(Wales) The Red Hen Press (1988). 10 x 13. (16) text pages,10 mezzotints & a mezzotint combined with relief etchings. Specially bound by Jan Ascoli (signed in the colophon) in quarter black morocco and handmade paper boards--a textured paper dyed in blue & red; pink endpapers. In a folding case..... More
The Red Hen Press, 1986. 6 1/2 x 10. 10 leaves + a doublespread relief etching from "Ellor-Gast" titled, dated, & signed by Jones. Bound in canvas printed across the covers with an illustration from Ellor-Gast. Fine, with prospectus. No. 26 of 30 specially bound signed copies. (The other 170..... More
Np, 1980. 6 x 7. 20 leaves of poems on grey Strathmore Artlaid paper. Pictorial blue wraps. Fine. A collection of Jones' poems which appeared in her Red Hen Press artist's books. One of 500 copies. More
London, 1895. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2. viii, 111 pages, 8 pages of ads, 12 plates. Original beveled cloth, all edges gilt, wear around edges. Very good. Gavin Bridson's copy. Covers the period 1870-1895. A number of the plates display "artistic" printing from the U. S., Germany, and England. Others..... More
Tokyo: The Mainichi Newspapers, 1974. Eleven volumes in 6 cases. 5 large cases (20 x 14 x 5) contain 1000 large, handmade paper specimens plus supplemental specimens and little "extras." There are 200 specimens in each folding cloth case, divided among several paper portfolios. Each specimen is tipped to a...... More
Krefeld, Germany ca. 1905. 9 3/4 x 12 1/2. 359 pages. Collated complete. Later cloth binding. Text in German, French, English, Spanish, & Italian. Paper is a bit brittle; title & first few leaves are chipped, some foxing, and a couple of tape repairs. Overall good plus. Brass ornaments for..... More
NY: Typophiles, 1950. 4 1/2 x 7. 60 pages, plates of Columbian hand presses. Cloth. Spine lightly faded, light wear, else very good. One of 420 as Typophile Chap Book 23. (Another 330 copies have the Book Club of California imprint.) Printed by Taylor & Taylor... More
(NY): Kaldewey Press, (1987). 15 x 20. (36) pages on English handmade paper, illustrated with 16 linecut-monoprints. There is a double spread illustration of the Pacific coast in shimmering blue & silver, on translucent paper. Bound by C. Zwang into string-tied plexiglass covers, in orange cloth tray case lettered in..... More
(Poestenkill: Kaldewey Press), 1988. 24 1/2 x 19 1/2. Seven sheets of heavily textured brown Japanese paper by Shusaku Tomi. With 17 linecut-monoprint illustrations on hand-colored backgrounds in various shades of green. Bound with a Brazilian rosewood spine. The book is gently folded in thirds and laid into a wooden..... More
Florence, Mass., June 2003-October 2005. Five booklets printed (exquisitely!) in letterpress by the Kat Ran Press for Ephemera Club subscribers. 8vo in size, each booklet is in a printed envelope (9 x 12). All fine in tray case by Sarah Creighton. "Portraits of Wilhelmina & George" contains 2 postage stamps..... More
(Florence, Mass.), 2003. 6 x 9. 32 leaves printed rectos only. The 16 portraits, printed in black and various colors, are interleaved with the name of the artist printed in gray. Stiff purple pastepaper wraps by Claudia Cohen. Fine. One of 135 numbered copies. Artistic contributions range from Michael Kuch's..... More
(Florence, Mass.), April 2005. 6 x 5. Printed folder containing 5 decals of the type specimen in "mirror writing," with directions for applying the decals. In printed envelope. Fine. Piece number 4 in the Kat Ran Ephemera Club series. Russem's sense of humor is here displayed. One of about 60..... More
Kentfield: Allen Press, 1972. 9 x 13. 79 pages. The folded sheets are enclosed in yellow paper wrappers, in aqua cloth folding case lined with orange cloth. Fine, with prospectus. Touches of orange & yellow give the book a Spanish flavor. Running titles in grey fore shadow Columbus' doom. One..... More
Rochester: RIT Press, (2016). 6 x 9. viii, 85 pages illustrated throughout in color. Cloth. Fine. The Aries Press was an American private press founded by Spencer Kellogg, Jr., in the 1920s. Its proprietary type face was designed by Frederic Goudy. A second-generation millionaire and supporter of the arts, Kellogg..... 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
NY, 1985. 4 3/4 x 7 1/2. Six pages. Vignette on title. Wraps. Fine. One of 108 copies printed by Jerry Kelly in Garamond types on Fabriano Ingres. 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
7 3/4 x 7 3/4. (28) pages, including two full page wood engravings on French-fold tan Kizuki paper. Boards covered with a wood engraving. Stuart Schimmel's copy, with an ALS from the printer/artist. Fine. No. 13 of 15 numbered copies, signed by Ronald Keller. The first Red Angel Press book..... More
Grapho Editions, 2009. 7 1/2 x 10 1/2. 25 pages illustrated throughout. Blue cloth titled on upper cover. Fine. In these poems about birds, text and images are interwoven into fluid shapes. Marbling, machined wood, and some wood engraving are used with a light touch. "All sorts of shapes and..... More
Rochester: Leopard Studio Editions, 2010. 3 1/2 x 7, accordion-fold, unfolding to 76 inches. Pochoir & letterpress in silver & copper inks and gouache on Nishinouchi Natural Naka Ban, hand- dyed with walnut ink. Affixed at each end onto boards covered in Velma Bolyard's paper from plants grown on her..... More
Gilford: Circle Press, 1984. 5 x 11 (closed). A double-sided concertina alphabet book of (56) pages, which are cut and folded as 26 pop-ups from heavy handmade Barcham Green paper. Attached to inlaid wood boards of sycamore and beech. Housed in two-part oatmeal cloth case titled in gold. Fine. One..... 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
Frankfurt, 1949. 9 x 6. 25 leaves of alphbets engraved in metal by Fritz Kredel and Gustav Eichenauer. Boards, a bit faded; endpapers tanned; contents very good. Good copy in dustwrapper. 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 the..... More
