Sandy Hook: Chiswick Bookshop, 1990. 10 x 14. 112 pages. With an original leaf from The Psalter (431/432) printed on vellum. Cloth, leather spine label, slipcase. Fine copy. A fascinating history of Updike's magnum opus, from The Merrymount Press. J. P. Morgan sponsored a competition to design and print the..... More
NY: The Grolier Club, 1933. 8 1/4 x 12 1/4. Half-title, frontis by Emery Walker, vii, (2), 105, (1) pages. Title within white-on-red strapwork border. Red ornaments & strapwork initials. Illustrated throughout with diagrams of Roman letters, with tissue guards. Vellum-backed pattern paper boards by W. H. Smith. Fine copy..... More
Circa, 1955. The image measures 5 x 6 5/8 inches on a sheet 8 x 11 1/2, with a blind-printed frame around the image. Signed by BR underneath. Avery pleasant portrait, in which BR wears a three-piece tweed suit, striped shirt, solid tie, and a smile. A different portrait, but..... More
(Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1906). 11 1/2 x 17 1/2. xxxiv double-column pages. Illustrated with seven "stained glass windows" richly colored by hand. Quarter vellum & boards decorated with a fleur-de-lis pattern, vellum tips. Minor faults to binding: small bump to spine base, light wear bottom edges, small white spot to..... More
(Lanston Monotype, 1924). 8 3/4 x 12 1/4. (14) pages. Original wraps with an all-over design by BR. A fine copy in the original (but very shabby) plain envelope. Specially signed by Rogers beneath the title page border. One of 223 copies printed for Bruce Rogers, on handmade paper. A...... More
Boston: HM, 1905. 5 7/8 x 9. 32 pages. Maroon cloth, gray boards, paper spine label. Extra label tipped in at rear. Very slight wear from rubbing in the slipcase, else a fine copy. The slipcase is missing an inch from the top panel. No. 23 of 375 copies, printed..... More
