Plants of Sun and Sand
The Desert Growth of Arizona
Stanford Stevens
Illustrated by Gerry Peirce
The Print Room
Governor’s Corner
Tucson, AZ
©1939
My wife found this unique 48-page chapbook in the discard section of the Philadelphia Library a few years ago. It’s unique primarily due to the fact that the cover is made of wood. Plywood. There are B&W illustrations throughout but the plywood is what I keep coming back to. I had read that some Futurist books were made with tin covers, I have never seen one of those but this was 1939 – Arizona. Not what I would call the “cutting edge” in any way, but there it is (was), a beautifully made chapbook. The topic of the book is cacti, native plants of the desert Southwest. It’s an interesting and unique book, a real find.
3 comments:
Lovely! Makes me think of my childhood. Everything was plywood back then.
wow,,, i live in arizona and have one of these books in my collection,,, i go to it every few years and feel giggly each and every time i hold and peruse the illustrations and written word,,, tom
Found about a year ago, at an estate sale in Alta Sierra, an original watercolor by the Sand and Sun illustrator, Gerry Pierce
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