The Gatekeeper

The Gatekeeper, by Joyce Carol Oates; With Engravings by Barry Moser. [Las Vegas]: Rainmaker Editions, 2003. First chapter of the new novel, The Falls, by Joyce Carol Oates, published in 2004. With seven original wood engravings, including portrait of author, and two foldout illustrations.

Printed by Bradley Hutchinson at Digital Letterpress, Austin, Texas. The paper was handmade by Cartiere Enrico Magnani in Pescia, Italy. Box and binding by Jace Graf at Cloverleaf Studio, Austin, Texas. Bound in blue pebbled quarter-leather morocco, and ice blue silk over boards. In box covered in ice blue silk, with blue morocco spine label. #7 of 99 copies signed by author and artist.