Rude Osolnik: A Life Turning Wood, text by Jane Kessler and Dick Burrows, Louisville, Kentucky: Crescent Hill Books, 1997, number 137 of a limited edition of 500, signed by Rude Osolnik, bound in half calf leather over green cloth boards with gilt lettering, in fitted cloth board case, 2-3/8 x 11-3/4 x 11-3/4 in.; with a turned wood candlestick by Osolnik Originals, unsigned, 7-1/4 in.; together with a collection of turned wood items by Rude Osolnik, most unsigned, including: two cherry wood apples, 1970s, leather stems and leaves, larger 3-1/4 x 3 in. diameter; two laminated wood acorns, 1970s, 2-1/4 x 2-1/2 in. diameter; laminated wood fruit, leather stem, 3-1/2 x 2-5/8 in.; turned mahogany candlestick (made specifically for limited edition book slipcase), 7 in.; miniature oak platter, signed "Osolnik Originals", 2-5/8 in.; redwood lace burl bowl, signed and dated "Rude Osolnik '93", 1-1/2 x 5-3/4 x 4-7/8 in.; two small bowls: one Macassar ebony, 1-1/2 x 2-1/4 in., one pink ivory, signed and dated "Rude Osolnik '99", marked "345 year old pink ivory", 2 x 3 in.; paper weight, 1960s, 1-7/8 x 3 x 2-1/4 in.; turned walnut candle holder, 1960s, 3-1/2 x 3-3/4 in. diameter; rosewood salt shaker, 1960s, 6-1/2 in.

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