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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  • Das Klapp-Buch. Wonderful Metamorphoses. Metamorphoses admirables.

    Das Klapp-Buch. Wonderful Metamorphoses. Metamorphoses admirables.

    (N.p. c. 1850. Small quarto.(6)ff. A book of six "metamorphoses"—moveable illustrations that change according to how the reader arranges their pages. Each of the six images has eight panels, four upper and four lower, creating four cohesive illustrations. But has the reader flips through the panels, the lower ones will.....

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

    Fröbel-Album. Emmy Boldt (cover title).

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

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  • Mite Series in Tartan.

    Mite Series in Tartan.

    Glasgow: Bryce, David, & Son, (c. 1900-1905). Five miniature volumes. (127); (127); (240); (384); (127)pp. The volumes included are: Golden Thoughts from Great Authors; Witty, Humorous, and Merry Thoughts; Robert Burns' Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect; The Smallest English Dictionary in the World; and Old English, Scotch, and Irish...

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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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  • 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 Eclectic Abecedarium.

    The Eclectic Abecedarium.

    Boston: Anne & David Bromer, 1983. (62)pp. First edition. From an edition of 400 copies signed by Gorey, this is one of 100 copies comprising the deluxe issue with the illustrations hand-colored by him. The text is an alphabet of short humorous couplets patterned after early moral primers for children...

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  • Beginning to End. A Selection from the works of Samuel Beckett.

    Beginning to End. A Selection from the works of Samuel Beckett.

    NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1988. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies, signed by Beckett and Gorey. Adapted by Samuel Beckett and Jack MacGowran. Design and typography by Ronald Gordon and Dean Bornstein, and illustrated throughout with vignettes by Gorey, printed in blue. Fine in patterned paper over boards. (Toledano B76b).

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  • The Earth and Its Inhabitants.

    The Earth and Its Inhabitants.

    (Germany: c. 1820s). A miniature globe covered with varnished paper showing the continents, outlined in color by hand, accompanied by a 27-panel miniature folding panorama. The panels show inhabitants of different countries from around the world in characteristic costumes, hand-colored and labeled in English, German, and French. Many of the...

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