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
Davis, CA: Library Associates, University Library, University of California, Davis, 1979. Two copies of a poster designed by Richard Bigus announcing the "Five Fine Printers" exhibit and related events at the Memorial Union Art Gallery at the University of California, Davis. The exhibit ran from February 22 to April 10..... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1989. Octavo. 86pp. One of 300 copies. Printers, papermakers, binders, and booksellers issued such tokens from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. Fully illustrated with photographic reproductions of tokens and engravings. Some sunning to blue morocco spine, else fine. The tokens are contained in a...... More
Chicago: Black Cat Press, (1966). 43pp. A collection of quotes from the likes of Franklin D. Roosevelt to Ralph Waldo Emerson, Benjamin Franklin to Robert Browning. Bound in red paper wrappers with starry endpapers. Fine. (2 5/16 by 2 1/2; 58x64mm). More
Munich: Bremer Presse, 1931. Quarto. 158pp. One of 250 copies. A collection of songs by von der Vogelweide, a medieval poet and minstrel, whose songs are widely regarded as the pinnacle of the era's German love lyric. He is also responsible for using poetry to political ends, and was the..... More
(N.p.): Cheloniidae Press, 1991. Quarto. (89)pp. One of 210 copies, signed by both Robinson and McGrath at the colophon. Illustrated throughout with head- and tail-pieces by Robinson, as well as an example of calligraphy by Suzanne Moore and one by Elizabeth Curtis. A celebration of McGrath upon the fiftieth anniversary..... More
(N.p.): Cheloniidae Press, 1991. Quarto. (89)pp. One of 210 copies, inscribed by Harold McGrath. Signed sheet with autographs of contributors laid in. Illustrated throughout with head- and tail-pieces by Robinson, as well as an example of calligraphy by Suzanne Moore and one by Elizabeth Curtis. A celebration of McGrath upon..... More
Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press, 1964. Quarto. 84pp + 21 inserted plates. One of 300 copies. Signed by Cornell twice at the colophon and under each illustration, and by Leonard Baskin, who designed the book. The plates, printed on blue paper, bear twenty-one different portraits of the major players in Babeuf's..... More
Somerville, MA: Firefly Press, 1991. Octavo. xix, (39)pp., + (6)ff. of samples, four of marbling and four of gilding on paper, silk, velvet, and leather. One of 250 copies. Signed by Wolfe and the printer, John Kristensen. A reproduction of a Dutch bookbinding manual, with translation, Introduction, and notes by..... More
(Minneapolis): Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 2005. Tall quarto. (48)pp. From an edition of 226, this is one of twenty-six lettered copies, specially bound and with tipped-in editioned prints by five Minnesota artists. An anthology of original poetry from twelve Minnesota writers, including Robert Bly, Adrian Louis, Susan Steger Welsh..... More
Princeton: Pynson Printers, 1983. Two square 32mo. volumes + pamphlet. (4); (16); (12)pp. One of fifty copies. Signed by the printers, Sarah Christ and Scott Strang. Contains twenty-four hand-colored wood engravings printed from the original antique blocks, which were used to illustrate one of the earliest American editions of the..... 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
Oxford & New Castle, DE: Plough Press/Oak Knoll Books, 1990. Octavo. 85pp. Contains frontispiece and eighteen tipped-in samples of marbled paper, and numerous line illustrations. The samples represent the work of Don Guyot, Nedim Somnez, Karli Frigge, and others. A selection of texts ranging from 1653 to 1912, with modern..... More
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1948. First edition. Inscribed by the editor to Stanley Urban. The first bibliography of science fiction, fantasy, and "weird books" in the English language, organized by both author and title. Bleiler went on to become a premier scholar of science fiction, receiving two Hugo Award nominations for..... More
(Mount Vernon, NY: Artists & Writers Protest Inc., 1967). Folio. (28)pp. One of 100 deluxe copies. A collection of eighteen poems by writers who contributed their work as a form of opposition to the Vietnam War. The collection was edited by the artist Jack Sonenberg and contains works by Denise..... More
Boston: Southworth Press, 1931. Octavo. xxx, 214pp. One of fifty copies printed on Kelmscott handmade paper. Signed by Braithwaite, Hugh Francis Blunt, who wrote the Foreword, and Ralph Adams Cram, who wrote the Introduction. A broad collection of poems, largely on religious subjects, some of which reimagine often-male realms of..... More
Covelo, CA: Yolla Bolly Press, (1994). Quarto. xiv, (ii), 124pp. From an edition of 141 copies, 121 of which were for sale, this is one of 85 copies signed by Octavio Paz, who selected and edited the poems, Eliot Weinberger, who provided a commentary, and the illustrator, Enrique Chagoya. The..... More
