HEY DIDDLE, DIDDLE.
1982. Broadside. 11 x 20 1/2. Etching in blue on Arches paper; text in black in Lydian types. Two tiny specks upper left corner,, else fine. No. 77 of 100 signed by the artist/printer. More about HEY DIDDLE, DIDDLE
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"To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in her Nest with the Plough, November 1785."
(Northampton): Double Elephant Press, 1977. Broadside. 19 x 14. Burns' poem is printed letterpress by Art Larson in the upper two-thirds of the broadside. The bottom third is Michael Kuch's copperplate etching (printed by him) of a mouse turned up in her nest (constructed of shredded copies of Burns' poem)... More about "To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in her Nest with the Plough, November 1785."
Original design & layouts for a projected edition of Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude to be published by Boni & Liveright. And 3 letters from Bruce Rogers on W. E. Rudge letterhead to Donald S. Friede about the design, second color printing, type size, page counts, and costs.
NY, September 1927. Rogers drew & lettered the proposed title page in black & green. He designed 4 different printed versions of double spread pages 14 and 15 (one of them printed in two colors). Previously mounted, the pages have old glue stains on the versos; dampstain at base of... More about Original design & layouts for a projected edition of Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude to be...
John Barnard and His Associates.
Cambridge, 1927. 5 x 9. 34 pages. Cloth-backed pastepaper boards. Fine, with glassine. The Byron Satterlee Hurlbut copy. One of 160 copies, this one signed by Hurlbut, Eric Lord Sexton (Chairman), and Carl H. Pforzheimer ,Jr. (Clerk). Printed on green handmade paper, with title in typographic border, typographic decorations. When... More about John Barnard and His Associates
OUT OF THE CELLAR. A Garland for Cantina, with a frontispiece portrait by Ansel Adams and a letter from Bruce Rogers.
Northampton: Smith College Libraries, 2005. 7 1/2 x 10 1/2. Photogravure print of Ruth and Clarence Kennedy, (32) pages illustrated, a tipped on proof of title page text Kennedy left as standing type. Bound by David Bourbeau and Stephanie Gibbs in blue & white boards gilt (binding signed with their... More about OUT OF THE CELLAR. A Garland for Cantina
THE TWELVE MONETHS & CHRISTMAS DAY. From "Fantastickes."
NY: Clarke & Way, 1951. 6 x9. (64) pages. Full navy morocco, upper cover gilt with design by Bruce Rogers, top edge gilt. Slight wear to spine, & one tip, very good in marbled board slipcase. With prospectus for the regular edition. One of 100 DELUXE copies SIGNED by Rogers... More about THE TWELVE MONETHS & CHRISTMAS DAY. From "Fantastickes."
ADDRESS AT THE UNROLLING OF THE ROLL OF HONOR OF THE CAMBRIDGE TIPPERARY CLUB ON JULY 12, 1916.
[London: Cambridge University Press],1918. 4to (6 3/4 x 10). 4, (1) pages. Green wraps with title & wreath vignette on upper cover. Loose in wraps, upper corners creased, a good copy. Designed by Bruce Rogers. "A small edition in 4to." 9-line decorative initial (from The Centaur). Warde132. Morison, Four Centuries of Fine Printing. More about ADDRESS AT THE UNROLLING OF THE ROLL OF HONOR OF THE CAMBRIDGE TIPPERARY CLUB ON JULY 12, 1916
A Pig Tale.
Bruce Rogers, New Fairfield, Conn., 1947. 4 x 7. 14 pages. Rose wraps titled on cover. Very good. Laid in printed greeting card, signed in red pencil "A. Colish." Title vignette of October House, after a wood engraving by Ruzicka; illustration by Charles Capon. Card printed in red reads "An/... More about A Pig Tale
THE SILVER CAT. and Other Poems By Humbert Wolfe.
(Bowling Green Press, 1928). 6 x 9. 15 leaves printed rectos only. Dark boards with silver spine label, matching grey jacket, in custom cloth slipcase. Very slight wear to corners; piece cut out of dust jacket spine to reveal title. A fine copy. Decorative title page and ornaments printed in... More about THE SILVER CAT
"Odilon Redon."
1969. Original etching. 9 x 6 image on sheet 14 x 10 3/4. Printed in black on cream wove paper. Signed. Crease in lower left corner and another across the top edge--both away from image. Very good. Fern 547. This engraving appeared in Laus Pictorum. More about "Odilon Redon."
Three signed broadsides with color wood engravings:.
1990, 1991, 1996. Walt Whitman portrait from "Wrenching Times" (1 of 100). "Community" (1 of 750). "Stockholm Art Fair" (1 of 120) measures 19 x 12. It was hand printed at Midnight Paper Sales on heavy Van Gelder paper. All three are fine. More about Three signed broadsides with color wood engravings:
Vance Gerry & The Weather Bird Press. with a Checklist of Publications compiled by David Butcher.
(Risbury): The Whittington Press, (2018). 9 1/2 x 13. (iv), 86 pages illustrated with linocuts and wood-engravings from the original blocks + 2 pages of photos & 12 pages of giclée reproductions of Gerry's pochoirs. Three-part binding of citron cloth & decorated boards, cloth slipcase. Rear pocket contains facsimile letter... More about Vance Gerry & The Weather Bird Press
DIE KUNST DER GESELLSCHAFT.
