Subotica, Yugoslavia: (Esperanto Societo), 1983. Five volumes, all unpaginated. One of 100 copies. Each volume depicts distinct imagery pertaining to one of five continents: "Afriko," "Ameriko," "Azio," "Europo," and "Oceanio." Each with a short introduction in Esperanto by noted world-traveler Tibor Sekelj, followed by forty-four linocuts by Andruskó. Fine in..... More
Senta, Yugoslavia: 1976. Five volumes. One of 400 copies, these books are a souvenir of the artist's trip to America. The title-page and introduction are printed in three languages, including English. Each book is a collection of twenty to forty woodcuts by the artist, who also printed them. Extremely fine..... More
Senta, Yugoslavia: 1978. Six volumes. Each 29pp. One of 400 copies. A set created after the artist/author Károly Andruskó's visit to Spain. Comprised of: "Madrid," "Sevilla," "Toledo," "Castilla/Andalucia," "Cordoba," and "Granada." Each is illustrated with a series of approximately thirty woodcuts in black & white depicting local scenes. The entire..... More
Senta: 1979. Three volumes, all unpaginated. All feature hand-printed woodcuts by Andruskó that show images of the island of Tenerife, one of Spain's Canary Islands; Puerto de la Cruz, a city on Tenerife; and the neighboring island of La Gomera. All fine in cork wrappers, printed with the title information..... More
Novi Sad: Organization of the Jugoslavian Collectors, 1975. (16)pp. + 59ff. plates. One of 900 copies. Produced on the occasion of Andruskó's 60th birthday, containing black & white reproductions of many of his paintings. Text in Hungarian, Croatian, and English. Fine in gilt-stamped leatherette, with a fine illustrated dust wrapper..... More
Cambridge, MA: Dept. of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harvard College, 1968. Square 16mo. (8)ff. One of 500 copies, signed by the artist. Marie Angel, who also contributed illustrations to A. Colish's 1974 edition of The Velveteen Rabbit, here adorns Dickinson's two poems with a diverse array of butterflies set softly..... More
(N.p.): Angelica Press, 1976. Octavo. xi, 99pp. Illustrations primarily in green with black and white outlining. Running titles in green. Travels to places fictional and real, from Laputa to Lilliput to Japan, as told in the first person. Bound in quarter red cloth and buckram, with green and black illustration..... More
(N.p., n.d.). An original linoleum block print measuring 8 by 10 inches, tastefully matted and framed. Valenti Angelo here employs bold use of line and cross-hatching to show the texture of these trees, which are in the foreground, set against a predominantly black backdrop. Inscribed by the artist to Henry..... More
Pasadena: Archetype Press, 2002. Quarto. (41)ff. One of 60 copies. Printed in a variety of styles, using a variety of methods, this compilation of “isms” and ideologies provides highly visual humor and insight into topics ranging from ageism to materialism to conspiracy theories to psychoanalysis. A student production supervised by..... More
NY: 6x9 Press, 1957. Oblong octavo. 12ff., frenchfold. Oblong octavo. 12ff., frenchfold. Limitation not noted, but one of 80 copies. Illustrated with nine hand-colored linocuts by Seymour Chwast. With an Introduction by Chwast's cousin Dachine Rainer, the anarchist writer whose novella, A Room at the Inn, would be published the..... More
Canton, NY: Caliban Press, 2008. Octavo. (4)pp. One of 100 copies, initialed by the printer. Apollinaire's visual poem here receives an updated, poignant frame. The poem, the title of which loosely translates to "New Boots," meditates on the tragedy of youth and war; its structure vaguely recalls the crossbody sash..... More
(Melbourne): Masterthief, 2009. Folio. (44)pp. One of ten copies, signed by the artists, Peter Lyssiotis and Theo Strasser. An imposing work, monumental in many senses, Remembrance matches Robert Colvin’s poetry with hand-painted pages and original screenprints to underscore the consequences of actions, especially those by the military. It demands a...... More
