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: Monastery Hill Press, 1980. 4 1/2 x 7. 148 pages with color woodcut vignettes. Finely bound by J[ean] Lariviere at the Monastery Hill Bindery in full red crushed levant, green morocco onlays, upper cover gilt-lettered, central vellum circular onlays blind-stamped and decorated in wash recreating Reed's illustrations of Fan..... 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, 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
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 2008. 8 x 12. 194 pages + several leaves of color photographs. Hopkins' two-page biographies are followed by 5 or more specimens of type & design from each of the 15 private typefounders/printers. The pagination includes these specimens. Quarter black morocco with red leather label..... 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
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
Middletown CT. 1970. Original acrylics on masonite. 7 1/4 x 5 1/4. Laid into a velvet-lined "antiqued" frame. Fine condition. Reed has produced a marvelous rendition of Paul Revere’s famous engraving of British war ships blockading Boston Harbor -- a harbinger of the American Revolution. The British troops being rowed..... More
NY: Advertising Agencies' Service, 1925-1927, 1931, 1933, 1946-1951, 1953-1955. Broadsides (mostly) ranging in size from 7 1/2 x 10 to 12 x 19. There are two copies of "Joyous Banner" --a fine copy still in its printed mailing envelope and a faded displayed copy that is signed by Schiller. The..... More
Freeville, 2007. 6 1/2 x 11. 41 leaves plus 6 double leaves of Suminagashi marbled paper as section dividers. The artist's illustrations are viewed through two leaves of clear vellum paper: a die-cut latticework archway; then the archway surround by leafy tendrils painted in silver; then the illustration within its..... More
(Boston): Brier Hill Press, 2013. 9 x 12. Frontis, portrait, (12) pages of text in wraps + 32 wood engravings printed directly from the blocks: for The Life of Christ in Woodcuts (19) and The Song of Songs (13). Each print is numbered. These are laid into two paper portfolios..... More
Fleece Press, (2009). Two volumes. Miniature. 2 1/2 x 2 1/4. (54) pages + 6 foldout color plates illustrating 30 flies. Blue morocco spine, pink & blue Compton marbled paper boards. Plus all 30 fly patterns tied for this book. The flies are mounted within 8 mats which open accordion..... 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
