Poestenskill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1983. From an edition of forty-two copies, this is one of seven printed on pink paper. This marks the very first book printed in Poestenkill, an event commemorated with a loose transparency of the tower of Poestenkill, the site of the press, before the title page..... More
Hamburg: Kaldewey Press, 1977-1978. Folio. One of fifty copies of Kaldewey's second artist's book and the first book of the Press. This copy bears a warm inscription from Kaldewey to "friends of the Kaldewey Press for many years" on the colophon page, and dated "15/6/95." Illustrated with color Xerox copies..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1990. Tall folio. (32)pp. From an edition of 55, this is one of twenty deluxe copies. Illustrated with ten paper pulp images of Jewish symbols, such as the Star of David, the Torah pointer, and the shofar. The text of the Song of Songs is printed..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 2007. Octavo. (21)ff. One of twenty-one copies, inscribed by the artist, Gunnar Kaldewey, in addition to a signature at the colophon. A retelling of a Japanese folktale, lustrously illustrated with leaves of watercolors interleaved with uncut sheets of tissue. Stab-bound with rivets in red, blue, and..... More
(Hamburg: Kaldewey Press, 1976). Small quarto. (16)pp. One of thirty copies, this example printed on white Sheufelen paper. Signed by Gunnar Kaldewey on the colophon. The sole illustration is a relief printed etching on the front cover showing the "Bibliothèque d'un Gourmand," taken from the first of de la Reynière's..... More
(Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1993). Small circular folio. 14ff. From an edition of fifty-two copies, this is one of twelve hand-colored by the artist and specially bound. Signed by Heaney and Felim Egan, who has contributed twelve aquatint etchings. This publication marks the first appearance of two short poems by..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1998. Quarto. 28pp., frenchfold. One of forty copies, signed by the author/artist/printer, Gunnar Kaldewey. This book is inspired by the notion of "nature as art," and was created after Kaldewey spent three months living in a traditional Japanese wooden house in Kyoto, studying the art of..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1994. Three booklets and three hanging scrolls, housed together in a clamshell box. One of forty copies. With silk screened images on translucent paper and text in three languages and several colors. Signed by the publisher/designer/author, Gunnar Kaldewey. In this work, Kaldewey explores three representative buildings..... More
San Francisco: Kaldewey Press, 1980. (64)pp. Inscribed by the author/publisher Gunnar Kaldewey. A cleverly fan-shaped catalog of antiquarian fans present at the 1981 International Antiquarian Book Fair in California. Bound in white blind-embossed paper. Some wear to spine, faint foxing to outer panels, else near fine in original box and..... More
Los Angeles: Kaldewey Press, 1990. Octavo. From an edition of 40, this is one of 20 copies on multi-colored paper, signed by the author. A lecture on the contemporary artist's book, which Kaldewey gave across the country at centers of art like the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and..... More
(Postenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1987). Folio. (36)pp. One of forty-five copies in a plexiglass binding by Christian Zwang of Hamburg. Signed by the author/artist/printer, Gunnar Kaldewey. With numerous monochromatic and two-tone illustrations. Written, illustrated, designed, and printed by Gunnar Kaldewey as Volume 5 of the Kaldewey Press series. In 1977..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1996. Folio. (20)ff. One of forty-five copies, inscribed by the author/artist/printer, Gunnar Kaldewey. Illustrated with stunning prints across each page spread showing stars, galaxies, solar systems, the explosions that create new stars, and other space phenomena. The illustrations are metalcuts based on photo collages derived from..... More
(Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1999). Large quarto. 6ff., accordion-fold. One of thirty-eight copies on handmade paper, signed by the artist/printer, Gunnar Kaldewey. In contrast to his previous work, 15 Kyoto Gardens, Kaldewey focuses on the phenomenon of Japan's gambling halls and Pachinko parlors. This was the first book of the..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1988. Folio. (7)ff. One of forty copies, signed by the printer/illustrator, Gunnar Kaldewey. Illustrated with seventeen linecut monoprints, appearing as rubbings or mottled silhouettes of leaves, buds, and tree branches, and printed over hand-colored backgrounds of blue and green on the volume's seven sheets of heavily..... More
(Düsseldorf: Kaldewey Press, 1981-1982). Thin oblong folio. (26)pp. From an edition of 60, this is one of thirty in German. Each leaf is printed on thin aluminum with illustrations of clouds, the letterpress text printed in blue above the clouds. This innovative and effective conjunction of images and words is..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1991. Two extreme oblong 16mos. (14); (16)pp., leporello. Each is one of 40 copies, signed by the artist/printer, Gunnar Kaldewey. Kaldewey offers a poetic, intimate encounter with and a nostalgic history of one of America's most visited and inspiring rivers. The Hudson River was followed a...... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1989. Oblong folio. 106pp. One of twenty deluxe copies printed on papier de Chine and bound in flexible blue textured leather by Christian Zwang. With twenty-five linoleum cuts in several colors by Kim Keever. Signed by the artist. Keever's linocuts draw directly from the theme of..... More
Postenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 2018. Quarto. (12)pp., accordion-fold. One of only fourteen copies. Kaldewey’s interpretation of Rilke’s poem invokes the transformative power of music by showcasing the German text, which is deeply imprinted in yellow ink. The lines are paired with bright watercolors that amplify the atmospheric and affective quality..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 2013. Oblong elephant folio. (14)ff., accordion-fold. One of thirty-six copies. Printed in silver ink, with illustrations of elephants, on deep red handmade paper. The text is a poem written in Thai, and an English translation is provided on a separate sheet of paper accompanying the book..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 2022. Octavo. (28)pp., + 5 plates. From an edition of thirty-three copies, this is one of eight deluxe copies, with etchings printed in turquoise, an extra suite of five woodcuts bound in at rear, and specially bound by Thomas Zwang. The etchings, which are different than..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 2009. Quarto. (14)ff. One of 35 copies. Illustrated with ten folded watercolor paintings by Gunnar Kaldewey. The text is taken from its first appearance in the 1860 Boston edition of Leaves of Grass, and is printed in silver on gray-blue pastepaper that resembles early denim. Together..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1995. Square quarto. (10)ff. From an edition of sixty copies, this is one of ten deluxe printed on white and brown Chinese paper. Signed by the printer, Richard Tuttle. Intriguingly constructed with paper in two different orientations, such that the leaves of text and illustration are..... More
NY: Kaldewey Press, 2011. Small quarto. (18)ff. One of thirty-five copies, inscribed by the artist and printer, Gunnar Kaldewey. Kaldewey's seventy-fifth publication, lovingly detailing the origins of his press and its evolution over time. Bound as loose sheets on aqua-colored cotton rag paper made by Gangolf Ulbricht, interleaved with thin..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 2023 (but 2022). Octavo. (11)ff., loose. One of ten copies, signed by Kaldewey, and printed by him for the occasion of his 2023 exhibition at Bromer Gallery. The suite compiles examples from Kaldewey's latest books, "Four Poems" by Emily Dickinson and "Seven Poems" by Ikkyu Sojun..... More
