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(ROBINSON, ALAN JAMES.) Carol, Mark Philip. Banging Rocks.A Dissertation on the Origin of a Species of Rock That Descended With Modification From the Ancient Piroboli, Complete With Elaborate Descriptions of Its Social and Sexual Habits, Information Regarding Its Behaviors and Activities, As Well As Details Pertaining to Its Care and Feeding. Printed in black and olive Centaur and Arrighi type set by Dan Carr at Golgonoonza Type Foundry and printed by H.P. McGrath. 2 wood engravings and 7 line drawings by Robinson depicting the Galapagos Islands, the Galapagos Tortoise and the "Banging Rocks." 8vo, 1/2 green morocco gilt and birch boards by Kim O'Donnell; publisher's custom solid box-jointed cherry wood case by Alan Wheeler described on the colophon as a "geo-stable `Home'" housing two semi-precious amethyst quartz stones. Easthampton, Mass: ABCedary Letterpress, 1990
deluxe edition limited to 25 roman-numbered copies of which this is copy 5, signed by robinson. A cleverly bound, sophisticated tongue-in-cheek presentation of the notion of sentient, socialized (and sexualized) rocks. The work was inspired by Carol's trip to the Galapagos Islands to view Haley's Comet.