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Aurora, NY: Wells College Press, 2003 (but 2014). Folio. (9)ff. One of thirty copies, signed by the author, Ildefonso Manuel Gil, before his passing in 2003. Each lithograph titled, numbered, signed, and dated by the artist as well. A suite of four lithographs, plus an original drawing, by Roberts embrace..... More
Martin Lesinski, 2017. Quarto. (26)pp. One of five copies. A book woven into being through the trials of military service, Beyond the Reach of Reason presents itself as a living thing. Lesinski’s poetry draws upon his experience as a combat veteran, a disabled veteran, and a disabled person living in..... More
Seattle: Aubergine Atelier, 2019. Each copy in the edition contains unique paintings by Jodee Fenton. These, distributed throughout as full leaves, cutouts, and paste-downs, encourage a new perspective on Yeats’ seminal poem. Originally composed as a reaction to the pain of the early 20th century—the aftermath of the First World..... More
Northampton, MA: Apiary Press, 1964. Small quarto. (16)pp. One of twenty-five copies. Signed by the author and the printer. This scarce item was printed for the author by his friend Ronald Gordon, now the proprietor of the Oliphant Press in New York. With eight vignettes taken from wood engravings by..... More
Lewisburg, PA: Appletree Alley, 1992. Octavo. 45, (3)pp. One of 150 copies, signed by the illustrator, Linda Plotkin, at the colophon. Four of Plotkin's illustrations punctuate Valentine's poetry. Composed of highly saturated colors abstractly cast over dark backgrounds, the images reflect and enhance the surges of anxiety, love, and nostaglia..... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1980. Tall quarto. Unpaginated. One of 275 copies, signed by Andrew Hoyem, the printer, and by Ray Bradbury, who wrote the Introduction. A strikingly visual presentation of this science fiction classic. Illustrated with die cutouts of geometric shapes, all of which have been hand-colored. Bound concertina-style..... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2003. Octavo. 12pp. One of 500 copies. A talk presented by John T. Shawcross at the Arion Press on January 29, 2003, during its celebration of the publication of a new edition of John Milton's Paradise Lost. Bound in gray paper wrappers. Fine. (Arion Bibliography, p...... More
Zurich: Maison Kratz, 1956. Lithographic print measuring 23 1/4 by 18 7/8 inches. One of 200 numbered copies, this one signed by the artist, with his name incorporated into a small drawing of a bull's head, and inscribed vertically, "For Martin Oberstein cordially 30 12 56." The lithograph is printed..... More
Fairfax, CA: Jungle Garden Press, 1994. Quarto. (18)ff. One of only three copies, signed by the illustrator, Carl Dern, and the printer, Marie Dern. A portfolio of eight pieces of original art by Carl Dern, mixing printing, watercolors, pen drawings, and collage. Playing with the concept of the livre d'artiste..... More
Korea: Datz Press, 2011. Throughout, Seo imagines thirty sports arenas without their human participants; a cycling track has bicycles strewn along its length, fencing foils lie unused on their mats, the running track is bare. In Seo's words, "The depiction of empty spaces shows compositions of points, lines, planes, colors..... More
San Francisco, CA: Hosfelt Gallery, 1997. One of 100 copies, signed by Wegner in the volume titled "Remarks on Color." The other volumes are titled "Remarks" and "Color," and, as the division of names suggests, these first two volumes' disparate parts are combined in the third volume, to great poetic..... More
1977. Original conté pencil illustration, signed by the artist, Bob Ziering, depicting a Black youth breaking a chain, under which reads “No More” in block letters. The youth’s hands are drawn together as a single line, connected by a square border that immediately draws the eye to the desperate strength..... More
Portland, ME: Ascensius Press, 1989. Octavo. (viii), 37, (4)pp. One of fifty copies. Signed by the author, Kenneth Rosen, and the artist, Richard Wilson, at the colophon. Wilson's compelling woodcuts illustrate Rosen's lauded poems, underscoring their wit and emotion with sharp lines and deep blacks. An extra suite of the..... More
