(North Andover): Kat Ran Press, 1999. 6 x 9. (3) pages. Wraps bound by David Bourbeau in a three-part fold-over binding of pastepaper boards edged & hinged in morocco. The pastepaper on the outer cover is brushed to resemble a column of rising wood smoke, with title stamped in palladium..... More
(Rochester): P22 Publications, 2020. 9 1/2 x 12 1/2. 55 pages, mostly double spreads with a page of description facing the 26 type specimens. Each specimen is printed in one to 3 colors. Gold cloth, with luminous overprinted wood type endpapers. New. A colorful book printed from the original wood..... More
Pomona: Kelly-Winterton Press, 2004. 51/2 x 8 1/2. ix, 56, (2) pages plus 56 plates, four original leaves tipped in. Quarter red leather & boards, slipcased. Fine. One of 25 copies (total edition was 198 copies) with 4 original leaves tipped-in. Arranged chronologically, Kelly's long-needed Checklist expands and greatly revises..... More
Pomona: Kelly-Winterton Press, 2004. 51/2 x 8 1/2. ix, 56, (2) pages plus 56 plates, four original leaves tipped in. Full green morocco gilt, slipcased. Fine. Edition A. One of 6 signed & numbered copies (of 198), with four "more interesting" original leaves tipped-in. Arranged chronologically, the Checklist expands and..... More
Boston: Thomas G. Boss, 2008. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4. 54 pages plus 36 color plates. Quarter red cloth & boards gilt. Fine. A checklist of 102 books BR designed at Riverside includes publication date & publication price, type face, edition size. Much of the new information here comes from..... More
Hammersmith, 1892. (2), viii, 249, (1) pages. Woodcut border on first text page; woodcut initials throughout. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in 1900 in tan morocco with elaborate acanthus leaf pattern which reflects Morris' leafy woodcut border. Covers are stamped in brown, with brown & gilt rules; full morocco doublures & endleaves..... More
Mount Horeb: Perishable Press, 1971. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. 12) pages. Illustration collaged by the printer. Wraps. Fine. One of "100 copies or less," sold by subscription. Printed in Palatino types in several colors on Hamady's handmade Shadwell papers. More
Llandogo: The Old Stile Press, 2005. 10 x 15. 27 leaves with woodcuts throughout. The 40 woodcuts--many double page or full page -- are printed from the original blocks. Brown leather & a woodcut over boards. Fine. "How much is written of Pigme's, Fairies, Nymphs, Syrens, Apparitions, which tho not..... More
Evanston, 1986. Revised ed. 5 1/2 x 8. 87 pages. Cloth-backed boards. Fine. One of 378 copies. The best bibliography of the Fortsas Catalogue editions. The Catalogue was for books so rare only one copy of each was known. "The Fortsas hoax refers to an incident in Binche, Belgium, in..... More
The Aliquando Press Private Press & Typefoundry of Paul H. Duensing, (1976). 10 x 6. 30 broadsides in a variety of typefaces, in many colors, and 6 other sheets loose as issued. Fine in chemise and slightly worn slipcase. No. 145 of 150 copies. Includes notes about the types and..... More
Brookline: Carriage House Press, 1991. Two vols. 9 1/2 x 10. 115 pages, tipped-in sample of burnished bamboo paper. Illustrated with numerous photographs of material, processes, and crafts people. Quarter black morocco, textured side papers by Donna Koretsky. A saffron cloth portfolio holds 26 specimen papers, in their original sizes..... More
NY: Grolier Club, 2007. 8 x 10. 140 pages, with 80 color illustrations plus 6 original leaves. Quarter leather, slipcase. Limited to 20 copies. Designed by Jerry Kelly. The original sheets of the Grolier Club's 2000 catalogue are augmented by four illustrated leaves from books, an illustrated 4-page prospectus for..... More
NY: Grolier Club, 2000. 8 x 10. 140 pages, with 80 color illustrations. Wraps. Fine. A comprehensive list of Kredel's work by Mathilde Kredel Brown; with essays by Gay Walker, Hermann Zapf, & Ronald Salter. Designed by Jerry Kelly. More
Cambridge & Somerville, 1990. 9 x 6. Two text pages + 2 trifold leaves bearing 24 borders composed of printers' ornaments. printed Wraps. Fine. One of 150 copies printed at Firefly Press and Harvard's Bow and Arrow Press. More
Northampton: Double Elephant Press, 1994. 8 x 8. Half title, title, 7 pages of text with 5 wood engravings are followed by 27 color etchings and a double-fold etching in black, which opens to 32 inches. It depicts an anthropomorphic frog in the stages of aging from youth to death..... 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..... 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, 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
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
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
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
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
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, 1994. 8 x 8. Half title, title, 7 pages of text with wood engravings, 28 color etchings with tissue guards. One etching (in black) is a double fold out. Bound by Shoshannah Wineberg in green marbled paper over boards, red morocco spine label & tips, in..... 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
