Collection of excerpts from narratives written by women imprisoned for madness;"Cover title";" Printed in an edition of 100 using silkscreen and letterpress printing. The book was created ... at Women's Studio Workshop --Colophon";"Numbered and signed by the artist. Issued in a black cloth tri-fold portfolio, in patterned black cloth slipcase. The hinged pages unfold in four directions to reveal a myriad of shapes and patterns resembling a large crazy quilt";"U of O Rare Books' copy is number 29, signed by the artist, and is accompanied by the prospectus, which contains the Charlotte Perkins Gilman excerpt", Signed by the artist, and is accompanied by the prospectus, which contains the Charlotte Perkins Gilman excerpt
Title from slipcase; The Hopeless Romantics' History of the World was devised in a day, left in a drawer for a year, resurrected in the spring, and printed in the summer of 1994. All research, illustration, presswork and binding by Maureen Cummins. Printed letterpress on Chiri Gampi Saitama, with illustrations from original woodblock prints, and handmade endpages by Dieu Donne. Printed in an edition of fifty --Colophon. Numbered and signed by M. Cummins;Accordian folded brown and black silk over boards brown silk slipcase with gilt title on spine;Rare Books has copy no. 6, signed by the artist, Signed by the artist
![Crazy quilt / [Maureen Cummins]](/thumbnails/6/5/oregondigital-df70bw756.jpg "Crazy quilt / [Maureen Cummins]")
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