TYPOGRAPHIA 1.
(Harper Woods), 1976. 6 x 9. Wraps. Fine in printed envelope. No. 76 of 325 copies, signed by Leonard Bahr. Quotes from well-known printers defining a private press. Printed in a variety of typefaces and ornaments. More
Private Presses
VALENTI ANGELO Author + Printer + Illustrator. A checklist of his work from 1926 to 1970.
Bronxville, 1970. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2. 142 pages. Title, decorative initial, and numerous illustrations hand illuminated by Angelo. Of the 65 examples of Angelo's work, about half have subtle touches of gold or color (or both). White vellum paper spine titled in gold, & red boards. The red paper... More
DE QUATUOR EVANGELISTIS.
Lexington, 1955. 5 1/4 x 7 3/4. (10) pages with 8 woodcuts by Victor Hammer. Blue boards, wrap-around title label. Spine base bumped, one-inch repair to rear backstrip. Very good. One of 250 copies printed by Carolyn Reading in red and black in Hammer's American Uncial type. Hammer based his... More
ORATIO DE HOMINIS DIGNITATE. Oration on the Dignity of Man.
(Lexington, 1953). 8 1/2 x 12. 47, (2) pages. Bound by Peter Verheyen (signed on rear doublure) in goat vellum with natural graining, deep grey morocco spine, upper cover titled in palladium, Cave Paper layered indigo night doublures. Fine. An elegant, complementary binding for a work of pure typography. The... More
Secondary Colors. A Collaborative Book.
The Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, 2012. 4 x 7. Twenty-one gatherings by as many book artists. Bound by Todd Pattison in deep citron morocco inset with shapes in marbled & gilt papers. Fine. Inspired by Paul Theroux's three essays on orange, green, and purple, the... More
THE TREATYSE OF FYSSHYNGE WITH AN ANGLE.
Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1903. 5 1/2 x 7 3/4. 48 pages. Vellum, spine titled in gilt. Spine slightly creased vertically & text block protrudes a quarter-inch, all else fine. Very good copy. Frontis woodcut & text illustrations are re-cut from the originals of 1496. One large initial in red &... More
Three Evening Prayers.
San Francisco: Colt Press, 5 x 7. (36 ) pages, tipped in facsimile of Austen ms. Bound in heavy English embroidered cloth. Fine with prospectus. First printing of these prayers. Printed in handset Centaur capitals, in black & red, on handmade paper. "We have endeavored to make this...as pure and... More
By His Own Labor: The Biography of Dard Hunter.
Tuscaloosa: Red Hydra Press, 2000. Two volumes. 7 x 11. Wood engraved portrait, signed, by John DePol, xxv, 332 pages; indexed. Quarter green morocco & patterned boards by Gray Parrot. A separate, cloth-bound book contains the plates. Both volumes in green cloth traycase. A fine set at publication price. Based... More
BEASTS FROM BELLOC.
Portland: Chamberlain Press, 1982. 5 x 6 1/2. 15 leaves printed in black & red, with Sarah Chamberlain's wood engravings throughout. Bound by Barbara Blumenthal in decorated boards, spine-length leather label. Fine. With the prospectus. One of 125 signed copies. More
PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MERKER. A Bibliographical Study.
NY: Grolier Club, 1997. 8 x 11. xviii, 142 pages with 18 illustrations. With 5 original leaves (some illustrated, some double) from Windhover Press books. Green cloth spine & pastepaper boards. Fine in slipcase. One of 50 copies specially bound, with original specimens. A comprehensive bibliography of the Stone Wall... More
The Revelation of John the Divine.
Pownal: Mason Hill Press, 1983. 8 x 101/2. (ii), 62 pages. Illustrated with 25 woodcuts by James Dignon and large calligraphic initials by Mark Livingston in red, blue & green. Bound by Daniel Kelm in dark brown morocco inlaid in red & blue on upper cover with a symbol from... More
BATTLE SKETCHES. With eight engravings on wood by Thomas Derrick.
Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1930. 7 1/2 x 11. 88 pages. Vellum with yapp edges, lettered in gilt. Tips a bit bumped, some cover soil, contents fine. Small booklabel of Harold Hugo, along with Hugo's penciled notes. A very good copy of this handsome book about the American Civil War... More
SIXTEEN POEMS IN VERSE & WOOD. Wood cut & engraved by George Lockwood.
Boston: Impressions Workshop, Cricket Press, 1965. 9 x 9 1/2. 17 French-fold leaves. A color engraving (on the left) faces a poem (on the right). Brown boards, side-stitched, label on upper cover, marbled endpapers. Small bookplates of Harold Hugo & family member on blank. A 45-RPM recording of the poet... More
BURAKE : BLESSINGS. Drawn from Ge'ez Scrolls.
