Omaha: Abattoir Editions, 1979. Octavo. 102pp. One of 250 copies. Translated by Charles Martin, Catullus' ribald and passionate poems have been set in Joanna and Romulus types and printed on Rives paper by Harry Duncan and Mark Watson. Bound in cloth-backed boards covered in marbled papers, with a paper spine..... More
(Boston): Boston Public Library/Society of Printers, 2001. Octavo. First edition. One of 500 copies. Thirty-two pages of color and black & white illustrations from photographs. The story of Dorothy Abbe's contributions to printing, book design, typography, photography, writing, and teaching is gathered from her archives at the Boston Public Library..... More
Japan: Miyako Akai, 2008. (62)pp. From an edition of 100 copies, this is one of 90 regular copies. An original story about a winter trip written in Japanese by Miyako Akai, who also designed the book, with editing and translation into English by Larry Seidman. Circles have been cut out..... More
(Columbus, OH): Logan Elm Press, 1990. Quarto. (38)pp. One of 115 copies, printed on handmade paper and signed by the poet, David Citino, the artist, Anthony Rice, and the designer of the book, Robert Tauber. A stunning production crafted in advance of the quincentennial celebration of Columbus’s voyage. Illustrated throughout..... More
San Francisco: Allen Press, 1947. Octavo. (98)pp. One of 350 copies. Designed and printed by Lewis and Dorothy Allen. Illustrated with five halftones. An early Allen Press title, this marks their third consecutive commission from the Book Club of California. Minor rubbing to extremities, else near fine copy in cloth-backed..... More
Adelaide, Australia; Westport, CT: 1948, 1952. Two typed letters, (3)ff., (2)ff., signed by Helen Keller, plus (1)ff. autograph note, signed, from Keller's assistant and companion, Polly Thompson., and a typed transcript of that note. As a world-famous speaker, author, and advocate for persons with disabilities, Keller traveled to more than..... More
Worcester, MA: Achille J. St. Onge, 1969. 67pp. One of 1,500 copies. Three essays on travel by McCord, Boston's famous literary figure. Very fine in gilt-stamped brown leather. A.e.g. (Massmann 35; Bradbury, p. 254). (2 11/16 by 1 13/16; 68x45mm). More
San Francisco: Allen Press, 1946. Quarto. 38pp., (16)ff. One of 300 copies, printed by Lewis and Dorothy Allen for the Book Club of California. With title and decorations by Mallette Dean. Contains a 30-page facsimile of the diary. Very fine in green, brown, and white patterned boards. Together with: Teggart..... More
NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2001. Oblong quarto. 191pp. A centennial celebration of Ansel Adams, photographer and visual architect of the American West. Published in concert with exhibitions of Ansel's work in San Francisco, Chicago, London, Berlin, Los Angeles, and New York. Bound in Halflinnen fabric by Roswell Bookbinding of..... More
Philadelphia: Taylor & Hessey, 1981. Octavo. 28pp. One of 400 copies. A humorous analysis of the travel agency industry, rendered even more amusing when read by those of us in the twenty-first century. Fine in plain wrappers. More
Erwinna, PA: 1955. One-and-a-half pages on a single sheet of Colophon stationery, folded into fourths. Dated 16 June 1955 and addressed to Paul Bennett, Adler opens with an apology of sorts, noting that "I am not able to say what my address will be in another two weeks." The reason..... More
NY: American Jewish Historical Society, 2001. Small quarto. 60pp., + sixteen plates housed in separate sleeve. One of 600 copies. Adler's sixteen woodcuts, crafted in the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust, offer a harrowing and personal look at life and death inside the Nazi camps. The darkness of the images..... More
Kentfield, CA: Allen Press, 1953. Octavo. lxpp. One of 160 copies. Printed in blue and black, with title and four wood engraved illustrations by Mallette Dean, each beautifully handcolored by Dorothy Allen. Spine faded, else a fine copy in French marbled paper boards. Prospectus laid-in. More
Hillsborough, CA: Allen Press, 1948. Octavo. 181pp. One of 200 copies printed by Lewis and Dorothy Allen, who operated at the time as the L-D Allen Press. With decorative headpieces by Mallette Dean, and illuminated initial capitals by the Allens. Chosen as one of AIGA's Fifty Books of the year..... More
Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France: Allen Press, 1952. Octavo. 60pp. One of 300 copies. With pochoir decorations by Ray Bethers. An early publication of the Press, when they were known as the L-D Allen Press. This was the first Book Club of California title to be printed outside the United States. Fine in..... More
Kentfield, CA: Allen Press, 1975. Quarto. 130pp. One of 140 copies. With four illustrated titles printed in three colors, one for each story: "Roman Fever," "The Other Two," "The Last Asset," and "Afterward." The titles were designed by the printers, Lewis and Dorothy Allen, along with ornaments in four colors..... More
Neutitschein: L. V. Enders'schen K.-A. (c. 1917). (26)pp. A miniature German calendar, printed in red and black. Housed in a dark green leather portfolio, decorated with a gilt-stamped four-leaf clover to the upper cover. Loose in the portfolio, and pencil markings to two pages, else fine. (2 7/8 by 1..... More
(20)ff. One of the copies in which the pages have been folded vertically and bound into "finger" format. Entirely engraved. Contains the usual lists of royals, officers of state, bank days, Saints' Days, eclipses, and the like. Bound in full dark green morocco. Very fine in a matching slipcase that..... More
London: Company of Stationers, 1820. (24)pp. One engraving of "The London Institution, Moorfields," which spans four pages. The almanac's calendar records the times of sunrise and sunset, as well as various saints' days and term times for academic institutions. The volume also provides a table of the reigns of the..... More
(Rheinbach, Germany: John Gerard, 2005). Small quarto. (40)pp. One of twenty copies, signed by the artist. Each letter of this alphabet is scrawled in black over and over to fill the text area defined by Tschichold's canon of page construction, which is printed in red on every page. An interesting..... More
Berkeley: Peter Koch, (1991). Square 16mo. (34)pp., frenchfold. One of 126 copies. Each letter of this alphabet was printed by Peter Koch from a photo-engraving of the original papercut. Bound by the artist in black cloth-covered stab-sewn boards with title label to front cover, and alphabetic paste-paper paste-downs. Very fine..... More
London: Religious Tract Society, (c. 1865). Small quarto. 6pp., + 6 colored plates interleaved. This instructional volume parses the alphabet into six sets of four, with each head quartet accompanied by a short tale employing the four letters. Each text page also bears a border of four Biblical verses, so..... More
(c. 1970s-80s). Pictorial Arabic alphabet poster, each letter of which is presented beside an image of an object beginning with that letter, with the full word beneath. The full word is written with the harakat or tashkil phonetic aids, which provide the correct pronunciation for children who are learning to..... More
Prado, Marseille: (c. 1930s). A black four-flap enclosure containing materials for a children's pochoir alphabet. The enclosure was sealed with a paper label printed in red and green. Inside is a seven-part accordion-fold piece of card, printed in color on one side. Each letter has a cutout stencil, as well..... More
NY: B. F. Goodrich Co., (1902). Small quarto. (28)pp. An alphabet, fully illustrated in black, white, and orange, that doubles as an advertising pamphlet for Palmer Tires. Each letter has an illustration, followed by a rhyme and a short promotional statement. For example, "A is for Ape / A dissatisfied..... More
