Owned and operated by Anne and David Bromer, who have been in the business of fine books for nearly half a century, Bromer Booksellers specializes in rare and beautiful books. We carry a diverse selection of highlights in literature, illustrated books, finely printed books, and special artistic bindings, and we are noted for our fine selection of miniature books. We invite you to search or browse our entire inventory here, or please contact us directly if you wish to consult with our staff to find the perfect rare book for you.

 

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  • Fröbel-Album. Emmy Boldt (cover title).

    Fröbel-Album. Emmy Boldt (cover title).

    (Hamburg - Barmbek: c.1890). Quarto. (64)pp. Accordion-fold album, each page interleaved with protective tissue. Throughout the album, on both the fronts and backs of the folds, are various mounted paperworks, including 197 examples of paper folding, 52 pieces of paper basketwork, twenty-five pin-prick stitches, twenty-two geometrical silhouette works, and thirty-nine...

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  • Airs and Angels.

    Airs and Angels.

    (Carrollton, OH: Press on Scroll Road, 2007). Quarto. xv, (21)pp. One of 60 copies. A book of thirteen poems by Irish poet Peter Fallon, with three color illustrations by Carol Blinn, title-page calligraphy by Jerry Kelly, and a foreword by Wendell Berry. Bound by Priscilla Spitler in marbled paper-covered boards...

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  • Goldbrokat, Marke Exzellenz (cover title).

    Goldbrokat, Marke Exzellenz (cover title).

    (Germany: c. 1930). Oblong 12mo. 250ff. A sample book of 250 luxurious papers decorated in Art Deco designs, printed in multiple colors and embossed, partly with gold and silver, over papers of various hues. The papers were likely produced to be covering materials for boxes and cartons for luxury goods...

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  • Q.R.V.

    Q.R.V.

    Boston: Anne & David Bromer, 1989. (32)ff. From an edition of 400 copies, this is one of 110 hand-colored in metallic casein by the artist, and signed by him below the colophon. This Gorey rarity is bound in a one-of-a-kind designer binding by Brother Edgard Claes, a binder known for...

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  • The History of a Voyage to the Moon, with an Account of the Adventurers' Subsequent Discoveries. An Exhumed Narrative, Supposed to Have Been Ejected from a Lunar Volcano.

    The History of a Voyage to the Moon, with an Account of...

    London: Lockwood & Co. 1864. Octavo. (4), 204pp. First edition. Inscription on recto of frontispiece identifies author: “Geo. Evans presented to him by the Author H. Cowen the 20 Sept. 1866.” In standard references and OCLC previous to this copy’s discovery, the book was recorded as anonymous or according to...

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  • Eight Manuscript Poems.

    Eight Manuscript Poems.

    (c. 1946). Octavo. (8)ff. A manuscript poetry chapbook handmade by Robert Frost and inscribed by the poet with the dedication, "A Preview / for Nita and Doc / from / R. F. / After a good Bread Loaf / 1946." "Doc" refers to Frost's friend Reginald Cook, a Middlebury professor...

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  • Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell; together with The Chase. A Poem. By William Somerville.

    Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell; together with The Chase. A Poem. By...

    London: W. Bulmer, 1795; 1796. Quarto. Two books bound together in one volume: xx, 76; xv, vii, 126pp. First editions thus. With a fore-edge painting by the "double-line" painter depicting the pastoral village of Lissoy where Oliver Goldsmith spent his youth, standing in for the pseudonymous town of Auburn in...

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  • The Book-Case of Knowledge.

    The Book-Case of Knowledge.

    London: Wallis, 1801. Complete set of ten 48mo. volumes held in a wooden box designed to resemble a bookcase. 64; 32; 64; 64; 64; 32, 32; (64); 64; 62, ii; 64pp. Nine volumes bear engraved frontispieces. The volumes on natural history, geography and astronomy, and botany all contain engraved plates...

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  • After Summer.

    After Summer.

    (Old Deerfield/Dublin: Deerfield Press/Gallery Press, 1978). Octavo. (8)ff. One of 250 copies printed by Harold McGrath at Hampshire Typothetae, and signed by Heaney on the colophon. Illustrated by Timothy Engelland, who co-founded the Deerfield Press along with Gallery Press owner Peter Fallon. Contains the revised version of "Elegy", the poem...

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  • Florence Farr, Bernard Shaw, and W. B. Yeats.

    Florence Farr, Bernard Shaw, and W. B. Yeats.

    Dublin: Cuala Press, 1941. Octavo. (xvi), (88)pp., unopened. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Title-page device of a hawk attacking a small bird by T. Sturge Moore, and colophon printed in red. A collection of letters, edited by Clifford Bax, between actress Florence Farr, playwright Bernard Shaw, and author W....

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  • Historical Recreation; Or, British History in Miniature.

    Historical Recreation; Or, British History in Miniature.

    London: H. Teape, (c. 1810). A set of 100 cards, fifty with questions and fifty with matching answers, designed to be played by a group of people. The questions concern various significant individuals and events in the history of Britain, including questions of the dispositions and moralities of certain rulers...

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