The first major editioned work produced by Ma Nao Books, the address books sold out within a month. They feature reinforced cloth corners; rubber-stamped pages; a hand-sewn binding; cover papers from Japan, India, and Italy; and pages that take 0.0 seconds to load.

Durable, handsome, and comfortably scaled, the address book may be reissued due to customer demand.

Edition of 50, 1997, sold out
4 3/8 x 4 1/2 x 3/8, 32 pps
Japanese Masa unwaxed paper, buckram cloth

Stylish, long-lasting, and highly functional, the portfolio protects special papers and photographs in two three-sided inside pockets, between covers bound in international papers and cloth and featuring a Chinese bone clasp at the foredge.

Edition of 50, 1999, sold out
12 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 1/4

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The perpetual calendar showcases the walnut-inked lettering of calligrapher Yancey Yarmuth on cream Frankfurt paper, all hand-sewn inside boards covered in vintage bookcloth and international papers, including Ume Yuzen from Japan and kilim from India (the model shown features a one-off cover of a Polaroid image transfer).

Edition of 50, 1998
10 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 3/8, 16 pps

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Wild Spaces: A Journal of Uncharted Thoughts explores Kantian ideals in nature with pronouncements printed letterpress on topographic maps, which were then mounted on mat board. The pages stack in a painted pine box.

Edition of 7, 1989, nfs
9 x 9 x 2 1/4, 8 pps

Wild Spaces takes readers through a literary hike that begins with the simple “Go climb a mountain,” traverses rocky philosophical terrain, and ends with “Rejoice that there is mystery left in the world.”

Juxtaposed against some of the West’s most formidable mountains, clean lines of letterpress type also show their topography as the carved lead presses three-dimensional shapes into paper.

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