(Easthampton, MA): Warwick Press, 1987. Quarto. (4)pp., accordion-fold. One of twenty copies signed by Carol Blinn, who wrote, illustrated, and printed this book. A poem by Blinn is accompanied by a watercolor illustration that extends across the central page spread, depicting three yellow balls floating on a cerulean pool surrounded..... More
Easthampton, MA: Warwick Press, 1989; 1978. One12mo. volume and one small 8vo volume. (68); 12pp. A Fowl Letter Book is one of 225 copies signed by the author/artist/printer, Carol J. Blinn. A Poultry Piece is one of 250 copies, likewise signed by Blinn, with four hand-watercolored line illustrations. The pair..... More
Easthampton, MA: Warwick Press, 1986; 1976. Two small octavo vols. 30; (13)pp. From Stripper to Publisher is one of 125 copies, signed by Blinn and the photographer, Robert Lyons, and with a special multi-colored colophon inscription stating, "A little extra color for Hugh's copy with lots of love from Carol."..... More
Easthampton, MA: Warwick Press, 1984-2003. Eight volumes. Variously paginated. All of different limitations, but the possibility of this full run is one of 45, designated by the edition for Book Eight. All books signed by Fitzenmeyer and Blinn. The continued collaboration between the two artists resulted in this happy series..... More
NY: Null-Q Press, 1968. First American edition. One of 250 copies printed on a mimeograph machine on pulp paper, and stapled. This copy is inscribed and signed by Blish. This novel was first published in the U.K. in 1964, and because no American imprint would agree to publish it in..... More
NY: Greenwich Books, 1978. Oblong 16mo. (15)pp. One of 276 copies. Signed by the author on colophon. Signed by the illustrator thricely: on colophon, on title page, and on upper cover. A sharp and pessimistic critique of sex and love in the modern age. In black wrappers with an erotic..... More
(Parma: Stamperia Reale, 1779). Octavo. xii, 296pp. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the poetess crowned with a laurel wreath, eleven beautifully-engraved vignettes and twelve culs-de-lamp. This elegantly-printed volume was published in commemoration of the coronation of poet Maria Maddalena Morelli Fernandez with laurels on the Capitol in..... More
Boston: Bromer, Anne & David, 1984. Quarto. 38pp. One of 225 copies printed in three colors by Richard Bigus at the Stinehour Press. Illustrated with two wood engravings by Greg Dearth and a specimen sheet printed in three colors on parchment. Hand-bound by Claudia Cohen in quarter-vellum and printed paper..... More
Islip: Strawberry Press, 1994. Octavo. (19)pp. One of 100 copies. Printed in black and red inks is an Introduction by Paul Nash, a prefatory letter sent by Bowden in 1902 to the then-Printer to the University of Oxford, Horace Hart, and its accompanying memorandum in which Bowden concisely and clearly..... More
(NY: Center for the Book Arts, 2015). 16mo. Unpaginated. One of twenty-one copies, signed by the artist. Illustrated in Cordeiro's characteristic atmospheric and multimedia style with woodcuts, photopolymer plates, linocuts, and tipped-in photographs. A keen and skillful meditation on the oft overlooked limp vellum binding and on the historic standards..... More
San Francisco: Herbert and Peter Fahey, 1940. Octavo. (21)pp. One of 50 copies, signed by Herbert and Peter Fahey below the colophon. Frontispiece illustration by George C. Pearce. With six vellum and two parchment samples tipped-in. Beautifully printed within a border of blue lines and with opening initials of blue..... More
Slanted Publishers, 2014. Folio. (27)ff. One of twenty-six copies. Signed by both artists. A highly stylized, almost-mechanical alphabet, originating from designer Raban Ruddigkeit's "Elements" type. Developed in 2013 for the "We Create Berlin" exhibition, "Elements" consisted of only five characters conceived to be freely combined into letters, numbers, and images..... More
