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Barry Moser   Barry Moser is a printer, painter, printmaker, designer, author, essayist, teacher and, it is often said, the foremost book illustrator in America today. If, as he says, he has a "sometimes over-productive nature," it is one enjoyed by many. His work is represented in the world's leading libraries and museums, he teaches and speaks about the book arts internationally, and he has illustrated and/or designed over 250 books, ranging from The Divine Comedy to My Dog Rosie, with National Book Awards and Best Book citations throughout the range. His work on the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible has been praised, discussed and documented in print and on radio, television and film. It was also the only one-man show by a living artist ever to be mounted at the National Gallery of Art Library in Washington. TinL is proud to present here a sampling of these wood engravings -- many of them appearing for the first time on the internet -- and a few excerpts from the woodcutter's interviews and essays. Though the deluxe edition of the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible now sells for $30,000, it is still the story of the carpenter, retold by one who can "pull more out of a piece of wood than any other contemporary American engraver." Current Projects Barry is currently working on illustrations for a handful of new books: Walking Home, by Tony Johnston (Scholastic, 2005) is a telling in poetic form of a Cree family being moved from North Alabama to Oklahoma along "The Trail of Tears." Literary Genius, Joseph Epstein, ed. (Tehabi Press, 2005) portrays twenty-five major British-American writers, and illustrates their works. Deaths and Transfigurations (Paraclete Press, 2005) is a collection of Paul Mariani's recent poetry. Three Silly Billies (Simon & Schuster, 2005) is an off-the-wall retelling of the Billy Goat Gruff story.

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A River Runs Through It
Norman Maclean, with illustrations by Barry Moser
fiction

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain, with illustrations by Barry Moser
fiction

Casey at the Bat
Ernest Lawrence Thayer, with illustrations by Barry Moser
children

Dracula
Bram Stoker, with illustrations by Barry Moser
fiction

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
Mary Shelley, designed and illustrated by Barry Moser
fiction

Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind
Robert D. Richardson Jr., designed and illustrated by Barry Moser
biography

I Am the Dog I Am the Cat
Donald Hall, designed and illustrated by Barry Moser
children

In the Face of Presumptions: Essays, Speeches & Incidental Writings
Barry Moser
prose

Lewis Carroll's Alice: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
Lewis Carroll, designed and illustrated by Barry Moser
children

Moby-Dick Or, the Whale
Herman Melville, with illustrations by Barry Moser
fiction

Pilgrim's Progress: A Retelling
John Bunyan, as retold by Gary D. Schmidt, designed and illustrated by Barry Moser
fiction, religion

Purgatorio
Dante Alighieri, with illustrations by Barry Moser
fiction, religion

Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe, with illustrations by Barry Moser
anthology, short stories

The Holy Bible: A Facsimile of the Pennyroyal Caxton Edition of the King James Bible
Designed and illustrated by Barry Moser
religion

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson, designed and illustrated by Barry Moser
fiction

The Three Little Pigs
As retold and illustrated by Barry Moser
children


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Barry Moser and the Pennyroyal Press
Find a gallery of prints by Barry Moser from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Bestiare d'Amour and The River Runs Through It. Also features portraits of Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, Dante, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Morris, Emily Dickenson, Flannery O'Connor, and others.

The Pennyroyal Caxton Bible
The official website of the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible features selected illustrations and a brief overview of topics concerning the design and production of the Bible, including the creation of its handcrafted bindings, specially made papers, specially developed types and lettering, the illustration medium, and more.

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