{"id":4621,"date":"2014-07-08T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/?p=4621"},"modified":"2014-06-20T11:00:23","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T15:00:23","slug":"the-jimi-hendrix-bibliographic-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/2014\/07\/08\/the-jimi-hendrix-bibliographic-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jimi Hendrix Bibliographic Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4622\" style=\"margin-right: 5px\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2014\/06\/Hendrix-1.jpg\" alt=\"Hendrix 1\" width=\"302\" height=\"281\" align=\"left\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2014\/06\/Hendrix-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2014\/06\/Hendrix-1-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/>This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #265e15\" href=\"http:\/\/hcl.harvard.edu\/libraries\/houghton\/collections\/modern\/santo_domingo.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection<\/a>.<\/em><em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s feature is the second of two sculptural volumes: in this case, the binding itself, rather than the enclosure, defies convention. The book, a paperback French biography of Jimi Hendrix published in 1976, is unremarkable in itself. However, it\u2019s been rebound in carved wooden boards covered in marbled paper, and attached to the rear cover are several spiky projections painted to resemble flames. Pasted inside the boards are photographs of Hendrix; the paperback\u2019s original covers are preserved within. An autograph in pencil on the title page , \u201cWoderer 92\u201d, may be the binder\u2019s signature; otherwise, we have no indication of this unusual binding\u2019s provenance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4623\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2014\/06\/Hendrix-2.jpg\" alt=\"Hendrix 2\" width=\"464\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2014\/06\/Hendrix-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/files\/2014\/06\/Hendrix-2-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Benoit Feller.\u00a0<\/span><em>Jimi Hendrix. <\/em><span style=\"color: #000000\">Paris: Albin Michel, c1976.<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hollis.harvard.edu\/?itemid=|library\/m\/aleph|014096050\" target=\"_blank\">ML410.H476 F4 1976<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks to rare book ca<\/em><em>taloger Ryan Wheeler for contributing this post.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the\u00a0Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection.\u00a0\u00a0 This week\u2019s feature is the second of two sculptural volumes: in this case, the binding itself, rather than the enclosure, defies convention. The book, a paperback French biography of Jimi Hendrix published in 1976, is unremarkable in itself. 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