NY: Limited Editions Club, 1987. Folio. xiv, 104pp. One of 750 copies signed by the illustrator, Roberto Juarez, and the author of the Introduction, John Hersey. Illustrated with seven etchings by Juarez that were printed "chine collé" on handmade Japanese tissue and adhered to handmade Richard de Bas paper. Translated... More
Stuttgart: Miller und Schindler, 1968. 1968. 54; (48)pp. One of 280 copies. Two sets of unbound sheets. The first set bears Buchner's play with the occasional illustration by Maranova. The second bears twelve etchings, all numbered and signed by Maranova. The surreal quality of the illustrations accurately, and sometimes uncomfortably... 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
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2017. Scroll, with accompanying tall quarto booklet. One of 300 copies. Signed by the Shapiro and the publisher, Andrew Hoyem. Seven woodblock prints by Shapiro and two photographs of the Brooklyn Bridge by Michael Kenna. Crane's masterwork is a massive, participatory poem that relies on a.... More
NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2001. Oblong quarto. 191pp. A centennial celebration of Ansel Adams, photographer and visual architect of the American West. Published in concert with exhibitions of Ansel's work in San Francisco, Chicago, London, Berlin, Los Angeles, and New York. Bound in Halflinnen fabric by Roswell Bookbinding of... More
Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2010/2011. Square quarto. (34)ff. One of 2000 copies of the second printing. A collection of Kenna's photographs of China's Huangshan Mountains. Kenna's shadowy images capture the thick vegetation, oddly-shaped granite formations, and vast ranges of the area. Bound in full tan cloth with Chinese characters in... More
Munich: Officina Serpentis, 1920. Folio. 659pp. One of 313 copies. Translated by Karl Simrocks from von Eschenbach's Middle High German. Green initials by Professor A. Schoppmeyer evoke the late-medieval era in which the tale was written. The romance follows the escapes of the Arthurian hero Parzival, also known as Percival... More
Stratford-upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1930. Quarto. xx, 479pp. One of 475 copies. Illustrated with woodcuts from the Antwerp edition of 1565, engraved in a larger size by John Farleigh, including a map of Great Britain on page 452. Includes an Appendix, with notes, by Philip Hereford. Titles and introductory phrases... More
Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1946. Octavo. 21pp. One of 500 copies, signed by C. Day Lewis, who translated the work from the French. Dually printed in French and English by Hans Mardersteig for Martin Secker & Warburg of London. Rubbing to corners and expected soiling to edges of interior, else near... More
(Verona): Officina Bodoni, 1989. Octavo. 10pp. One of 50 copies, printed as a keepsake on behalf of James L. Weil. Blue initial "O", else printed in black Dante type. Bound in blue paper wrappers with silver titling. Hardly noticeable creasing to corners, fading and few stains to covers, else very good. More
Berlin: Officina Serpentis, 1922. Small quarto. 76pp. One of 200 copies. Dramatic 24-line initial "F", based on drawings by Bruno Rollitz and cut by Hanns Thaddaus Hoyer, introduces the work. Goethe's play-within-a-play is here rendered in bold coloring, with initial, titles, and roles in red and text in black. Bound... More
Cambridge, MA: Rampant Lions Press, (1976). Quarto. 125pp. One of 220 copies, signed by the author and the artist. Illustrated with twelve color collograph-intaglio prints by Wadsworth. These appear on stark white paper, in high contrast to the humble green on which the text is found; in this way, the... More
Maastricht: Halcyon Press, 1932. Small quarto. 170pp. One of 206 copies. Buckland Wright's swarthy and sumptuous illustrations, one full-page wood engraving for each of the ten stories, invite the reader to fully engross themselves in Poe's twisted tales. Printed on Barcham Green's handmade paper with special watermark. Initials by A.... More
(Kentfield, CA): Allen Press, (1971). Quarto. (115)pp. One of 140 copies. Illustrated with pen and ink drawings by Michele Forgeois, with text printed in several colors. A significant example of the New Novel, with abstract illustrations in black & white, and text illustrations in color. Very fine in illustrated boards, glassine wrapper. More
Greenbrae, CA: Allen Press, 1984. Octavo. 50pp. One of 140 copies. With three full-page black & white illustrations by Michèle Forgeois. Text is printed in brown and orange, with headings in the characters of ancient Middle Eastern languages, printed in colors. Extremely fine, loose, as issued, in gilt stamped brown... More
(NY): Limited Editions Club, 1992. Small quarto. 34pp + 7 inserted plates. Signed by the artist. With seven color woodcuts by Clemente set sharply against the soft Japanese Ogawashi paper and black Monotype Lutetia type. Pound's take on the Chinese of Rihaku - Li T'ai Po relies, as is noted... More
NY: Limited Editions Club, 1989. Folio. xv, 41pp. One of 650 copies signed by the author and the photographer. Illustrated with two black & white photogravures of Greek ruins by Marie Cosindas. The first English-language edition of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's version of the Oedipus story, with translation by Leila Vennewitz and... More
Bussum, Holland: Halcyon Press, 1927. Octavo. 21pp. One of 125 copies. Beautifully printed with decorative initial letters in red or a brilliant light blue. Printed on Van Gelder handmade paper, this is the second book of the Press and is considered one of the most attractive. bound in full vellum... More
Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2003. Square quarto. (22)ff. One of 500 copies, with an original silver gelatin print on the front cover. Signed by Rolfe Horn on the title page. A selection of twenty-eight reproduced photographs by Horn, featuring landscapes and architectural structures from around Oregon, California, Thailand, and Japan... More
(Greenbrae, CA): Allen Press, (1982 & 1983). Two octavo volumes. (67); (74)ff. One of an edition of 240 copies. Translated by E. D. A. Morshead, and with an introduction by Mark Livingston, who also did the Greek calligraphy for the titles. Printed in brown with striking flame-orange headings, and title... More
London: Vale Press, 1903. Quarto. 156pp. One of 300 copies, printed by The Ballantyne Press and sold by the Vale Press and John Lane. Decorated by Ricketts, the centerpiece being the Kelmscott-like floral border around the first page of the introduction. The Amber Witch was originally published as a literary... More
Covelo, CA: Yolla Bolly Press, 1989. Octavo. xxviii, 92pp. One of 255 copies. Contains seven short stories and an introduction by the author, in which he discusses his stories and the process of writing. The stories are separated by sheets of colored paper covered with printing ornaments. Attractively printed, and... More
Hamburg: Otto Rohse Presse, 1970, 1977. Two small quarto volumes. 59; 52, (3)pp. One of 195 sets. Both signed by Rohse, whose wood and copper engravings appear throughout the volumes. Volume I contains Gryphius' sonnets, while Volume II his epigrams and other poems; together with Rohse's illustrations and book design... More
Darmstadt and Hamburg: Otto Rohse Presse, 1981. Small quarto. 38pp. One of 300 copies. Signed by the artist. Printed and illustrated with eleven wood-engravings by Rohse, one of Germany's contemporary fine printers. The text tells about an earthquake in Chile. Bottom right corner of the front cover rubbed, else a.... More
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1938. Octavo. xiv, (24)pp. One of 550 copies signed by Eric Gill and printed by Hague & Gill. Illustrated with four full page wood engravings by Gill. Slight bumping to foot of spine and corners, else a near fine copy in black cloth... More
