Greenbrae, 1981. 9 1/2 x 14. Hand colored title page, 91, (6) pages, 6 original double leaves tipped in. Illustrated throughout. Gold cloth spine & Fortuny cloth sides. Fine in slipcase, with prospectus. One of 140 copies on Barcham Green handmade paper printed damp on a Columbian press, in black..... More
Boston: Printed and published for the author, 1854. 20 1/2 x 26 1/2. 16 pages + one-page index + 6 full page chromolithographs. Recent boards with linen spine; facsimile of original title label on upper cover. The contents have been professionally conserved with the paper de-acidified, fore edges strengthened, and..... More
Paris: Sans Pareil, 1926. 9 x 11. 147 pages + 18 plates. Bound by Donald Glaister in 1986 in dark teal morocco with large onlay of blue morocco across both covers & spine, smaller green onlay across spine partially obscures the blind-tooled name "Croniamantal" (the hero's name in this surrealist..... More
Paris: Gruel & Englemann, 418 Rue St. Honoré, ca. 1900. 4 1/2 x 6. 176 pages, each with a different medieval style border, + 4 pages for family records & a leaf with Engelmann's printer's mark in gold. Embossed silk pastedown is stamped in gold "Au Cheval de Bronze/ Lyon-Bellecour."..... More
(Sherman Oaks), 1982. 6 x 9. Twenty leaves. Daisy petals are cut out of the edges of the endpapers and the first few leaves, including the double title page. Every page is decorated with flora. Four serigraphs hand printed from stencils are titled, numbered, & signed by D'Ambrosio. Bound in..... More
(Alpignano:Editions Alberto Tallone), 1965. 8 x 13 167 pages. Bound by Jeff Clements in a bold geometric pattern of rectangles & triangles in black, grey, blue, & red morocco, blind-tooled & with raised bands on the covers; pastedowns of black & grey morocco, endleaves of red suede; all edges in..... More
(Boston, 2008). A handmade deck of 54 cards including 2 Jokers. 3 3/8 x 2 3/8 in a mahogany box, with the signed colophon inside the lid. Clubs are 3-leaf clovers; Diamonds are birds; Hearts are trees; Spades are flowers. All the Jacks, Queens, & Kings have aluminium or gold..... More
(NY: Grolier Club, 1884). 6 x 9. (93) pages. Bound in green straight grain morocco richly gilt floral tools on pointille grounds with a central medallion, corner pieces, and floral borders on 4 sides that allude to the floral borders of the original Japan vellum wraps (which are bound in..... More
(Flemington: St. Teresa's Press, 1970). 8 x 11. 33 pages. Illuminated by the Carmelite nuns large initial letters painted in 23-carat gold, silver, and a vibrant shades of red, green, blue, and purple. Bound by Fritz Eberhardt in full black morocco with abstract design formed by 62 onlays of morocco..... More
San Jose, 2004. Original calligraphic manuscript. 6 x 8 (closed). Accordion-fold of 10 pages, mostly double spreads. The text is lettered on acrylic paste painted Arches, in gouache, pastel, and metallic ink. Each page shimmers. Bound in earthern-toned paste paper over boards tied with beaded suede thongs. Enclosed in a...... More
Chillicothe, 1981-83. Two volumes. 12 x 17. Frontis, (8), 198; frontis, (9), 131 pages, plus numerous inserts. Full chestnut morocco by Gray Parrot, ruled in black & gilt, Hunter armorial device gilt on Vol. I, Hunter watermark gilt on Vol. 2. Each volume in a cloth tray case with morocco..... More
Wallingford, PA: ELM Press, 1990. 18 x 12. Eight double leaves attached at fore edges open to 36 inches, revealing lithographs in blue/black or in gray/green showing Pollack's home, studio , and sweeping grounds. "Harmony," Energy," Rhythm" are printed in bursts of black or dark red Optima type. These single..... More
Florence (MA): Kat Ran Press, 2005. 6 1/2 x 9 3/4. 56 pages, 4 multi-color etchings. Full black morocco, grey morocco semi-circular onlays, ruled in blind, gilt circles, by Claudia Cohen. Fine in tray case, with prospectus. No. 5 of 45 copies signed by the author, translator, and artist (and..... More
West Hatfield, 1982. Two vols. 11 x 17. 148 pages illustrated with 75 wood engravings by Barry Moser. Every engraving in the text, even the endpaper, is signed by the artist. WITH an extra suite of the engravings, each signed. Bound by Gray Parrot in full purple morocco, gilt rules..... More
Paris: F.-L. Schmied, 1925. Small 4to 6 1/2 x 9 3/4. Twenty-three gatherings (89 printed pages) plus blanks at beginning and end. Schmied's printed note to the binders and another printed note about the placement of the half-title are laid in. Wood engravings by Schmied throughout, printed in colors, gold..... More
Np, 2004. 11 1/2 x 15. 12 leaves of monoprints over intaglios on thick Johannot paper, with Akua color. Endleaves painted in various colors. Full black goatskin ruled in gilt & blind with numerous inlaid symbols in yellow or red leathers on the upper cover, gilt ruled symbols on the..... More
NY: Grolier Club, 1896. 7 x 10. vi, 344 pages. With the separately issued (in 1898) Index (pages 345-353). Illustrated throughout with wood engravings, borders, initial letters, and decorative material. Green morocco spine and corners. Slight wear & discoloration to the binding, but a very good or better copy without..... More
Tucson, AZ: Foolsgold Studios, 2022. 12 x 13. Fifteen leaves of cherry wood veneer, interleaved with 8 printed leaves of grey handmade paper. Double spread "images are cut out of the cherry veneer and are collages behind the holes in the wood. Each of these page spreads is an abstract..... More
Lyon, 1886 (on title page) but 1887 in colophon. 6 1/2 x 6 3/4. (6), 43, (1) gray silk pages woven on a loom in gray and black silk with finished sheets (two pages) doubled and mounted on pieces of card to strengthen them. The French text is set in..... More
