Cambridge, MA: Bow & Arrow Press, 1993. Small quarto. (iv), 16pp. Deluxe edition, one of fifty copies, signed by the author, Melinda Marble, and artist, Michael Mazur, and with two original drypoint etchings. This first book by Marble is the haunting tale of a girl troubled by her origins, and..... 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
(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
(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
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
Petersham, MA: Lone Oak Press, 2005. Oblong quarto. 89pp. From an edition of fourteen deluxe copies and 70 standard copies, this is one of five deluxe copies chosen to be specially bound for the international traveling exhibit "InsideOUT: Contemporary Bindings of Private Press Books," and as such, it does not..... More
(NY: Aubrey Schwartz, 1958). 16mo. 20ff. First edition, limited to 60 copies signed by the artist. This copy bears a presentation inscription on the colophon page to Ben Shahn and his wife, Bernarda Bryson Shahn. Illustrated with eighteen compact etchings of babies sleeping, crying, smiling, or being held by their..... More
(Thetford, VT): Cricket Press, 1965. Quarto. (12)ff. One of twenty-two copies. Subtitled "The First Miracle, John 2," the book tells the story of the Wedding at Cana. The text is printed in red, and faces the tipped-in illustrations. Heavily influenced by Leonard Baskin's early work, there are nine exquisitely fine..... More
(Thetford: Cricket Press, 1967). Quarto. (6)ff. One of forty-two copies, conceived, illustrated, and executed by Gillian Tyler. A short narrative poem printed on pale green paper, and illustrated with a single wood engraving in the style of Leonard Baskin, who was Tyler's teacher at Smith College. Internally fine, bound in..... More
Connecticut River Valley, MA: SAW Press, 2018. Octavo. (22)ff. One of fifty copies, signed by the artist. Ashes to Ashes was originally a performance piece held in 2016, in which Whitaker organized the first-ever funeral service to commemorate and mourn the thousands of African Americans who have been lynched and..... More
