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Northumberland: Bird Editions, 2011. 12 x 9 3/4. (18) leaves loose, as issued, in two-part wrappers of grey glaciers against a blue sky, with a coordinating slipcase by the Red Bone Bindery. The 12 initial letters of the Greenlandic alphabet are illustrated by 12 pochoir-colored prints of icebergs. Fine. One... More
Easthampton , 1986. Two volumes. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. (44) pages French-fold. All text--initial letters, Latin names, & common names—has been painted by Suzanne Moore in an array of colors. Bound in vellum by Gray Parrot. An original signed watercolor by Robinson, a suite of the wood engravings (each... More
Andoversford: Whittington Press, 1986. 5 3/4 x 7 1/4. Twenty-six leaves Frenchfold, with hand-colored illustration on verso and alphabetical word printed in red on facing page. Silk boards, side stitched; slipcase. Rear pocket contains a very large, folded, broadside of all the illustrations printed in black and signed by the... More
Verona: Officina Bodoni, (1960). 6 x 9. 140 pages, 5 plates (one double). Mardersteig's 60-page introduction is followed by the first treatise on the construction of Roman letters (ca. 1460). The 25 letters are hand-colored in two colors (after the original manuscript) with corresponding construction grid on facing verso. 140... More
5 1/4 x 4 3/4. 28 leaves in black & red, illustrated with c19 wood engravings and stereotypes. Printed wraps, very good. One of 500 copies printed at the Gehenna Press. Several versions of the letter appear on the left side facing an illustration and phrase on the right. Five... More
Lurey, Devon, 1982. 6 1/2 x 9. Title, (52) pages with 26 line-cut illustrations from drawings by Baskin, errata page, hand colored wood engraved press mark (owl & pomegranate). Cream vellumized boards titled in gilt. Fine copy, in marbled slipcase. A special, association copy, "Printer's copy" signed and inscribed by... More
London: Faber & Faber for the Aids Crisis Trust, (1991). 10 x 13. Vellum spine titled in gold, blue Fabriano boards. Fine in matching slipcase. Hockney's 26 colorful, whimsical letters were assigned to 26 writers for their response (a story, poem, thought). One of 300 copies signed by Hockney, Spender... 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
Heavenly Monkey, 2017. 4 1/2 x 6. Title + 26 leaves+colophon, all printed (black) & calligraphed (red) on rectos only. Bound by Claudia Cohen in a non-adhesive limp vellum, gold-tooled at the edges, title calligraphed in red on the spine. The pastedowns are taken from old vellum manuscripts. Fine in... More
Oldham: Incline Press, 2000. 11 x 15. Two double-column text pages, followed 27 original prints. Cloth spine, Marx patterned paper boards. Tips very slightly bruised else fine, with prospectus. One of 150 (of 160) copies, hand printed on acid-free Fabriano. The linocuts are printed in black or various colors, with... More
(NP, ca. 1840). 9 1/4 x 11 3/4. 120 pages. The album is comprised of 12 alphabets of 25 letters (there is no "W") on rectos of thick, smooth paper which was "made" by the artist. There are also a title page, an index, and 10 section titles preceding the... More
Boston, ca. 1880s. 4 1/2 x 3. Letters "J," "O," and "Y." Text on reverse promotes the stationer. Designed by "CA." Very good condition. More
Florin Press, 1985. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2. (7) pages followed by 12 wood-engraved alphabets, printed from the original blocks in various colors. Calligraphic book label on pastedown. Quarter red calf & vellum boards. A few spots of flaking to leather along joints. Near fine in slipcase. One of 150... More
