Gregory Colbert, Ashes and Snow, 2005 with Soundtrack and exhibit catalog, FINE

 Colbert, Gregory, Flying Elephants Press, 2005. Fine, 8vo, 7" x 10 1/2", unpaginated    Brown handmade Nepalese paper wrappers sealed with beeswax, closed flap, and tea-stained string binding. Orange bead on string closure. Original black-and-white, sepia-toned photographic illustration tipped in on front. No lettering to covers or spine. Covers have minimal wear, else pristine and intact, binding tight. Almost exclusively printed photographs with no captions. Brief text in front and back. Unpaginated, 130 pp., including illustrations. A compilation of sepia-toned printed photographs that depict harmony between people, animals, and the natural world. Published on the occasion of the Ashes and Snow exhibition at the Santa Monica Pier in California from January 14-May 14, 2006. Included is an oblong Fine staplebound catalog from the same leg of the exhibition with photographs and bios on Colbert and architect Shigeru Ban. Also included is a CD of the accompanying music in raw waxed pape