Announcing Bromer Gallery!

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To mark our 50th year as a leading specialist in rare and beautiful books, we are pleased to announce the launch of Bromer Gallery, which will open its first exhibition on November 1, 2018. Bromer Gallery will operate in conjunction with Bromer Booksellers, and will feature original art, edition prints, and related material, executed by artists whose work is centered upon the idea of the book as art. This new endeavor is a natural extension of our long history as specialists in the art of the book. 

The inaugural exhibition of Bromer Gallery opens this Thursday, November 1st, with a cocktail reception from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. "Goldman and Lee: Shadow and Color" showcases Jane Goldman's Audubon Suite, which incorporates plates from John James Audubon's Birds of America into vibrant still-lifes, and the woodcut prints and books of Jim Lee, who draws inspiration from the lush landscapes of Ireland, the Connecticut River Valley, and Maritime Canada. 

Learn more about the gallery and Jane Goldman and Jim Lee's beautiful art on the newly launched Bromer Gallery website, gallery.bromer.com.

Featured Books

  • Salome. A Tragedy in One Act.

    Salome. A Tragedy in One Act.

    London / Boston: Elkins Mathews & John Lane / Copeland & Day, 1894. Small quarto. (x), 66, (2)pp., + 13ff. plates. First English and first illustrated edition. One of 125 copies on Japan vellum. In addition to the ten black & white plates after drawings by Aubrey Beardsley listed at...

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • A Musings.

    A Musings.

    Vashon Island, WA: Springtide Press, 2015. Folio. (20)pp. One of twenty-six copies, signed by the artist, Suzanne Moore. A contemplation of the letter "A," with each page presenting an original composition capable of standing on its own. Moore's conceptions of "A" reflect the letter's historic and cultural forms, resulting in...

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  • Death of a Naturalist.

    Death of a Naturalist.

    NY: Oxford University Press, 1966. Octavo. First American edition. One of 1,000 copies comprised of sheets from the first edition with a new title page. This is Heaney's first commercially produced verse collection, preceded by Eleven Poems, a pamphlet published by Queen's University in Belfast. The future Nobel Laureate's richly...

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  • The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now Newly Imprinted.

    The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now Newly Imprinted.

    (Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896). Folio. (556)pp. One of 425 copies. Contains 87 wood-engraved illustrations designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. William Morris, in addition to the "Chaucer" type designed expressly for this book, provided 26 nineteen-line initials, and numerous foliate and floral borders and initials. Burne-Jones called the book "a pocket...

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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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  • The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by T. E. Lawrence with a three-page note by him at the end of the text.

    The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by T. E. Lawrence with a three-page...

    (London): 1932. Quarto. Unpaginated. One of 530 copies, printed and published by Rogers, Sir Emery Walker, and Wilfred Merton. Illustrated with twenty-six decorations of Homeric figures printed in black on round backgrounds of gold. It was Rogers who, upon reading Seven Pillars of Wisdom, decided that T. E. Lawrence would...

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  • Longes mac n-Usnig: Being the Exile and Death of the Sons of Usnech.

    Longes mac n-Usnig: Being the Exile and Death of the Sons of...

    (Dublin): Dolmen Press, 1954. Tall octavo. 32pp. One of 225 copies. Printed in black with red initials and with a decorative title-page spread, two full-page illustrations, and six pictorial headpieces by Mia Cranwill. The tragic myth of Deirdre and the sons of Usnech, who were slain by the jealous Conchobor...

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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.