NY: Fuchs & Lang Mfg. Co., (1943). A catalog of hundreds of examples of offset lithography inks, in an array of colors, from "Tomato Red" to "Deep Milori Green" to "Bronze Blue", all exemplified through a rotation of several decadent Art Deco images. The inks are displayed in a range..... More
NY: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975. Quarto. xxx, 263pp. Illustrated throughout with photographic replicas of title pages, covers, woodcuts, and engravings, in both black & white and color. Inscribed as a special copy to Gerald Gottlieb, the main author of the text. A wonderfully comprehensive and well-organized reference. Bound in blue..... More
Ogdensburg, NY: Caliban Press, 2020. Octavo. Unpaginated. One of 100 copies, signed by press proprietor Mark McMurray. A delightful and inquisitive survey of typography and typographic potential, making use of a wide variety of types, inks, papers, and paper sizes, the result of which is a fanciful review of the..... More
Wellesley, MA: Annis Press, 1980. An archive of materials relating to the production of Four Fables from Aesop, the limited edition from Wellesley College's Annis Press for the year 1980. Included are two pieces of correspondence and many proof sheets in a variety of states with comments in pen, pencil..... More
Thaxted Essex, UK: Workshop Press, 1984. Octavo. vi, 45pp. One of 85 copies, signed by the author. A compendium, with preceding exposition, of typographic experiments, evincing a number of colors, layouts, and techniques. Bound in cloth-backed marbled papers. Split at hinge before page 15, some rubbing to extremities, else very..... More
Tübingen: Jäckle-Sönmez, (1987). Square octavo. 107pp. One of 230 copies signed by the artists, Nedim Sonmez and Yvonne Jackle-Sonmez, with an additional sheet of ebru paper, signed and dated by Sonmez, bound in. A catalog with thirty-eight color reproductions of marbled pictures, nine photos in black and white on the..... More
(San Francisco): Book Club of California, 1981. 16mo. 64pp. One of 650 copies. The transcript of a discussion that took place at the Bruce Rogers Centennial Conference in May 1970. Bound in full brown cloth with gilt illustration stamped to upper cover. Fine in original dust wrapper. More
Chicago: Starshaped Press, 2021. Square small quarto. (29)pp. One of forty copies. An abecedarium constructed entirely of 12-point metal type and ornaments in an elaborate range of colors. The letterforms are artful and contemporary, drawing on a variety of sources both original and revised. Stab-bound in beige wrappers with a...... More
(Mattapoiset, MA: Busyhaus Publications, 1983). Small oblong octavo. 65pp. One of 200 copies bound in hardcover. Illustrated with photographs of the artists, tipped-in paper samples, and woodcuts by Michael McCurdy. Introduction by Don Guyot. Apart from the description of the work of the twelve artists, among whom are Faith Harrison..... More
Woodside, CA: Heyeck Press, 1986. Quarto. 65pp. One of 150 copies, signed by Robin Heyeck. With twenty-eight mounted specimens, thirteen of which are large sheets measuring 6 3/4 by 4 7/8 inches. With a bibliography of marbling projects by the Press. Bound in quarter gray morocco with patterned paper covers..... More
Mittineague, MA: Strathmore Paper Company, 1921. Large quarto. 28pp., (39)ff. A sample book of variously colored cover papers from the famed Strathmore Paper Company. Each of the nineteen sample papers is a fold-out leaf printed with measured color areas arranged according to the Munsell System, a complex color-coding system that..... More
Oldham: Incline Press, 1997. Quarto. vi, 120pp. One of 300 copies. Contains seven essays on the subject of patterned paper by Paul Nash, Phyllis Barron, Sebastian Carter and others. With numerous samples of paper tipped in. Bound in yellow and red patterned paper backed in yellow cloth. Housed in a...... More
Newark, VT: Janus Press, 2002. Quarto text volume, plus sixteen 32mo. samples. 142pp.; samples variously paginated. One of 200 copies, signed by Claire Van Vliet. A trade copy of Van Vliet and Elizabeth Steiner's how-to manual on creating non-adhesive book structures is accompanied by miniature models of each of the..... More