NY: Khelcom New York, 2010. 8 x 10. Twenty-eight French-fold leaves: 4 pages of text, 3 photogravures (2 double spread) of pilgrimages, 21 fullpage color woodcuts. There are 2 smaller woodcuts within the text. Bound by Gray Parrot in stiff vellum wraps, in cloth traycase with vellum label. Fine. Bogardus... More
OUT OF THE CELLAR. A Garland for Cantina. with a frontispiece portrait by Ansel Adams and a letter from Bruce Rogers.
Northampton: Smith College Libraries, 2005. 7 1/2 x 10 1/2. Photogravure print of Ruth and Clarence Kennedy, (32) pages illustrated, a tipped on proof of title page text Kennedy left as standing type. Bound by David Bourbeau and Stephanie Gibbs with Elephant Hide spine & fore-edge, and blue boards gilt... More
XI LXIVMOS: Memoirs of a Bibliomidget.
Bromer Booksellers & HM Editions, 2015. Miniature. 2 1/4 x 2 3/4. 72 pages + 4 original leaves tipped-in. Bound by Sarah Creighton in full black morocco gilt all-over in a vine pattern. In red silk clam shell box with leather spine label. Fine. No. XXXII of XXXV deluxe signed... More
THE VACANT FRAME.
(Steventon): The Rocket Press, (1983). 9 x 7. 14 leaves + blank, illustrated with linocuts by John R. Smith, loose in decorated boards portfolio. With a pair of quoins, 10 pieces of metal type, and a miniature alphabetical type specimen in a compartmented tray case with labels. Spot on first... More
The Stanbrook Abbey Press 1956-1990. With an Introduction by John Dreyfus, and a Memoir of Dame Hildelith Cumming by the Abbess of Stanbrook.
Andover: Whittington Press, 1992. Two volumes. 9 x 12 1/2. Photographic frontis, xvi, 225 pages, 2 photographic plates, 8 tipped-in original leaves, original wood engraving, and honey label. Quarter vellum & marbled boards. A separate cloth & boards portfolio holds 20 original specimens of Stanbrook Abbey printing (both ephemera and... More
GIFTS OF THE LEAVES. With Prints from the Ova Series by Julia Ferrari.
Ashuelot: Trois Fontaines Press, (1997). An original etching tipped-in as frontis, 30 leaves, 3 duotones of etchings. Bound in an abstract paste paper painting over boards. Dan's poems were inspired by the Celtic symbolic alphabet of trees. Written during the 10 years required for him to cut the Regulus type... More
WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY SARAH CHAMBERLAIN 1975-1980.
(Portland, OR.). 7 1/2 x 8 1/2. 48 wood engravings, each numbered and signed. Loose in marbled wrappers & oatmeal cloth tray case with long leather label by Barbara Blumenthal. Fine. No. 8 of only 25 sets of these delightful engravings. Some are from Sarah's "Seven English Riddles for Children,"... More
A LETTER OF COLUMBUS. With monoprints by Anthony Rice.
Logan Elm Press, 1990. 9 x 12 1/2. 19 leaves with colorful images and hand painted calligraphic initials throughout the letterpress. The double spread title page is hand-lettered & ornamented with gold. Stiff wraps sewn onto leather spine, yapp edges. Fine in sturdy slipcase cover in paste paper, with inset... More
PAPER, An historical account of its making by hand from the earliest times down to the present day.
Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1934. 10 x 14. xvi, 157 pages plus 54 plates and 2 pages of watermarks. Quarter blue morocco spine & corners, tan cloth sides, spine titled in gilt, top edge gilt. Spine sunned to green, leather scuffed at joints and extremities. Book plate on paste down... More
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. With ten engravings on copper by David Jones.
Bristol: Douglas Cleverdon, 1929. 10 x 12. (ii), 37 pages + 8 fullpage copper engravings. Two smaller engravings in the text. Quarter buckram. Spine darker, with tiny stain; board upper tips worn; bookplate inside cover; flyleaves shadowed from binder's glue in pastedowns. Very good copy. No. 111 of 460 copies... More
Crash! An Experiment in Blockmaking and Printing.
London: The Gogmagog Press, (1963). 4 1/4 x 7 1/2. 26 leaves, joined at fore edges, including 8 double page color prints. Plain brown wraps. Fine. One of 80 copies, signed by Cox. "This little book utilizes a series of blocks made from odds and ends of waste material, printed... More
Poems 1970-1971.
The Gogmagog Press, 1972. 5 3/4 x 9. 48 French-fold leaves, illustrated with 8 full page color intaglios. Boards covered with Japanese "net-mesh" paper. Fine. Cox’s impressionistic poems are reflected in his typography. In the layout for “Band in the Park” one can see a park with a lake and... More