The Peter Pauper Press of Peter and Edna Beilenson 1928-1979. A Bibliography and History.
University of Tampa Press, 2013. 6 x 9. 302 pages. Indices. Decorated boards. Fine. More
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PROBEN Aus der Schriftschneiderei Schrift- und Metall-Buchstaben-Giesserei.
Frankfurt, 1832. 6 3/4 x 8. 82 leaves printed rectos only. Tipped to front end paper is a fold-out price list dated 1831; printed in black, green, blue, peach, & yellow. Linen spine & stiffened color-printed wraps, two old handmade wrap-around paper spine labels. A little wear and soiling, a...... More
AMERICAN BOOK-BINDINGS IN THE LIBRARY OF HENRY W. POOR. Illustrated in Gold-Leaf and Colours by Edward Bierstadt.
Jamaica, NY, 1903. 6 x 9. 77 pages, plus 35 superb chromolithographs of bindings. Original ribbed blue cloth gilt. Plates have offset as usual; something acidic has offset onto pastedown. Light wear at extremities, but a clean & bright copy. One of 200 (of 238) numbered copies printed at the..... More
Blessings.
Elmwood: Raven Press, 1987. 6 x 9. 32 pages. Pastepaper over boards. Fine with prospectus. No. 27 of 60 signed copies. Designed and printed by Carol Blinn at the Warwick Press. Carol also made the pastepaper. More
ÉPREUVES DES DIVERS ORNEMENS TYPOGRAPHIQUES, Gravés sur Bois et polytypés de la Collection de P. Durouchail.
Paris: Imprimerie de E. Duverger, 1827. 10 1/2 x 17. Original blue wraps with title & imprint on upper wrap; table of contents on lower wrap. 42 leaves: 1-30, 35-38, (1), 41-44, 48-50 pages, printed rectos only. The Table of contents calls for only 38 pages. The ornaments on these..... More
Garden Relicts.
Oldham: Incline Press, 2006. 9 x 6 1/2. 21 pages printed rectos only, illustrated with copper etchings & linocuts of objects dug from the old kitchen garden: glass bottles, fossils, small metal obects, clay pipes. Bound by Chris Hicks in green leather with horizontal bands of tan and brown leather..... More
The Voice of the Prophet. Messianic Prophecies.
(Flemington: St. Teresa's Press, 1970). 8 x 11. 33 pages. Illuminated by the Carmelite nuns large initial letters painted in 23-carat gold, silver, and a vibrant shades of red, green, blue, and purple. Bound by Fritz Eberhardt in full black morocco with abstract design formed by 62 onlays of morocco..... More
The Pearl. Translated by John F. Crawford with Andrew Hoyem.
San Francisco, 1967. 9 x 11. 125 pages with four color illustrations, reproduced for the first time from the only surviving manuscript of the poem. Bound by Fritz Eberhardt in full dark green morocco inlaid with a flowers & leaves in greens, browns, yellow, and turquoise and tooled in turquoise..... More
Why This Happiness. Poems. Woodcuts by Karen Randall.
Northampton: Propolis Press, 2002. 12 x 12. 15 pages, French-fold. Bound by Barry Spence in boards nature-printed from hand inked Fall foliage printed in greens & yellows; and housed in a walnut dyed four-flap folder. Fine. Limited to 40 copies, of which no two are exactly alike. Matched to Edelstein's..... More
About Sylvia. Poems by Diane Ackerman, John Berryman, Peter Davidson, Luciana Frezza, Rachel Hadas, Judith Herzberg, Ted Hughes, Robert Lowell, Anne Sexton, Richard Wilbur.
Wallingford, PA: ELM Press, 1996. 10 1/2 x 15 1/2. Ten poems about Sylvia Plath,written by those who knew her; 10 lithographs by Enid Mark. Eight poems are double spread pages; two longer poems are set on fold-out pages. Black Fabriano paper wraps titled in silver, in black cloth tray..... More
An Afternoon at Les Collettes.
Wallingford, PA: ELM Press, 1988. 27 leaves, most attached at fore edges, forming double spreads which are seamless and lay flat. Each page is lithographed in muted, dreamy earth tones and green. The minimal text is printed on these in black or green. In green linen tray case lined with..... More
Ars Botanica. A Collection of Poems. Lithographs by Enid Mark.
Wallingford, 2004. 10 1/2 x 15. Fourteen double spreads feature a letterpress poem facing a fullpage duotone lithograph of a plant in warm gray and black tones. A second lithograph, printed in glowing floral colors that vary from page to page, appears on a translucent sheet tipped in between. This..... More
The Inconstant Moon. Poems to the Moon by Mark Jarman, Phillis Levin, James Longenbach, Jacqueline Osherow, Susan Stewart, Mark Strand, Elaine Terranova, & Eleanor Wilner.
