(Northampton, 1974). 7 1/4 x 11 1/4. Portrait by Leonard Baskin, 96 pages. Full vellum with double gilt rules, yapp fore edges, by Gray Parrot. Book plates of Harold & Nancy Hugo. A fine copy. Copy I of five special copies, signed by Kunitz, bound in full vellum, with an... More
NY, September 1915-1936, & 1951. 4 x 9 1/4. Each broadside is a single month, headed by an illustration, with a brief "plug" for the press, an apt quotation, or a pithy comment. A single artist was usually responsible for an entire year. There are complete years for 1925 (Dwiggins)... More
Paris, ca. 1770. 10 x 15 1/2. 17 pages of text followed by 25 engraved plates. Recent cloth. A few inconsequential spots, margins a bit toned, very good. The exotic alphabet section from the great Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers. The 25 fine plates... More
Two Rivers, WI, (ca. 1907). 10 x 13. 191 pages within red rules. Embossed pictorial wraps, gilded endpapers. Faint dampstain lower corner of first few leaves. Very good. With a 16-page supplement. Handsome, fully illustrated and priced catalogue, which includes equipment for bookbinders. A brief history of this company, founded... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1998. 9 x 12 1/2. 165 pages including thirty pages of black and white illustrations, thirty tip-ins, many of which are in full color, seven original folio or quarto leaves from Mountain House books, and four original light-and-shade watermaked papers made by all three generations... More
(Seattle): Holburne Press, (2004). 7 1/4 x 6 3/4. There are 3 double-page spreads; and each spread is comprised of three levels. The base level (brown paper, white ink) gives details of Bradstreet's life. Stitched to this is a smaller sheet. Bradstreet's poem "An Author to Her Book", is printed... More
(Glacier National Park), 2008. 8 x 9. Accordion-fold of 12 pages hand written, drawn, and watercolored. The reverse of each page (the "backside" of the accordion) bears a painted fern. In the form of a naturalist's journal, the artist records what she sees, and the feelings evoked. Attached to sage... More
(Cape Town, 2000). 10 x 9. (44) pages incorporating gold leaf, gold Cameo cigarette papers, tissue paper collages, stamps, cut-outs, fold-overs, strips of printed text paper, & etchings. Bound by the artist with open spine with cotton thread & cotton tapes, black Indian petal paper boards with inset copper plate... More
1994. 6 1/4 x 10. Eleven double-spreads accomplished in acrylic, pencil, pen and gold leaf painting, and collage. Calligraphic text. Bound in highly textured, painted boards with an abstract design formed by onlays of various materials. Fine in cloth tray, which has a blind & gilt decoration. Edition of 1... More
The Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, 2012. 4 x 7. Twenty-one gatherings by as many book artists. Bound by Todd Pattison in deep citron morocco inset with shapes in marbled & gilt papers. Fine. Inspired by Paul Theroux's three essays on orange, green, and purple, the... More
Berkeley: Set in Motion Press, 2011. 9 x 15 (closed) opening to 28 x 14. A standing triptych which recalls a 19th century anatomical atlas. There is letterpress in 4 panels on each side. Torso Women, in the center, holds a sewn codex with numerous printed flaps. Bound with faux... More
(Canberra, 2003). 15 x 20. 19 leaves including 16 illustrations formed as watermarks in paper, and a center-spread pop-up rose, plus interleaved sheets. Bas-reliefs on the cover and title page depict two heraldic dogs guarding a rose bush whose roots entwine into a heart. Bound in textured red paper over... More
NY: Vincent FitzGerald, 1986. 11 x 15. Thirty-three leaves, including 11 single-page linocuts and 6 double-page linocuts (several folding out and up); all protective glassines are present. Text is silkscreened from Beard's manuscript. Bound by Gérard Charrière in turquoise silk boards. Several light scratches on upper cover, along with a.... More
(Tarrytown), 1989. 15 x 22. About 28 leaves, a mixture of single sheets, double sheets, and foldout leaves. Some of the pages have been colored before letterpress. Wraps covered with a multicolor woodcut and monotype image on front. In a sepia linen traycase with inset woodcut portraits of Paz and... More
(South Norwalk, 1974). 14 1/2 x 21 1/2. Sixteen leaves: 4 pages of xylographic text in blue, 1 single and 8 double spread color wood cuts on French-fold pages, with glassines. Marbled papers (3 different) on binding and endpapers, made by the artist, that reflect the book's tone. Cloth-backed boards... More
Tuscaloosa: Skeptical Press, 1993. Three volumes. 5 1/2 x 7. Boards, in cloth slipcase. Fine set with the prospectus. One of 15 sets. Text, printing, and binding by the book artist Coriander Reisbord. In "Riddle" five intaglio etchings are suspended in cut-out windows with printed hint below. "Ghost," printed from... More
Vancouver: Heavenly Monkey Press, 2018. 8 x 12. 63 pages with illustrations, ornaments, & gilded initials; errata slip, working volvelles in facsimile of Wither's, and 4 original leaves. This copy has a leaf from Wither's Introduction, and matching leaves on an Upright Heart and Wise Labor. Bound by Claudia Cohen... More
Germany or Italy, 18th century. Embossed in a floral design, sized & dusted with gold, and color stenciled in a diagonal pattern in blues, yellow, orange, and pink. Decorated area measures 15 x 12 inches (on a sheet 16 1/2 x 14). Previously folded in half (as usual). About fine... More
Greenbrae: Allen Press, 1985. 7 x 11. 150 pages with 48 wood cuts from the 15th c. first edition. Four large hand colored initials and a colored woodcut on title. Bound in printed linen with a matching slipcase. Fine. This is the first translation from Latin into English of Radtolt's... More
Chillicothe: Mountain House Press, 1932. Folio (12 x 17). Frontis, 71 pages with 15 tipped-in specimens of old papers made from bamboo, mulberry, china grass, and mitsuma; 3 specimens of bark, 11 mounted color prints, & 19 b&w illustrations. Bound by Peter Franck (stamp signed) in three-quarter linen & decorated... More
Santa Cruz, 2002. A scroll book 11 inches high, opening to 25 feet. The scroll opens with a flap of papyrus. The end of the scroll is secured to a brass rod with finial. The illustrations are reproductions of the first accurate images of the Tower of the Winds (James... More
(N. Hatfield): Pennyroyal Press, 2008. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. Portrait of Mariani, xv, 38 pages including 3 full page engravings. Black cloth spine, grey pastepaper boards upper cover titled in vermillion, bound by Sarah Creighton. Fine. No. 11 of 50 copies signed by the authors and artist. Moser's three... More
Marchbanks Press, NY, September 1921. 21 1/2 x 13. Printed letterpress in black & red on Arches paper, which is slightly toned. Near fine. More
Frankfurt, 1962. Broadside/Poster. 34 x 27. Matted, glazed, in a handsome cherry frame. The visible portion measures 33 x 24 inches. A stylized black tree on a soft green background, displaying the development of Bauer type faces, printed in various colors. With about 60 faces, those on the trunk are... More
(Maple Shade): Pickering Press, 1985. Broadside 14 1/2 x 11. Woodengraving of a hand holding a composing stick, by John DePol, heads the quotation. Printed in black & red on cream paper. Fine. Signed by John DePol and John Anderson. WITH: Broadside 13 x 9. "Oak Knoll Fest October 7... More
