List of Publications
“I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with them—with the books themselves, cover and binding and the paper they were printed on, with their smell and their weight and with their possession in my arms, captured and carried off to myself.”
— Eudora Welty
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4. The Baby's Foot Becomes a Doorknob. (February 2008)

By Audrey Niffenegger

This whimsical creation of noted book artist and novelist Audrey Niffenegger was hand-printed by the author herself in a very limited press run of 75 signed copies. It is now available to Soybean Press subscribers at the "Journeyman" and "Master Printer" subscription levels. Non-subscribers may purchase it for $50 (postage paid).

The halftone and text are mounted in a green portfolio that includes a colophon and a slot and groove clasp accented with a laser-cut outline of a baby's foot.

 

Milton on Shakespeare

1. Milton on Shakespeare. (May 2007)

The very first publication of the Soybean Press, this broadside reprints the poet John Milton's first published work, a tribute to Shakespeare from the Second Folio, in a run of 250 copies on 160 gsm Fabriano Ingres paper. Drawn from The Rare Book & Manuscript Library's collection, this handsome piece celebrates the founding of both the Soybean Press and the new Midwest Book & Manuscript Studies Program at the University of Illinois.

$10 postage paid

 

 

 

Benjamin Franklin on Soybeans

3. What the Tau-Fu is Made of: Benjamin Franklin on Soybeans : together with a brief account of the journey of Glycine max from China to Illinois and a note on the Soybean Press. (September 2007)

by Christopher D. Cook

This ten–page booklet revisits the lore surrounding Benjamin Franklin's role in the importation of the soybean into America, affectionately punctures the myth, and serves up a brief and tasteful recounting of the true history of "Chinese Garavances" in this country. Cook also appends the tale of the bean's journey to Illinois, where it has since come to flourish as the State's second most valuable agricultural commodity.

Limited to 100 signed and numbered copies, the booklet is available in both gray and green paper wrappers.

$15 postage paid

Soybean Press publications are provided to subscribers at the "Journeyman" or "Master Printer" levels. Or they may be purchased separately. Please make checks out to:

exlibris

The Soybean Press
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

and mail* to:

The Rare Book & Manuscript Library
University of Illinois Library, Room 346
1408 West Gregory Drive
Urbana, Illinois 61801

*campus mail code: 522

The Rare Book & Manuscript Library
The University of Illinois Library