BRANCHES
by Mitch Cullin
illustrated by Ryuzo Kikushima
A novel length poem, written in the first person, this is the story of a Texas Sheriff who is judge, jury and executioner.
| Each copy of the book
has 9mm bullet holes shot through the
cover, a Sheriff badge, and the title affixed as a name badge. Every shot was fired by Minsky. Each copy
of the book is slightly different. This special limited edition of the first edition of
Branches includes color prints of the 16 illustrations, tipped in over the black
and white reproductions in the book. The binding is limited to one hundred numbered copies and five artists' proofs. The edition was completed in the year 2000.
Not currently available online.
An additional 25 copies are bound in a deluxe boxed version as the Fifth
Amendment of The Bill of Rights limited edition set.
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Below: detail
of cover. Each copy is slightly different, as the location and number of bullet holes
varies. |
A small
town West Texas sheriff is the antihero of Cullin’s quietly chilling
short novel-in-verse. Cullin is adept at blending the affable and
the sinister. Sheriff Branches remains a remarkably sympathetic character;
the ballad-like strains of his narration counteracting the
grisliness of his actions.
A
hybrid of Stephen King and Jim Thompson. |
Below: images from BRANCHES by Ryuzo Kikushima
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Section A Bindings 1968-79
Section B Bindings 1979-85
Section C Bindings 1986-88
Section D Sculptural Bookworks from 1988
Section E Bindings 1988-94
Section F Painted Car, Watercolor studies, Bindings
Section G Sculptural bookworks 1988, 1994
Minsky's Resume and Bibliography
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