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
London: The Studio, (ca. 1910). 8 1/2 x 12. Quarter white cloth & grey boards printed in gold. Sixteen leaves of grey kraft paper bearing 21 mounted examples of Art Nouveau ephemeral printing: menu cards, ball & concert programmes, dance cards, and a whist card. Charming designs, strongly influenced by..... More
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., (Detroit, 2014). 12 1/2 x 19. Twelve posters letterpress printed on chipboard with oil-based inks using wood type in rich colors and silver. Multi-colored type is printed in several layers creating word patterns, which are overlaid with a quote by Parks. The colors and types were..... More
London, 1981-2000. 8 1/2 x 11. Issues vary from 75 to 130 pages, plus Indexes and adverts. Profusely illustrated, much in color. Pictorial stiff wraps. Near fine run of the first 20 numbers. This annual treasure-trove features a different binder in each issue; however, the contents cover all aspects of..... More
(London, 2001). 8 x 10. Twenty-four leaves: 6 original color etchings face 6 evocative vignettes of Indian life; each is preceded by a half-title and interleaved with textured Japanese tissue.;leaves without text or illustration are ruled in various colors. Bound by Allix in golden morocco having geometric onlays in red..... More
Kotoomba, NSW, 2002. Oblong "page" size 13 1/3 x 9 1/3. 36 pages. Tray case with folding tab cover. With a detailed, explanatory prospectus from both the printers' perspective and the poet's who also provides a lengthy introduction to the book. Fine copy. The approxiumate 36 "pages" unfold to become..... More
Katoomba, NSW, 1993. 9 x 8. ix, 42, (2) pages illustrated with 11 whimsical line drawings by Mike Hudson of the bookshop cat. Cloth & endpapers printed with calendar squares. Some touches of foxing to upper cover, else fine with prospectus. No. 5 of 54 copies signed by the author..... More
(Llanhamlach: Red Hen Press, 1986). 13 x 14 1/2. (2) leaves, (16) pages, 8 aquatints with tissue guards. There are 2 additional etchings on the title page and postscript.Quarter green morocco & canvas with a large illustration in green, cloth slipcase. Eight passages from Beowulf are printed in double columns..... More
Portland, 2001. 13 1/2 x 9 1/2. Title leaf, 12 etchings of pomegranates (measuring 2 1/2 x 2 1/2) with tissue guards, colophon leaf. Laid into a pomegranate-colored cloth case. Fine, with artist's statement laid in. "I am intrigued by organic objects, their structures and life cycles. The pomegranate I...... More
(Lexington, 1972). 8 x 11. xix pages with eight illustrations by Fritz Kredel after the Biblia Pauperum. The pressmark in blind on last leaf. Bound by James Brockman in red straight-grained morocco, all edges gilt on the rough. Brockman's design of the crumbling pillars is tooled in gilt and in..... More
(Boston, 2007). 4 1/2 x 4 1/2. Eight leaves. A series of 8 drypoint prints (3 3/4 x 3) made during Spring Training of the Boston Red Sox, in anticipation of Opening Day. Painted wood boards with a baseball painted on upper one, cloth spine. Fine. Everything was possible. The..... More
(South Norwalk, 1969). 9 1/2 x 13. Nineteen double leaves with 19 color woodcuts tipped onto each page. Each woodcut is signed. Loose as issued in turquoise cloth tray case by Moroquain Bindery (George Wieck). The case is covered with paper marbled by Frasconi. Fine. Walt Whitman was a favorite..... More
Aurora: Sierras Press, 2000. 10 x 10. 16 leaves, French-fold. Quarter vellum. Fine in oatmeal cloth & cranberry linen clamshell case. Copy #2 of 10 "deluxe" copies issued in a case (of 30 numbered copies, with an additional 15 for the bookmakers) signed by author & artist. Title page calligraphy..... More
Offenbach, (1942). 6 1/4 x 8 1/2. (28) pages. Two-tone boards with floral ABC on upper cover and alphabet running down spine, pastepaper covered slip case. Fine. Lovely stenciled drawings of flora & fauna by Willi Harwerth. Immaculately produced by Gebr. Klingspor. Scarce, OCLC notes the only US copy at..... More
(Portland), 2000. 11 x 14 1/2. Unique manuscript lettered, illuminated, and bound by the artist. Seventeen pages (plus 5 blanks) on Fabriano paper lightly toned by the artist suggest antiquity. Latin text lettered in black & red and intertwines with jewel-like beetles & gold. A multi-colored rondell opens the book..... More
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Oxford, Johannes Lichfield, 1633. 6 1/4 x 8 3/4. (24), 76, (48), (2) pages printed in in black and red, with ornamental woodcut initials, headpieces, and tailpieces. The Epistle is printed with Latin and Greek in parallel columns, and the editor's restorations printed in red. Contemporary English sheep spine, later..... More
Oxford, 1909. 8 x 11 1/2. (227) pages printed entirely in Greek except for the imprint and Proctor's Note at the end. Original quarter linen & blue paper boards, paper spine label. Collector's tiny book label at rear. Binding soiled & a bit shabby, tips worn through, foxing on top..... More
Charing: The Florin Press, MMXXI. 8 x 12. A hands-on examination of the effect paper (ink, as well) has on the printing of woodblocks. Nine different broadsides consisting of woodblocks and text are printed multiple times on different papers. There is a total of 78 broadsides printed on 36 different..... More
Cleveland, 2002. 12 x 14. (28) pages on 14 leaves of aluminum on paper hinges. Quarter morocco binding with aluminum sides; aluminum felt-lined tray case with aluminum label. As new, with the 4-page prospectus, Notice on interleaving, and the rare waxing kit. "A book of paintings, material studies and poetry..... More
(Easthampton: Pennyroyal Press, 1976). Issued 1980. 5 x 7. Eight wood engraved portraits: William Morris, Frederic Goudy, T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, John Nash, Emery Walker, Eric Gill, St. John Hornby, and Bruce Rogers. Laid into a printed paper folder. Each is signed by Moser. Fine. Prrinted at Pennyroyal in 1976, this..... More
(South Norwalk, November 1974/ January 1975). 14 1/2 x 22. Twenty-five leaves, mostly double spreads. Four are triple spreads opening to 42 inches. Title page with 8 small color woodcuts. Aside from the title page and colophon, the book is comprised of color woodcuts. Bound in molded boards covered in..... More
Vashon Island: Foolsgold Studio, 2009. 8 x 8. 10 leaves, most opening to double spreads of text and illustration. "The book is a progression of sanded polyester encapsulations which envelop paintings, drawings, and type on paper and transparent film, layered to produce an effect of depth and space within each..... More
West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1982. 10 3/4 x 16 1/2. xxv, 163, (7) pages. Half-morocco and decorated paper boards by Gray Parrot, with a separate suite of the engravings, 92 leaves, each signed by Moser; in a buckram chemise. Morocco-backed tray case. Fine. No. 340 of 350 numbered copies signed..... More
San Francisco, 1967. 9 x 11. 125 pages with four color illustrations, reproduced for the first time from the only surviving manuscript of the poem. Bound by Fritz Eberhardt in full dark green morocco inlaid with a flowers & leaves in greens, browns, yellow, and turquoise and tooled in turquoise..... More
Pownal: Mason Hill Press, 1983. 8 x 101/2. (ii), 62 pages. Illustrated with 25 woodcuts by James Dignon and large calligraphic initials by Mark Livingston in red, blue & green. Bound by Samuel Feinstein in tan morocco with pictorial inlays in many colors depicting St. John recording the Angel's message..... More
