Fine Press & Book Arts
Joseph Goldyne: Catalogue Raisonné Of Books, Portfolios, And Calligraphic Sheets
Stanford University Libraries, January 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fine. 411 pp. More
Paper Crafters: The How-To Newsletter For Paper Craft Enthusiasts. Vols. 1-3
Paper Crafters, 0000. Unknown. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A complete run of the first three volumes; 14 issues in all (vol. 1: six issues; vols. 2-3: four issues. 1994-1996). Light wear else Very Good to Near Fine. // A note worthy newsletter in the paper crafting world..... More
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Now newly imprinted for the Limited Editions Club by J.H. Nash, San Francisco, January 1934. First Thus. Hardcover. Very good copy with slight fading at spine and spotting to top edge of text; bound in tan linen over blue boards, paper spine label; good slipcase with minor wear and fading..... More
Ancient Song
The Red Ozier Press, [1980]. Limited Edition. Wraps. Bound in handsewn green covers with blue and black titles on the front cover. 8 x 12 inches. A single sheet letterpress printed on Nideggen paper, and folded in thirds, with an engraving by Morgan filling two panels and a Glass poem..... More
Jack Gannon: Jack Of All Trades And Master Of One
Arion Press, 1986. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 300 copies printed by Andrew Hoyem for subscribers of the Arion Press and the 1986 joint meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamorano clubs. Printed brown paper boards over brown cloth spine. [56]pp., with a few woodcuts throughout. A Fine copy. More
Three Speeches From A Play
NP, 1970. First Edition. Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. From the library of the acclaimed British-American poet Denise Levertov with her embossed label affixed to the verso of the front cover. Single-sheet folded in half, measuring 9.25 x 11.5 inches. Color reproduction of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec..... More
Reflections on Art and the Artist
Aryel Publishing Ltd., 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, printed letterpress. A fine copy in red cloth over marbled boards, printed cover label. More
Cypresses: Poems
Graywolf, 1981. Limited Edition. Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. One of 225 numbered copies of the wraps edition; this copy is No. 185. Signed by Anderson on the half title, and by Helen Byers on the title page. 6.75 x 10.5 inches. 37pp., bound in brown Canson..... More
Walter Hamady. Merit Badge
Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2014. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. An exhibition catalog for a show held by Corbett vs. Dempsey from July 25 to August 23, 2014. One of 1,000 copies; a stated First Printing. 64pp., featuring a selection of 37 items, from notable..... More
Father Of Waters: Poems, 1965-1976
Abbatoir Editions, 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 235 press numbered copies, this being #147, printed on a Gutenberg Laid paper, and sewn into green cloth boards with paper printed spine label. This copy is signed by Howard at the back opposite the colophon, and is dated 1979. Aside from..... More
Four Classics by Elbert Hubbard: A Message to Garcia; The Boy from Missouri Valley; Get Out or Get in Line; The Divine in Man.
Roycrofters, 1916. First Thus. Wraps. 4 classic Elbert Hubbard handsewn chapbooks (some with covers designed by Dard Hunter), issued between 1916-1917. Housed in the original salmon printed folder. The 4 copies are Very Good with light fading and toning to the wraps; the folder is Good with moderate chipping and..... More
Recipes for Fall
inTime Press / Hypatia-in-the-Woods, 2000. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" One of 40 copies printed letterpress as a keepsake by the authors. Includes a useful recipe for fruit chutney. Small stain to edge of cover, otherwise a fine copy. More
Betwixt & Between: Fugitive Poems By John Ruyle
The Pequod Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" One of 26 signed and Lettered copies, this being “T”. Bound in quarter light brown cloth over marble paper boards, with a mounted spine label. A Fine copy. Ruyle's private press - the Pequod Press - issued..... More
Cannibals and Other Poems
The Pequod Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" One of 30 signed and numbered copies, this being #29. 6 x 9 inches. 35pp., bound in full batik cloth over boards, with a mounted spine label. Set in Centaur and Arrighi types. Ruyle's private press -..... More
Contrasts and Other Poems
The Pequod Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" One of 32 signed and numbered copies, this being #28. Bound in full black and white patterned cloth over boards, with a mounted spine label. Ruyle's private press - the Pequod Press - issued numerous Sherlockian and..... More
The Adventure of the Fairfax Umpire: A Memoir of Turlock Loams
The Pequod Press, 1988. First Edition. Unknown. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Handsewn printed wraps. Printed letterpress by John Ruyle at Pequod Press. One of 100 paper copies, this being #116. Light wear to wraps, else Near Fine. Another of the entertaining and witty 'Turlock Loams' parodies of..... More
Bumpers
Cuneiform Press, December 2011. First Edition. Broadside. A set of 12 printed bumper stickers designed and printed letterpress by Kyle Schlesinger with the assistance of Hannah King in two or three colors each. Contributors include: David Abel, Bill Berkson, Johanna Drucker, Craig Dworkin, Michael Gizzi, Michael Gottlieb, Ted Greenwald, Dorothea..... More
The Avant-Garde Book 1900-1945
Franklin Furnace, 1989. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 68pp., with glossy color covers, and b/w reproductions throughout. Published to accompany the exhibition held at Franklin Furnace, February 24 - May 6, 1989. Light rubbing to the covers, else a nice clean copy, tight spine..... More
Conrad's Manifesto: Preface to a Career: The History of the Preface to 'The Nigger of the 'Narcissus''
Gehenna Press/Rosenbach Fnd, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. One of 1,000 numbered copies (of a total edition of 1100); this being #79. 9.25 x 11.5 inches. 79pp., bound in original marbled boards with a printed paper label on the front cover. Notable for the..... More
The Eye of Heaven: a Narrative Poem
Abattoir Editions, 1982. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. One of 150 numbered copies printed by Harry Duncan; this being #84. 9.25 X 12 inches. 40pp., bound in tan wraps with mounted cream printed paper label wrapping around the spine and front cover. Letterpress printed..... More
California Hours
Hulbert & Barrett Books, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. One of 500 copies printed and handbound. This copy is inscribed by the author to fine press printer and binder Bonnie Thompson Norman. 8.25 x 12 inches. Bound in tan half cloth over paper covered..... More
Saint Patrick of England
Grabhorn Press, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio - between 12" - 15" Tall. One of 200 numbered copies signed by author; this being #3. 9 x 13 inches. 25pp., bound in quarter tan cloth over green cloth with red stamped titles on the spine. Printed letterpress by the Grabhorn Press..... More
Love's Progress or the Education of Araminta
The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 1525 numbered copies printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press, Cambridge; this being #396. 7.5 x 11.5 inches. 30pp., sewn into thin boards, with a marbled paper dust jacket, and printed paper title label on the front cover. Slight bumping..... More
The Chain of Memory Is Resurrection
[University of Connecticut Library], 1984. Later Printing. Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (large). One of 200 numbered copies, this being #31. 9.75 x 12 in. [16]pp., printed on B.F.K. Rives Lightweight Buff, in grey printed wraps, designed and printed by Margery Cantor; calligraphy by Glen Epstein. Wear..... More