The
world will possibly end this week on December 21st according to
various interpretations of the Mayan calendar.
I’ve seen quite a few of the Mayan ruins in the Yucatan and they are
impressive. Who is to say the Mayans
might not be right? One could simply sit back, sample a few craft beers, gaze
at the stars, and ride out the cosmic happenings. As tempting as that sounds, I’m a proactive type
and thought that a blog post about an aptly titled book would be more
stimulating. This forgotten gem came my
way via Ebay. The author of the work, by
all accounts, carried huge promise, and the creativity surrounding the entire
production hints at what might have been had his life not been cut tragically
short. As for us, let’s hope the Mayan
calendar interpretation is wrong. I sure
would miss the occasional vacation to Cancun.
[Frederick B.
Kaye]. Paul Arthur Amadeus Niesenwurzel. DOOMSDAY BOOKS. San
Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1928.
Edited by Peter Bissenschwitz.
[vii] 9 [2] p. Folio. Light green plain jacket over paper boards. Erratum slip tipped in. Limitation: 150 copies. Notes: Printed by Herbert L. Rothschild for
members of the Roxburghe Club. The
described binding seems to have been the standard issue. Included also in my
acquisition are two other copies: a
binding variant in brown quarter cloth and marbled boards with printed paper
spine label, and a copy in unbound sheets.
