Northampton: Double Elephant Press, 2001. 8 x 15. Ten poems by Hecht and 25 intaglios by Kuch appear in a series of 12 fold-out triptychs. In a black silk tri-fold binding which supports the fold-out sheets. A red window in the upper cover reveals the half-title. Fine in slipcase. Hecht's..... More
(Hamburg), 1991. 8 x 10 1/4. 53 pages including five relief engravings in color by Roswitha Quadflieg of characters in this parody on dining. Quarter blue cloth and illustrated chocolate brown paper covered flexible boards by Christian Zwang. Fine in matching sturdy chemise and slipcase. One of 185 signed copies..... More
(NY, ca. 1939). Rogers' portrait is 7 1/2 x 9 1/2, mounted on 12 1/2 x 16 inch board, and signed beneath the photo. "This is No. 9 of 12 prints made from this negative. W.C.S." is written on the back, along with the photograph's label. Also on the back..... More
Circa, 1955. The image measures 5 x 6 5/8 inches on a sheet 8 x 11 1/2, with a blind-printed frame around the image. Signed by BR underneath. Avery pleasant portrait, in which BR wears a three-piece tweed suit, striped shirt, solid tie, and a smile. A different portrait, but..... More
(Vashon Island: Foolsgold Studio), 2007. 9 x 15. Most of the book’s painted, stiffened fabric pages have original collages of painted cloth, wood veneer, brass, cork, linen thread and acrylic paint - all materials used in boat building. Quarter leather with painted cloth over sculpted boards with inlays. Fine in..... More
Northampton: Double Elephant Press, 2004. 18 x 14. 24 leaves. Ten plates (13 1/2 x 9 1/2) are etched with images of the beasts, their common names & binomial nomenclature. The etchings are hand colored by Kuch, in the tradition of natural history books. A description of each creature is..... More
London: Circle Press, 1992. 12 x 15 3/4. 15 French-fold gatherings with 13 removable puppets. Printed & illustrated on all four pages, with the puppets inside. The outside pages are "direct quotes from British Library research, while the inside is reserved for the collaborators' fantasy." Laid into stiff printed wrapper..... More
Nomad Press & The Society of Wood Engravers, 2020. Folio (10 x 13). Two volumes. (100) pages illustrated throughout (several large engravings printed separately & tipped in). Quarter morocco & boards in a design by Paul Nash. With a separate portfolio of 38 engravings printed from the blocks. Many of..... More
San Francisco, 1940. 5 1/2 x 9. 47, (2) leaves printed recto only with a tipped-in colored illustration. Cloth-backed pattern paper boards. Fine copy of the first Allen Press book. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies. Printed in Piranesi type in black, brown and green on Maidstone, an English..... More
London: Shakespeare Printing Office, 1795 & 1796. 8 11/4 x 11. xx, (1), 76; xv, vii, 126 pages. Illustrated with full page wood engravings and tailpieces by Thomas Bewick, and 2 by John Bewick. Two proofs from a Bewick block are laid in. Contemporary straight grain red morocco, Greek key..... More
Joppe, The Netherlands, (2020). 10 x 10. 80 pages illustrated with drawings. Fifty-eight mounted specimens of Karli's marbles are interspersed with instructions and tips for marbling. Printed boards laced onto leather strips, in stiff paper slipcase with labels. Fine. These magical marbles include "Dear Mistakes"--beautiful unintended results by accident. Witch..... 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
(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
(South Norwalk, 1994). 11 x 15 accordion-fold. Fourteen leaves attached at fore-edges open to 174 inches long. Ten woodcuts and other reliefs & embossings. Each leaf of Arches paper is painted or printed deep blue or purple or black, sometimes black-on-black. The text is white. Tiny holes, through which light..... More
San Francisco, November 1979. Four pages (title + list of plates) + 100 engravings for Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. . Each engraving is numbered 12/30 and signed by Moser, and has a printed title on the back. A fine set in quarter blue morocco & cloth tray case (few tiny scratches..... More
British Library & Oak Knoll Press, 1998. 3rd ed, Revised & Expanded. 8 x 11. xv, 304 pages, illustrated. Bound by Monique Lallier in full chocolate calf, onlaid with 6 large sections from three old leather bindings of morocco and marbled calf; multicolored headbands, top edges gilt. Fine in tray..... More
North Andover, 1997. 8 x 11. 19 leaves illustrated with 8 original drawings created by fire. Bound by David Bourbeau at his Thistle Bindery in grey pastepaper boards with a red flame in the design, black morocco spine and edges. With the 5-page prospectus & some extra bits in a...... More
New York: Wiley and Putnam, (not after 1848). 8 3/4 x 9 1/2. There are 53 brilliantly chromolithographed pages, on hinges, with tissue guards. Each poem is within a different illuminated border--many with miniatures of birds, animals, humans, and landscapes--reflecting the poem's theme. Tissue guards and blank endpapers are foxed;..... More
Hadley: Double Elephant Press, 2006. 17 x 12. 30 leaves laced together at fore-edges in Coptic style. Illustrated with 19 etchings and 12 lithographs by Kuch. Several additional etchings are on the three-part binding. Upper cover of the book bears a collage of various objects (including scissors) within temple pillars..... 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
(Northampton), 2000. Bronze bas relief (6 x 9 1/2 ) after the etching "Atomic Clock" in the book Apocalypse Clocks."The image shows clockworks with a human skull incorporated into the mechanism and Fat Man and Little Boy as the weights.” Signed in the metal "Kuch 2000 2/6." Fine. One of 6..... More
(Dallas): The Bridwell Library, (1992). 8 1/2 x 11. 238 pages illustrated throughout. Specially bound by David Bourbeau in powder blue Magnani paper over boards, printed with gold rules and large gold pomegranate on upper cover; signed with a gilt thistle inside lower cover. As new in grey cloth traycase..... More
London: Hostmann Printing Ink Company, 1904. Second improved and enlarged edition. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2. 32 pages + 26 marbled specimens on 14 pages. Illustrations in the text. Tipped to the title page gutter is a small broadside advertisement & directions for Halfer's preserving solution for carrageen moss size..... More
Harvard College Library, 2000. 16 x 11. Frontis, 14 double-column pages. Quarter black cloth & crimson boards titled in gilt. A rear pocket contains 6 diplomas: 2 originals (1935, 1962), 2 restrikes from original plates (1813, 1903), and 2 reprints. Fine. A most engaging topic! Each diploma is analyzed in..... More
Northampton, 2004. 8 x 9 1/2. Tipped in wood engraving by Leonard Baskin of a pomegranate in red, 133 pages illustrated throughout. Wraps. Fine in clamshell case by BB. Inscribed by B. Blumenthal & David Bourbeau. This is partially a census of Northampton area book workers from 1954-2004. Some 80..... More
