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THE RADIANCE ARCHIVE

Standard Edition

The Matriarch's Line

Charles Yawson

The Standard Edition of The Matriarch's Line, paper-over-boards hardcover, closed, elevated 3/4 view. Wraparound black-and-white photograph — palm trees over a line of net-haulers on a wet Mankoadze beach — with foil-stamped title and Charles Yawson's name at the bottom. Orange endpapers visible along the fore-edge.

Edition of 1,000

The book itself. 116 photographs from Mankoadze, records made along the seine-fishing coast of southern Ghana. 144 pages, 12 × 12 inches, paper over boards. A wraparound cover photograph, spot UV finish, and smyth-sewn binding on GardaPat Kiara 135gsm. Volume 001 of the Radiance Archive.

$125 · Signed or unsigned

U.S. shipping included. International shipping calculated at checkout.

Ships within 2 days of ordering.

The Matriarch's Line opened flat to spread 086 — a wide black-and-white photograph of a woman in a floral dress standing knee-deep in the surf holding a fishing net, with a small crew hauling the same net behind her, tall palm trees along the horizon.
The Matriarch's Line opened flat to spread 049 — a wide black-and-white photograph of two wooden fishing boats on the sea: a lone paddler standing tall in a small boat on the left, and a crew of standing figures in a larger boat on the right, silhouetted against a hazy horizon.
The Matriarch's Line opened flat to a spread — a color portrait of three young men against palm trees on the left page, a black-and-white photograph of a tire overgrown with climbing vines on the right. Gray Cialux cloth cover with Sirio Arancio orange endpapers visible at the outer edges.

Specifications

Dimensions
12 × 12 inches
Pages
144
Plates
116 (107 duotone, 9 six-color)
Paper
GardaPat Kiara 135gsm
Binding
Smyth-sewn, paper-over-boards
Cover
Wraparound photograph, spot UV
Printer
Trifolio, Verona, Italy
Publisher
The Radiance Archive
Edition
1,000 copies
ISBN
979-8-9952396-0-4
Shipping and returns
Ships within 2 days of ordering. Signed and unsigned copies have the same dispatch window. U.S. shipping included. International shipping calculated at checkout. Delivery time after dispatch depends on the destination. Books may be returned within 14 days of delivery in original condition, less shipping. Collector's Edition is non-returnable once opened. Damaged in transit: email hello@radiancearchive.com within 7 days.
The Collector's Edition clamshell, gray cloth with foil-stamped title and Charles Yawson's signature.

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The Collector's Edition

The Collector's Edition. The same book cloth-bound in a matching clamshell, with a Materials of Consequence booklet and a 24-plate folio. Signed and numbered by hand.

$1,500 · Edition of 100

The first 25 copies. $2,000 thereafter.

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