(London, 2001). 8 x 10. Twenty-four leaves: 6 original color etchings face 6 evocative vignettes of Indian life; each is preceded by a half-title and interleaved with textured Japanese tissue.;leaves without text or illustration are ruled in various colors. Bound by Allix in golden morocco having geometric onlays in red..... More
Paris: Sans Pareil, 1926. 9 x 11. 147 pages + 18 plates. Bound by Donald Glaister in 1986 in dark teal morocco with large onlay of blue morocco across both covers & spine, smaller green onlay across spine partially obscures the blind-tooled name "Croniamantal" (the hero's name in this surrealist..... More
(Northampton): Gehenna Press, 1967. 8 x 11. 31 leaves. "The twenty-seven maxims and mottoes, in a variety of tongues, are printed one to a leaf in divers colors." Full tan morocco ruled in gold by Arno Werner. Morocco-backed clamshell case case (corner slightly bumped). Fine copy with prospectus. One of..... More
Katoomba, NSW: Wayzgoose Press, 1998. 19 x 15. (25) pages concertina-folded open to 11 double-spreads of 38 inches. A "typographical jam session," every page is an original print -- "hot, steamy and dreamy amorphous collographs" and multi-coloured monographs. " These were further illuminated by painting directly on individual pages, making..... More
(Boston, 2008). A handmade deck of 54 cards including 2 Jokers. 3 3/8 x 2 3/8 in a mahogany box, with the signed colophon inside the lid. Clubs are 3-leaf clovers; Diamonds are birds; Hearts are trees; Spades are flowers. All the Jacks, Queens, & Kings have aluminum or gold..... More
Cleveland, 2002. 12 x 14. (28) pages on 14 leaves of aluminum on paper hinges. Quarter morocco binding with aluminum sides; aluminum felt-lined tray case with aluminum label. As new, with the 4-page prospectus, Notice on interleaving, and the RARE WAXING KIT. "A book of paintings, material studies and poetry..... More
Vermont, 1984. 10 x 13. 122 pages. With 40 relief prints by Claire Van Vliet--mainly etchings, many combined with pochoir. Geometric ornaments throughout. Six pages fold out about 57 inches for a panoramic scene of the circus train. Bound in stenciled buckram, vellum spine with exposed sewing. Stenciled traycase has..... More
Stillwater, Maine, 2007. 4 x 6. A one-of-a-kind hand lettered and painted artist's book. Twenty-seven text pages are interspersed with 5 double-spread nature prints created by the sun and enhanced by Leavitt. Bound in sage green linen wraps, and housed in a forest green tray case lined with two colorful..... More
Paris: F.-L. Schmied, 1925. Small 4to (6 1/2 x 9 3/4). Twenty-three gatherings (89 printed pages) plus blanks at beginning and end. Schmied's printed note to the binders and another printed note about the placement of the half-title illustration are laid in. Wood engravings by Schmied throughout, printed in colors..... More
