Boston: Bromer Booksellers & Gallery, 2021. Octavo. 160pp. A catalogue of over 100 items pertaining to social justice, identity, and equality. The collection, which includes artists' books, fine press, original art, and posters, represents over a century of responses from book artists to oppression and its impact. It gathers a...... More
Harper Woods: Adagio Press, 1969. Folio. 54pp. With a Preface by Strouse and a Note by the Printer, Leonard F. Bahr. From an edition of 329, this is one of seventy-five copies with a Bible leaf on handmade paper and a quarto leaf on vellum. In this copy, the paper..... More
NY: Red Ozier Press, 1986. Octavo. 39pp. One of 100 copies. Signed by Wright at the colophon. Five of Wright's long, stream-of-consciousness poems draw the reader along narrative landscapes rippling with scenic and emotional power. Printed in black with headers in light and dark blue. Bound in blue paper wrappers..... More
Lewisburg, PA: Appletree Alley, 1992. Octavo. 45, (3)pp. One of 150 copies, signed by the illustrator, Linda Plotkin, at the colophon. Four of Plotkin's illustrations punctuate Valentine's poetry. Composed of highly saturated colors abstractly cast over dark backgrounds, the images reflect and enhance the surges of anxiety, love, and nostaglia..... More
(Newark, VT): Janus Press, 1996. Small quarto book sculpture, contained in a wooden tray. One side unfolds as an accordion structure of paper attached to a wooden backing; the other shows an installation of Vigesaa's (now Lipke) "Earthskins," a mixture of clay and paper vacuum-formed to mimic the look and..... More
Paris: Louis Janet, (c. 1830). 64mo. 48pp., + engraved title page and six plates of engravings. A collection of titularly genteel love poetry, mostly penned by a Bernard whose brief biography appears as an introduction. The inserted plates show lovers in pastoral settings. Bound in a glass binding, with spine..... More
1978. A small purse in the shape of Gorey's famous sweatered cat, which was also produced in beanbag form by Toy Works this same year. The feline physical features and turquoise and yellow-striped sweater are here printed on ivory satin rather than the cotton of the beanbag toy. Both functional..... More
(Claremont, CA): Scripps College Press, 2008. Square octavo. (58)pp. One of 90 copies, signed by all the student involved in the creation of the book, which is a collaborative final project for their fall 2008 Typography class at Scripps College. Linocuts throughout in a range of colors. Under the direction..... More
(Claremont, CA): Scripps College Press, 2006. Small octavo. (84)pp. One of 100 copies. Signed by Kitty Maryatt, under whose instruction these ten students in her fall 2006 typography class created the book. Heavily illustrated throughout with linocuts and poetic text in red, the book represents the final project for the..... More
(Montclair, NJ): Caliban Press, 1992. Small quarto. (25)pp. One of 125 copies. Illustrated with a map, portraits, page facsimiles and two colored double-page spreads. This edition contains the complete text of a handmade notebook that contained germinal ideas for a poem that later became "With Husky-Haughty Lips, O Sea" collected..... More
(Portland, OR): Chamberlain Press, 1983. Octavo. (16)pp. From an edition of 125 copies, this is one of twenty-five deluxe copies signed by Chamberlain and with an extra signed print. This well-loved tale is designed, printed, and illustrated with ten delightful wood engravings by Chamberlain. The book is bound by Barbara..... More
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Claremont, CA: Scripps College Press, 2003. Square small octavo. (36)pp. One of 90 copies, signed by the artists, who were students in a Typography class directed by Kitty Maryatt at Scripps College. The book is a final project for the class and a collaboration between all seven students, who imagined..... More
Tokyo: Mainichi News, 1973-1974. Five large folio volumes. One of 100 copies with text in English. The monumental work on the field of Japanese papermaking contains over 1000 samples, which were collected from the 800 or so households still engaged in papermaking, mounted on individual sheets. Includes eight tall octavo..... More
Paris: Marcilly Ainé, (1825). Six 32mo. volumes, 31pp. each, except "Normandie," which is 32pp. Each volume bears two full-page color engravings, focusing on the different attire worn in the various French regions represented among the set and some of their most notable cities. The six volumes discuss Normandy, Béarn and..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. Small octavo. (viii), 100pp. Heavily ornamented with illuminated initials, borders, and tail-pieces. The title page is in full color, with a lush border featuring miniatures of the masks of comedy and tragedy and a portrait of Shakespeare, plus an illustration of Macbeth behind..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, (1929). Octavo. 225pp. First edition, printed before the limited UK edition, which Potter used to establish copyright in England. According to Linder, Potter originally wanted the book to only be printed in America, since “she felt that the stories were ‘too personal—too autobiographical'” to publish in her..... More
NY: Greenberg Inc., (1926). Octavo. (28)ff. First edition. Each letter of the alphabet, and its accompanying emblematic imagery, is playfully illustrated in blue, magenta, yellow, and black. Most of the letters, in both image and verse, refer to a children's literary tale or rhyme; for example, G is for Gulliver's..... More
NY: Macmillan Company, 1936. First edition of MItchell's sprawling Civil War saga, from which sprung the similarly sprawling 1939 MGM film starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. Handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf for Asprey & Co. in full maroon morocco with elaborate gilt floral tooling and rules to covers and spine..... More
NY: Viking, 1950. First edition. This novel marked Steinbeck's third attempt at a "play-novelette"—the first two being Of Mice and Men and The Moon is Down. A very fine copy in a fine, bright dust wrapper with only a hint of fading to the photosensitive colors, and a small abrasion..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1914. The Bombay Edition. One of 1050 copies. Each story begins with an illustrated initial, and bears a full-page illustration drawn by Kipling himself. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full red morocco with gilt rules to covers, edges, and turn-ins, gilt elephant medallions to spine, and on..... More
NY: Viking, 1961. First edition. Review copy with publisher's slip and clip from the Virginia Quarterly laid in. This was Steinbeck's last full-length novel, as well as the book for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. A fine copy in gilt-titled blue cloth, which shows a hint..... More
NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939. First American edition. One of 2000 copies. Eliot's clever, jovial collection of poems on feline activity, ritual, and politics enjoyed enduring popularity thanks in large part to its adaptation for the stage by Andrew Lloyd Webber. As with the London first edition, the American..... More
London; Philadelphia: William Heinemann; J. B. Lippincott, (1915). First trade edition of Rackham's desirable take on Dickens' holiday classic. Contains twelve full-page mounted color plates and numerous black & white illustrations. Heinemann first commissioned A Christmas Carol from Rackham for Christmas, 1915. Despite being a ghost story, Rackham's illustrations glow..... More
NY: Harper, (1945). First edition. Illustrated with line drawings by Garth Williams. This is White’s first book for children, which was written “in the hope of amusing a six-year-old niece.” Stuart Little was a bestseller in spite of some unenthusiastic initial reviews. White spent most of his literary career writing..... More
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, (1928). Quarto. 251pp., + 12 plates. One of 1,000 copies signed and numbered by the artist. Illustrated with twelve brightly-colored full-page plates by Dulac, protected by tissue guards. This copy bound in the style of Kelliegram by Asprey in full green morocco with an inset..... More
