Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1991. Two octavo volumes. 184pp; (26)ff. From an edition of 1650 copies, this is one of three special copies printed for the authors, signed by Morris Cox and with a second volume of twenty-six specimen leaves. Inscribed by Colin Franklin. Contains a selection of the writings..... More
(Cambridge): Rampant Lions Press, 1986. Octavo. 58pp. From an edition of 505 copies, this is one of fifty copies on Barcham Green Canterbury handmade paper. Inscribed by the author, Colin Franklin. An exploration by Colin Franklin of the pre-Kelmscott inspirations for Morris and his fine book production thereafter. Bound in..... More
Cincinnati, OH: Press on Scroll Road, 2002. Octavo. (22)pp. One of 102 copies. Inscribed by the author. Three engravings by Abigail Rorer accompany Colin Franklin's compassionate and pastoral account of beekeeping activities. One five-line initial and two three-line initials, printed in red. Bound in quarter silk with decorative paper covers..... More
Cambridge, UK: Rampant Lions Press, 1988. Octavo. 94pp. One of thirty copies on handmade paper. Inscribed by the author. A historical consideration of the Daniel Press and some of the more obscure poets published by the Press. Fine in quarter morocco with matching slipcase. More
(Dallas: Ondine Press, 1977). Octavo. 19pp. One of 145 copies. Highlights an address given by Franklin at Perkins Chapel to mark the acquisition of the Sir Emery Walker copy of the Doves Press Bible printed on vellum by the Bridwell Library. Few marks to rear board, else fine in cream..... More
Princeton, NJ: 1984. Signed poster advertising a performance of A Christmas Carol at the McCarter Theatre Center for the Performing Arts. The ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future hover above the text, with Scrooge, Jacob Marley's ghost, and the Crachit family in the lower corners. Some toning along edges..... More
1992; 1996. Two posters, which employ an identical design. Dancers, a skeleton, the Black Doll, a cat, a dog, idle children, and men in large coats dot a gridded structure, whose central column details the event at hand. The earlier poster, which is one of 1000 copies, advertises The Sylvia..... More
Covela, CA: Yolla Bolly Press, 1988. Large quarto. 162pp. Published in an edition of 150 copies, of which 45 were specially bound and contained an extra suite of plates signed by the artist, Michael McCurdy. This is one of thirty Roman-numeral copies bound in brushed cowhide. The twelve wood engravings..... More
1980. Original artwork. Pen, ink, watercolor, graphite, and wash on stiff card. The bereaved gather around the deceased's coffin as the undertaker pulls back a veil to reveal a will, taped as a video message. The mourners are a typically Gorey-esque cast of characters, including a shrouded widow, a man..... More
Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2011. Octavo. xvi, 261pp. With various diagrams, reproductions, and maps to support this scholarly text on Egyptian manuscripts and writing practices. Bound in gray decorative paper with blind-stamped design to upper cover, housed in matching slipcase. Fine. More
North Vancouver: Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, 2007. Second printing. Oblong octavo. (14)ff. A charming collection of rhymes praising the serenity and kindness of animals, from hedgehogs to owls to bears, all accompanied by tipped-in illustrations. Bound in burgundy wrappers with gilt decoration. Fine. More
NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1983. First edition. Signed by Gorey in his guise as "Dogear Wryde". A book of paper doll cutouts. Fine in illustrated wrappers. (Toledano A87). More
NY: Typophiles, 1960. Two 12mo. volumes. xiii, 271pp. One of 1050 copies. Published as Typophile Chap Books nos. 35 and 36. These volumes contain a collection of essays edited by Paul A. Bennett, contributed by Dorothy Abbe, Mabel Dwiggins, Rudolph Ruzicka, and others, with a selective checklist compiled by Dorothy..... More
NY: Kiggins & Kellogg, (c. 1860). 32mo. 24pp. Decorated with various wood engravings. An impressive collection of riddles and rebuses, for at-home amusement. Bound in pale pink wrappers. Fine. More
NY: McLoughlin Bros. (c. 1880). 48mo. (8)pp. Illustrated throughout with the antics and mishaps of a troublemaking young boy. Bound in wrappers with an uncommonly colorful upper cover of green, orange, and black. Faint edgewear and minor dampstain to inside upper cover, else fine. More
NY: McLoughlin Bros. (c. 1872). 16mo. (8)pp. Eight hand-colored illustrations of the titular Master Rose in various garb, from traditional Greek and Spanish dress to that of a Native American warrior and a Turkish Sultan. Beneath each illustration is a four-line poem describing the culture, or at least beliefs about..... More
New Haven: S. Babcock, (c. 1835). 64mo. 8pp. Three hymns written by Barbauld in prose, with an engraving on the title page and full-page illustrations for each of the hymns. Barbauld was a poet and the author of several children's books. She ran a boarding school with her husband, a...... More
London: Gogmagog Press, 1978. Quarto. (13)pp., + (24) plates. From an edition of 75 copies signed by the author and the artist/printer, this is one of thirty copies with a signed original drawing as a frontispiece. The plates are reproductions in intaglio plates of images drawn by Cox with his..... More
Boston: Club of Odd Volumes, 1922. 16mo. 35pp. One of 101 copies, printed for the Club of Odd Volumes by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. Lionberger's reflections on sixty years of life, tightly bound in blind-stamped brown cloth. Rubbing to corners and spine, else very good. Note from..... More
NY: Braziller, 1964. Oblong 16mo. (16)ff. One of 3013 copies on handmade Fabriano paper, signed by the author and the illustrator. The poem, a moving tribute to John F. Kennedy, is lettered by Ben Shahn, with his drawings on each verso, and one tipped-in color plate. Light toning to spine..... More
Providence, RI: Skillman Avenue Press, 2016. Oblong 16mo. (27)pp. One of 150 copies. Signed by the author. Portraits of women appear on semi-translucent sheets laid over Cane's poems, which are structured as letters. Bound in pale blue paper with a cutout on the upper cover through which another portrait appears..... More
London: Shirley Jones, 1981. Five octavo volumes. 12; 9; 9; 12; 10pp. Each signed by Jones at limitation statement, and the first volume is inscribed by Jones. One of 200 copies. Each short story is printed as a separate booklet in printed wrappers. Slight fading to edge of first volume..... More
(NY): Random House, 1982. First edition. A macabre pop-up book, in which the family MacFizzit sets out "to visit the varied distractions of Hickyacket Hall." No price sticker, else fine in illustrated paper over boards. (Toledano A83a). More
NY: Chelsea House, (1965). Octavo. 47pp. Miss Phypps' "simple rules of propriety and common sense" tell a girl what to say when deflowered on a blind date, at a seance, by a marimba player, on an American Express tour, etc. Rubbing to extremities of pictorial boards, else very good. More
Lewiston, ME: Bates College Museum of Art, 1999. Oblong octavo. 77pp. Replete with reproductions of Van Vliet's lithographs, drawings, etchings, and other works. Interview transcript with Van Vliet at the back, along with a catalogue of her works and associated bibliography. Some rubbing to edges, else fine in printed wrappers..... More