Rheinbach, 2007. 11 x 14. 16 leaves, pulp paper paintings meandering through the text. Green cloth covered in a pulp paper design, with pulp paper endpapers. Fine in green cloth tray case. Laid in is a typed translation of this poem "The Art of Society." No. 9 of 25 unique... More about DIE KUNST DER GESELLSCHAFT
"A Portrait of Arno Werner for his 80th Birthday."
(Easthampton, 1979). Broadside. Image 5 x 3 1/2 on laid paper measuring 10 x 6. Titled in Moser's hand and signed by both Moser & Werner. Fine. A very characteristic portrait of Werner wearing a binder's apron and Colt hat, and holding his ever-present cigar. This image was previously used for Werner's 77th birthday. More about "A Portrait of Arno Werner for his 80th Birthday."
"ABM aetat 32."
(1972). Artist's self portrait at the age of 32. Circular etching 9 1/2 inches in diameter on a sheet 12 x 16. printed in black. Fine condition. Signed artist's proof. More about "ABM aetat 32."
PEREGRINE PRESS. Collection of 20 pieces of ephemera, including prospectuses, exhibition announcements, advertisements for the German printing inks he distributed and for his botanical prints.
San Francisco: The Porpoise Bookshop, 1950s-1961. Mostly 8vo in size; most multi-paged; many illustrated. Two are typed "form letters" signed by Evans. Two are large broadsides folded--one with a large botanical color woodcut signed by Evans. Fine. Henry Evans was a printer, an artist, and an antiquarian bookseller. From his... More about PEREGRINE PRESS. Collection of 20 pieces of ephemera, including prospectuses, exhibition...
DUCK POULTRY POETRY. (Or, Once Upon a Time, Book Eight).
Easthampton, 2003. 5 x 7 1/2. 10 leaves on heavy pale green stock, with 11 delightful hand colored illustrations by Carol Blinn. Bound in heavy blue, laced wraps with a raised design of an egg. Fine. One of 45 copies, signed by Frieda and Carol. More about DUCK POULTRY POETRY
Hockney's Alphabet. Drawings by David Hockney. Written contributions edited by Stephen Spender.
London: Faber & Faber for the Aids Crisis Trust, (1991). 10 x 13. Vellum spine titled in gold, blue Fabriano boards. Fine in matching slipcase. Hockney's 26 colorful, whimsical letters were assigned to 26 writers for their response (a story, poem, thought). One of 300 copies signed by Hockney, Spender... More about Hockney's Alphabet
PROEF VAN LETTEREN. Epreuves de Plusieurs Sortes de Caractéres.
Amsterdam, (1784). (5 1/4 x 8. 68 leaves: double-spread title and introduction in Dutch and French (7 pages) followed by 64 leaves of type specimens printed rectos only on heavy paper. Collates [pi 4] A-H8. This copy lacks 20 leaves at the end: I8-L4 (astrological signs, music, & ornaments). The... More about PROEF VAN LETTEREN
Three sample cards of Rustic French Alphabet.
Boston, ca. 1880s. 4 1/2 x 3. Letters "J," "O," and "Y." Text on reverse promotes the stationer. Designed by "CA." Very good condition. More about Three sample cards of Rustic French Alphabet
An Alphabetical Accumulation.
Heavenly Monkey, 2017. 4 1/2 x 6. Title + 26 leaves+colophon, all printed (black) & calligraphed (red) on rectos only. Bound by Claudia Cohen in a non-adhesive limp vellum, gold-tooled at the edges, title calligraphed in red on the spine. The pastedowns are taken from old vellum manuscripts. Fine in... More about An Alphabetical Accumulation
ALPHABETUM ROMANUM. Edited by Giovani Mardersteig.
Verona: Officina Bodoni, (1960). 6 x 9. 140 pages, 5 plates (one double). Mardersteig's 60-page introduction is followed by the first treatise on the construction of Roman letters (ca. 1460). The 25 letters are hand-colored in two colors (after the original manuscript) with corresponding construction grid on facing verso. 140... More about ALPHABETUM ROMANUM. Edited by Giovani Mardersteig
A Garden Companion.
Boston: Bromer, 1984. 2 x 2 1/2. Miniature manuscript of 32 leaves of calligraphed text and water colors. Bound by Arno Werner in red morocco with the alphabet in gilt, all edges gilt. Fine in morocco & cloth tray case. A delicate alphabet book --F for Fava Bean, N for... More about A Garden Companion
AN ACROBATIC ALPHABET. With Wood-engravings by Barbara Crow.
Andoversford: Whittington Press, 1986. 5 3/4 x 7 1/4. Twenty-six leaves Frenchfold, with hand-colored illustration on verso and alphabetical word printed in red on facing page. Silk boards, side stitched; slipcase. Rear pocket contains a very large, folded, broadside of all the illustrations printed in black and signed by the... More about AN ACROBATIC ALPHABET
LEO WYATT'S LITTLE BOOK OF ALPHABETS.
Florin Press, 1985. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2. (7) pages followed by 12 wood-engraved alphabets, printed from the original blocks in various colors. Calligraphic book label on pastedown. Quarter red calf & vellum boards. A few spots of flaking to leather along joints. Near fine in slipcase. One of 150... More about LEO WYATT'S LITTLE BOOK OF ALPHABETS