London: Nonesuch Press, 1923. 6 1/2 x 10. Collotype frontis, title in border of type ornaments printed in red, xxiii, 91 pages. Full russet vellum, Italian patterned endpapers. Armorial bookplate of Stuart W. Jackson. Tips & spine ends lightly rubbed, but fine in custom cloth chemise & quarter leather slipcase... More
Lunenberg: Stinehour Press, 1982. Two posters, intended as a pair. 30 x 10. Offset lithography (Meriden) and letterpress (Stinehour. Stephen Stinehour is the model in the Meriden poster; John McCormack models for Stinehour. Stephen Harvard did the lettering and the alphabet. Fine. Alan Fern, "Lance Hidy's Posters" pages 48 &... More
(Beltsville): Hand Papermaking, 2010. 8 1/2 x 11. Fourteen delightful examples of paper engineering: pop-ups and other moveables, constructed from handmade paper, each in a printed folder. Many are signed by the artists. With a 40-page book. Fine in clamshell case (tiny dent on edge). Twenty-eight book artists & papermakers... More
(Llanhamlach: The Red Hen Press, 1990). Folio (12 1/2 x 18). Seven folded folios + colophon leaf, with 7 mezzotints (5 in color). Five mezzotints of wild flowers "juxtaposed with objects significant in the life of Shirley Jones's father" are printed on Tervakoski handmade paper. Each is enclosed in a.... More
(Northampton, 2002). Color etching of two angels on ladders. One angel is ascending and one descending; one is seen from the rear and one from the front. Printed in yellow & ochre on a single sheet of translucent abaca measuring 29 x 10 1/2 ; folded in the middle. Signed... More
Hadley: Double Elephant Press, 2007. 15 x 13. 53 leaves. Eight poems on white St.-Armand paper are printed letterpress along with a blind-embossed image. Each poem is followed by five intaglios (2 folding out) on variously colored St.-Armand papers. They are tipped to linen which has a thin copper "spine,"... More
Hadley: Double Elephant Press, 2006. 17 x 12. Poetry, lithographs, and etchings by Michael Kuch retell the Biblical story of Samson from Delilah's point of view. The book's images refer to and play upon well-known works of art. The upper cover has a collage of a temple with marbled paper... More
Asparagus Valley (Hadley): Double Elephant Press, 2004. 7 1/2 x 10. 16 leaves, 6 of which fold out plus a coded spinning wheel. Printed throughout with wood type & chiaroscuro woodcuts in several colors on Japanese handmade paper. Bound by Mark Tomlinson in Shannon Brock's flax fiber wraps printed with... More
Northampton: Double Elephant Press, 2004. 18 x 14. 24 leaves. A satiric "natural history." 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... More
NY: Double Elephant Press, 1998. 8 1/4 x 9 1/2. A double accordion-fold of 34 leaves: 17 leaves for Gluttons and 17 for Angels, mounted back--to-back and hinged with linen. There are 29 copper-plate etchings: those for Gluttons in shades of brown & rust; Angels in gold, green, and blue... More
Double Elephant Press, (Northampton), 2000. Broadside 9 x 19 1/2. An etching (5 x 6) of a male figure whose arms & head metamorphose into tree branches where sits (Athena's) owl, surmounts Michael's poem to Baskin. Fine. No. 65 of 75 signed copies, none for sale. Poem, etching, and presswork... More
Northampton: Double Elephant Press, 2002. Two volumes. 11 1/2 x 15. 42 leaves: fourteen poems printed letterpress and twenty-one etchings, mostly in color. Three of the images are large, foldout etchings; two of the images are repeated, making a total of 23 etchings. The binding suggests the former World Trade... More
2002. 23 x 16 1/2. Accomplished in yellows, gold, orange, green, and blue. Dated and signed. Fine condition. A study for an etching in Falling to Earth. When planning illustrations for his books, Michael often begins with a watercolor. More
Northampton: Double Elephant Press, 2002. 11 1/2 x 15. 42 leaves: fourteen poems printed letterpress and twenty-one etchings, mostly in color. Three of the images are large, foldout etchings; two of the images are repeated, making a total of 23 etchings. The binding suggests the former World Trade Towers on... More
(Northampton), 1999. A figure seated within a large clockwork mechanism is drawn by two buffalo reaping wheat. The colors are ochre, orange, vermillion, blues, greens, and purple. Pastel measures 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 and is tipped to a larger mat. Signed "Kuch 1999." Fine. Kuch creates his book images... More
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. WITH an extra suite... More
Northampton: Double Elephant Press, 2001. Poems by American poet laureate Hecht and intaglios by Michael Kuch form a series of 12 fold-out triptychs. 8 x 15. In a black silk tri-fold binding which supports the unfolded sheets. A red window in the upper cover reveals the half-title. Fine in slipcase... More
SF: John Henry Nash, 1929. 8 1/4 x 12 1/2. xviii, 35 pages. Tipped in leaf from Doves Press edition of Goethe. Full vellum, top edge gilt. Typographic bookplate inside front cover. Base of spine rubbed, some pinpoint speckling to vellum, very good. No. 40 of 312 copies containing a.... More
Boston, 1904. 12 1/4 x 17 1/4. (iii, 42) pages, ornamented with three 7-line initials. Pressmark in red. Quarter calf & tan boards, spine and upper cover with gilt lettering by Sarah Wyman Whitman. Leather spine quite dry & scuffed; boards soiled & edge-worn; pastedowns stained, contents very good. Good... More
London: Two-Horse Press (1965). Two vols. 9 x 12. 54 pages with 11 engravings. With a separate suite of the engravings on Japanese paper, laid into a matching portfolio. Green cloth spines, handmade yellow Japanese paper boards, slipcase a bit toned from acidic paper. A fine set. Harold Hugo's copy... More
London, (1963). 9 x 10. 40 pages + 48 plates. Bound by Philip Smith in 1964 (blindstamp signed on rear pastedown), in rose and blue morocco inlaid stylized icons. In new deep blue & rose tray case by Barbara Blumenthal. Corners a bit rubbed, blue on spine faded. Very good... More
Bruxelles, 1940s. 9 3/4 x 8 3/4. Used. Previously folded. Very good. The images are by various artists. One shows the old city of Brussels. More
Meriden: Bayberry Hill Press, 1969. 9 x 12. 76 pages with numerous tipped in photos, reproductions, type specimens, and 16 original leaves from Bayberry books. Printed blue boards, stapled, spine covered with blue binders' tape. The staples have rusted, tips lightly worn, some of the mounted specimens are loosening from... More
San Francisco, 1957. Broadside 19 x 12 1/2. Seven of the 10 inks are printed. Previously folded twice for mailing, some light creases; reverse side has some toning to paper. A good example. One of 250 copies hand printed by Evans at his Peregrine Press. Evans was known for his botanical color prints. More
(Kentfield): Allen Press, 1962. Folio (11 x 16). 98 leaves. Unbound as issued in 5 sections, each with printed wraps. In blue felt-lined cloth chemise & cloth slipcase. Fine. One of 130 copies printed on a handpress on dampened Rives, in Goudy Modern and Cochin Italic. Subtle color marginal decorations... More
