Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976. First edition, third printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by Maclean on front endpaper to Robert Williams, whose essay on the making of this book accompanies this copy. For its vision of the West and of the unknowns of love and family, A River Runs Through..... More
(Pasadena): Vance Studley, 1997. Oblong 32mo. (8)ff. unbound booklet + 18 sheets of engravings, each signed by Moser. One of twenty copies. Cut in Resingrave and printed on Karma paper, the engravings collected here depict animals from across the globe in astonishing detail. Moser, as only he can, shows each..... More
NY: Serigrafia Limited, (1990). Elephant folio. (7)ff. One of 300 copies. A set of six illustrations crafted and signed by six different artists: Barry Moser, Maurice Sendak of Where the Wild Things Are, Chris Van Allsburg of The Polar Express, Seymour Chwast, Daniel Pelavin, and Guy Billout. The range of..... More
West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1982. Two folio volumes. 150pp.; xxv, 160pp. Each one of 350 copies signed by Barry Moser. Alice is illustrated with 75 wood engravings by Moser, and Through the Looking-Glass contains 95 engravings by Moser. Some of the engravings are full-page plates, while others are beautifully integrated..... More
(Pasadena): Vance Studley, 2005. One of twenty copies. Six engravings, each signed and numbered by Moser. These images portray dogs and cats (usually separately, but in one instance together and surprisingly at peace) with nobility and familiarity. The prefatory sheets show, on the first, a Dogon Greeting and publication information..... More
Easthampton, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1977. Tall octavo. 61, (4)pp., + foldout at rear. One of 175 copies, signed by Mariani and Moser at the colophon and inscribed by Moser to Vance Studley at the title page. The rear foldout presents in series Moser's five wood engravings, which also punctuate Mariani's..... More
Northampton, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1980. Octavo. (14)ff. One of twenty-six lettered copies, printed by Harold McGrath at Pennyroyal Press and signed by Moser. Text is ornamented with the reproduced brush calligraphy of Betse Curtis, who was with the Press from about 1977 to 1981 as an apprentice, helping to produce..... More
1987. Original pencil drawing of Capote on white paper. Barry Moser is known for his portraits, especially those of authors. These were usually done as wood engravings, but each portrait often began as a line drawing such as this. In 1987, the same year that this portrait was done, Moser..... More
West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1983. Folio. xvi, 282pp. One of 350 copies, signed by Barry Moser, with an extra suite of the 52 wood-engravings, each of them initialed by Moser, housed in a red cloth portfolio. Moser wrote that this is his favorite Pennyroyal book, because "it exemplifies what..... More
(Easthampton, MA): Pennyroyal Press, 1970. Quarto. (33)ff. From an edition of thirty-five copies reserved for distribution by the artist, this is Moser's own, with his bookplate inside the front cover, and with four additional proofs, each titled, signed, and dated in pencil. Contains ten wood engravings by Moser and six..... More
