presentation to evoke Kamala’s varied experiences: raised in the animal realm of vivid senses and immediate needs, then forced into the world of a Christian Missionary orphanage, where she eventually evolves language, bipedalism, and her own fierce aesthetic appreciation for the color red." [artist statement]
Original text and intaglio etchings from copper plates by Sara Press, Based on the diaries of Dr. J.A.L. Singh [Wolf-Children and Feral Man, by Singh and Zingg, Harper and Row, 1942].
Appendix by The Right Reverend H. Pakenham-Walsh, excerpted from Same and adapted by Sara Press. Fine. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Burgundy and red cloth boards, handmade paper onlay at front, grey ink lettering, handmade endpapers, decorative guards at each print. Small 8vo. np. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition of 15, this being 14. Item #13032
Price: $1,450.00