Wallingford, PA, 2007. 10 1/2 x 14. Fourteen double leaves attached at fore edges. A Homeric hymn "To Selene," printed in Gill's Greek type, opens the text. 8 poems are paired with Enid Mark's lithographs of star fields printed in indigo & black which bleed across the page creating a...... More
To Persephone. Poems by Eavan Boland, Rita Dove, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Celia Gilbert, Louise Glücvk, A. D. Hope, Stanley Kunitz, Laurie Sheck, and Nancy Willard. Lithographs by Enid Mark.
Wallingford, PA: ELM Press, 2000. 14 x 9 1/2. Nine poems by contemporary poets who plumb the emotional depths of the myth. The poems, (two of which are previously uncollected), are accompanied by a sequence of lithographs—a foldout frontispiece, a centerfold spread, and a foldout endpiece. When the book lies..... More
The Elements. A Poem by Susan Stewart, with Lithographs by Enid Mark.
Wallingford, 2002. 15 x 11. 37 unnumbered pages, most attached at fore-edges and presented as double spreads. Grey cloth & matching tray case by Sarah Creighton. The binding structure allows the pages to lay flat without sewing threads in the gutter. Lithographs throughout form the background to the poems. Fine..... More
EDGES.
(Madison), 1979. 7 x 9. (14) pages. Each page has a blind etched frame (or edges) which cannot contain the fragmentary etchings, collages, and mounted thought bubbles. Both endpapers present the artist's statement. Mustard cloth. Fine. Torn, fragmented, floating, hidden under an overlay with peep holes the words and images..... More
MANUALE DI EPITTETO con pagine dello stesso dalle Diatribe.
Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1967. 6 x 10. 200 pages. Quarter light blue morocco, top edge gilt. Spine evenly faded, all else fine in slipcase. The 19th century translation into Italian is by Giacomo Leopardi. Handsomely printed in Centaur types, with some Greek key borders in blue & yellow. More
Die wol-eingerichtete Buchdruckerey:. mit hundert und achtzehen teutsch-, latenisch-, griechisch-, hebraischen Schriften, vieler fremden SprachenAlphabeten.
Nürnberg: Johann Andreä Endters, 1721 (actually 1731). First edition, later printing. 9 3/4 x 7 1/2. 30 leaves, 140 pages, 11 leaves. This is lacking its title page, which was neatly excised. Most text printed in double columns, within a black border. A full page frontis of Ernesti's printing shop..... More
Gwasg Gregynog, A descriptive catalogue of printing at Gregynog1970-1990.
(Newtown): Gwasg Gregynog, 1990. 7 1/2 x 12. xii, 74 pages illustrated throughout. White & black morocco with large rectangular inset both covers-- a colorful photographic collage of GG books overlaid with translucent paper; ruled in white. Fine in the original black cloth colander box. Copy no. X of 25..... More
"Specimen Sheet and Price List of the World's Finest Printing Inks. For all fine letterpress work, manufactured by Jänecke-Schneemann, K. G., of Hannover, Germany."
San Francisco, 1957. Broadside 19 x 12 1/2. Seven of the 10 inks are printed. Previously folded twice for mailing, mild creases at edges of centerfold, otherwise very good. One of 250 copies hand printed by Evans at his Peregrine Press. Evans was known for his botanical color prints. More
Triptych for the Living. Poems by William Everson, with prints by Mary Fabilli.
(Oakland:) Seraphim Press, 1951. 8 x 10. (27) pages with 4 woodcuts + a lengthy, expository colophon. Full vellum with red linen ties. Fine. There are 3 inscriptions in the colophon and one on the title page. Initially inscribed by Everson to fellow printer Alfred Kennedy. Re-inscribed to another printer..... More
The City is My Religion. A Typographic Memoir.
Chicago: Starshaped Press, 2020. 17 x 11. Two portfolios of ten prints each. The first portfolio "Elevations" contains 10 type pictures of Chicago printed in colors by letterpress. The second portfolio "Construction Drawings" contains 10 "blueprints" printed by offset. Both housed in a red cloth tray case with printed labels..... More
The First Writing.
San Jose, 2004. Original calligraphic manuscript. 6 x 8 (closed). Accordion-fold of 10 pages, mostly double spreads. The text is lettered on acrylic paste painted Arches, in gouache, pastel, and metallic ink. Each page shimmers. Bound in earthern-toned paste paper over boards tied with beaded suede thongs. Enclosed in a...... More
Three Fragments. From the Posthumous Papers of….
Lexington: Stamperia del Santuccio, 1951. 5 1/2 x 8. 180, (2) pages. Original cloth boards, with spine label. Light extremity wear, deckles are browned. Good copy. One of 152 copies, not numbered, on Hosho paper, printed in black and red in American Uncial. This is Varia 9 and the same..... More
THE TOWER OF THE WINDS.
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