| Portion of title |
Abecedarian |
| Abstract |
"M/W serves as a method of memorializing the slain and wronged, and of teaching our children and ourselves to be vigilant and wary in hostile terrain, where your skin color makes you an easy target"--Colophon. |
| Local note | Joyner Rare Artist's Books copy is numbered 19 out of 26 copies and is dated and initialed by the artist. |
| General note | Reprint; originally printed 2015 in an edition of 26 numbered copies. |
| General note | Cover title. |
| General note | "Stripping the maritime alphabet of its primary colors and replacing them with muted browns and blacks, Mourning/Warning highlights the relationship of Americans of the African diaspora to water, maritime travel and the need for an alternate means of communication in times of emergency and duress. How do you send a warning call that hatred comes constantly in waves?" -- Author's web site. |
| General note | "Conceived of in Newport, Rhode Island, M/W was digitally printed in Josefin Sans typeface"--Colophon. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner Rare Artist's Books copy purchased from Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers, 10/10/21 |
| Genre/form | Alphabet books. |
| Genre/form | Artists' books. |
| Genre/form | Specimens. |
| Genre/form | Artists' books. |
