Halle: Akademie-Schule, 1930. Oblong quarto. (58)pp. First edition. Title page and twenty-eight full page linocuts. These linocuts were made by children, aged 12 to 14, who were studying with Hans-Friedrich Geist -- an important progressive teacher/art instructor, promoter of child art, and admirer of Paul Klee and Joseph Albers. A.... More
Boston: L. Prang & Co. 1883. Octavo. An elaborate birthday card, with two color illustrations of flowers in vases on the interior panels. The left-hand panel bears a short poem, and the right-hand panel offers the recipient best wishes for their next year. Both are printed on pillowed cloth. Bound... More
NY: Glenn Horowitz, 1988. Small octavo. 9, (2)pp. One of 200 copies. Signed by the illustrator. A fine printing of Winston Churchill's letter of February 18, 1898 to Sir Algernon West, the twice-secretary to Prime Minister W. E. Gladstone. Churchill's relationship with West began after Churchill's father's death and West's... More
(NY: Gotham Book Mart). From an edition of 776 copies, this is one of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by Gorey. A color lithograph produced by the Gotham Book Mart, this print is untitled but is often referred to as "Man with Cats." The reason for this title is immediately apparent... More
(Zurich: Diogenes, 1975). Original etching. One of 120 copies. Signed by Gorey. The etching depicts a young girl dressed for exercise, grasping dumbbells and standing over a mattress. To her left, her "friend," a large lizard-like creature with short arms, leans against gymnastic rings. Image measures approximately 4 by 5... More
(Brewster, MA: Atelier Emily Trevor). One of 50 copies, of which this is one of 34 printed during Gorey's lifetime and signed by him. A color etching, printed entirely in green, showing an elephant seated, with its trunk held aloft. Elephants held special meaning for Gorey, who named his house... More
(Brewster, MA: Atelier Emily Trevor). Original etching. One of 50 copies, this being one of 34 copies printed during Gorey's lifetime and signed by him. The image features the fabled Nessie swimming through the waves of Loch Ness. A bright moon illuminates the otherwise shadowy scene. Image measures 4 1/4... More
(Brewster, MA: Atelier Emily Trevor). One of 95 copies, of which this is one of 40 printed during Gorey's lifetime and signed by him. This etching, which is deeply imprinted, depicts a small boy perched atop a tall, slender rock surrounded by water, grasping a bottle and gazing into the... More
(Brewster, MA: Atelier Emily Trevor). Original etching. One of 95 copies, signed by Gorey. The image features a gymnastic elephant balanced on his front legs, his ears waving gracefully behind him. Elephants held special meaning for Gorey, who named his house Elephant House, after an elephant-shaped toilet he found on... More
(Brewster, MA: Atelier Emily Trevor). Original etching. One of 95. Signed by Gorey. Only the first twenty of the edition were hand-signed. The image features a rose-hued elephant daintily lifting its hind leg. This is from a series of etchings of Gorey elephants, all in graceful postures, and is number... More
(Brewster, MA: Atelier Emily Trevor). One of 50 copies, of which this is one of 40 printed during Gorey's lifetime and signed by him. An etching featuring Gorey's original character, the figbash, which first appeared in The Raging Tide, or, the Black Doll's Imbroglio. The figbash is shown here balancing... More
NY: Young Scott Books, (1968). First edition. Illustrated by Gorey in two colors and signed by him on the title-page. Fine in printed cloth and with dustwrapper that shows a few stray markes and small tears along extremities. (Toledano B39a). More
NY: Albondocani Press, 1976. First edition. One of 300 copies, signed by Gorey. In this strange picture book, elegantly dressed men, women, children (and even animals) are stalked by menacing works of macramé. A fine copy in illustrated wrappers. (Toledano A64b). More
1978. First edition. Sixteen seemingly unrelated postcards housed in illustrated envelope, including "Emma Lorino or her doll, Summer 1892". Fine. (Toledano A68). More
NY: Glenn Horowitz, 1989. 16mo. 21pp. One of 150 copies. Signed by the author at the colophon. Transcript of Baraka's eulogy for James Baldwin, delivered at his funeral at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in 1987. Printed at the Kelly Winterton Press. Bound in green paper wrappers, fine... More
NY: Glenn Horowitz, 1986. Two copies. 16mo. 27pp. Each one of 150 copies. Both signed by all authors at colophon, and inscribed by Horowitz at front free endpaper. Printed at the Kelly Winterton Press. A collection of transcripts of speeches given in memory of Bernard Malamud, the novelist and short... More
Berkeley Heights, NJ: Oriole Press, 1965. Octavo. 23pp. One of 75 copies. Introductory poem by Rose Freeman-Ishill, and with a frontispiece portrait of Tolstoy by Jean Lebedeff. Fine in floral-printed wrappers with paper label. Inscribed at colophon by Freeman-Ishill's daughter. Letter from Freeman-Ishill's daughter to Anne Bromer, dated September 12, 1976, laid 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
Fullerton, CA: Lyceum Press, 1998. Octavo. (7)pp. Signed by Gloria Stuart. A keepsake for the attendees of the twenty-fourth Biennial Joint Meeting of the Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs. Offers some snippets of the lift of Stuart, an honorary Zamorano Club member and perhaps best known as the 103-year-old Rose in... More
(N.p. c. 1890). 24mo. (56)pp; (42)pp. With copious illustrations in both color and monochrome. Blow books are classic magic tricks, most popular from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. The magician presents the book and riffles through it, showing a set of like illustrations. Then with the book closed, he... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1898. Small quarto. (12)ff. A painting book for children, with six colored sample pages, and six pages with the same images as outlines. With faded hues similar to those in the full-color images, the outlines suggest colors for the young painter to use. The verso of... More
Flemington, NJ: St. Teresa's Press, 1970. Small quarto. 33pp. Limited to 125 copies printed on handmade paper. A beautiful book of familiar passages from the prophets which has a hand illuminated title-page and stylized opening initials in gold and silver with other colors. Printed at the cloistered monastery of St... More
Marina Del Rey, CA: Hiromi Paper International, 1994. Small quarto. (63)ff. A sample of book of papers produced by the Hiromi Paper International Company. Eleven preliminary leaves include an introductory letter to the reader, a glossary of Japanese paper, and a retail price list. Following these are 52 leaves, each... More
(Watertown, MA): Bromer, Anne & David, 1979. 19ff. One of 125 copies. Signed by the artist. Contains fifteen of Sarah Chamberlain's intricate engravings of exotic animals such as the panda, the koala, the Siberian tiger, and the platypus. Printed on Troya paper in two colors. A very fine copy in... More
(Watertown, MA): Bromer, Anne & David, 1977. (24)pp., frenchfold. From a deluxe edition of twenty-five copies, signed by the illustrator, Sarah Chamberlain, this is the publisher's copy. With an extra suite of ten artist's proofs of wood engravings, each signed by Chamberlain. The text is the first English poem for... More
