Northampton: Gehenna Press, 1997. 11 x 16 1/2. (11) pages of text followed by 26 plates of etchings (most in color). Each copper engraving is numbered & signed by Baskin. Full stained green vellum by Daniel Gehnrich, gilt title & lizard on upper cover. In quarter green vellum & cloth..... More
Paris: Gruel & Engelmann, 1862. 5 x 6. CXCII pages, each richly illuminated by chromolithography in colors and gold + 12 full page illustrations, and terminal pages to record family births, marriages, etc. Each leaf is tipped to a hinge, allowing the book to be opened flat. Bound by Gruel..... More
Chicago: Starshaped Press, 2020. 17 x 11. Two portfolios of ten prints each. The first portfolio "Elevations" contains 10 type pictures of Chicago printed in colors by letterpress. The second portfolio "Construction Drawings" contains 10 "blueprints" printed by offset. Both housed in a red cloth tray case with printed labels..... More
(South Norwalk, Winter 1994-1995). 9 1/2 x 12. Twelve leaves of color woodcuts and xylographic text in brown. A full page portrait (head) of a native American in earth tones faces a full page owl in purple & black, followed by seven double-spreads of a poem and an owl, concluding..... More
(South Norwalk, 1969). 9 1/2 x 13. Twelve fascicles: 10 are multi-color woodcuts: two are double spread on full sheets folded twice; 8 are smaller woodcuts tipped into a folder printed with their titles. The double-spread of Isola di San Giorgio is signed. There are also a printed title folder..... More
[Mainz, 1460. But the second impression, ca.1469]. Folio (approx. 11 x 14). A single leaf from the "C" section of this dictionary/encyclopedia. Printed in two columns of 66 lines. Lombardic cap "C"s & paragraph marks drawn in red. Centered between the columns is the watermark of the Galliziani papermaking family..... More
(Easthampton): 1989. This unique triangular sculpture by Dan Kelm contains 5 flattened tetrahedrons fashioned by Timothy Ely. The sculpture has an integral stand. Height 9 inches; widest part 6 1/4. On the inside of the magnetic lid is printed the title, creators' names, and date. Each tetrahedron is covered in..... More
Llandogo: The Old Stile Press, 2005. 10 x 15. 27 leaves with woodcuts throughout. The 40 woodcuts--many double page or full page -- are printed from the original blocks. Brown leather & a woodcut over boards. Fine. "How much is written of Pigme's, Fairies, Nymphs, Syrens, Apparitions, which tho not..... More
Asparagus Valley (Hadley): Double Elephant Press, 2004. 7 1/2 x 10. 16 leaves,many are double and fold out. Printed throughout with wood type & chiaroscuro woodcuts in several colors on Japanese handmade paper. Bound by Mark Tomlinson in die-cut flax fiber printed wraps. In a red flax chemise with ivory..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1893. 5 x 8. 183 pages + 8 plates. In a Wiener Werkstatte binding (ca. 1920) of black morocco and golden morocco stamped in gold geometric designs, top edge gilt, cloth endpapers in large black & white floral pattern. "Wiener Wekstatte" stamped in gold inside..... More
NY, 2016. 10 x 14. 28 leaves printed in black, red, orange, brown, blue, and green. Some of the colors are subtle. Some are florescent. Orange morocco spine & boards printed with pinwheel ornaments. Fine in blue cloth slipcase with orange morocco label. "...the function of ornament is to make..... More
(San Diego): Brighton Press, (1989). 14 x 11 1/2. Seventeen leaves of letterpress + 12 etchings + 4 oversized woodcuts. The illustrations are all signed. Twelve colorful, tactile etchings are hand-painted in gouache. Protected by a plexiglass sheet, each is interspersed with a leaf of letterpress text. Four large woodcuts--also painted and..... More
Ogdensburg: Caliban Press, 2020. 8 1/2 x 11. 44 leaves (some foldouts) including the covers. Red spiral binding. Laid in is a 2-page Guide to the wood type specimens. Fine copy of a delightful book. Wood type numbers printed on an accumulation of "found, left over, and scrap papers" from..... More
Varese, late c19 or early c20. 20 1/2 x 16. A view of Venice in a gilt frame is surrounded by 4 multicolored bouquets and set against Remondini's trademark blue diaper pattern. Image size 16 1/2 x 13 inches. The sheet bears the same image twice, and is meant to..... More
Vp, vd (including 1823, 1869, 1873, 1875). Sizes range from 3 1/2 x 2 to 7 x 8 1/2. Some letterpress, some lithographed; some multi-colored, some in a single color or black. Some are unused; but some are filled in by teachers. An interesting pair are the ones for Nellie..... More
(London: The Studio, 1931). 8 1/2 x 10 1/2. (90) pages + 20-page summary in French + 15 inserted plates. Printed in black and blue, and illustrated throughout. Cloth spine, printed paper over board sides. One joint with several splits, occasionally affecting a gutter between leaves. Very good copy in..... More
