(Easthampton, MA): Cheloniidae Press, 1986. Oblong 16mo. (19)ff. From an edition of 225, this is one of twenty-five copies bound in full leather and joined by a suite of prints. Volume and suite signed by the artist. Also contains an original drawing finished with watercolor on vellum, signed in ink..... More
(Easthampton, MA: Cheloniidae Press, 1980). Folio. (13)ff. One of 125 copies signed by the artist. This copy also with a signed pencil drawing of Poe's portrait. The haunted tone of Poe's poetry is echoed in the five full-page etchings of The Raven by Alan James Robinson, who has titled and..... More
Venice: Gabriel Giolito di Ferrari et Fratelli, 1554. Oblong 16mo. (95)pp. After a brief prefatory exposition follow forty-three leaves with eighty-six plates of letterforms, ranging in style from the highly flourished to the starkly geometric. Plates on D6r to E5r hand-colored in red, purple, orange, blue, yellow, and green. Amphiareo's..... More
San Francisco: Kneedler-Fauchère, (c. 1950). Quarto. (38)ff. An impressive collection of sample sheets of khozo, mitsumata, and gampi papers in a variety of designs and colors. Samples are heralded by three pages of illustrated steps to Japanese papermaking, which at the outset provide plastic-covered specimens of the plants from which..... More
Tübingen: Jäckle-Sönmez, (1987). Square octavo. 107pp. One of 230 copies signed by the artists, Nedim Sonmez and Yvonne Jackle-Sonmez. A catalog with thirty-eight color reproductions of marbled pictures, nine photos in black and white on the technique of marbling, and one specimen of "Turkish Marbled Paper". With a preface by..... More
NY: Mahlon Day, 1836. 48mo. (x), 144pp. Prefaced with four pages of wood engravings of various breeds of dogs, including a mastiff, a hound, and a water dog. A compendium of stories of heroic dogs, aimed at highlighting their helpful and companionable qualities and, as the author states in his..... More
NY: The Press Pub. Co., 1902. Octavo. (16)pp. Die-cut shaped book, produced as a giveaway item in association with The World for Sunday, December fourteenth. Illustrated throughout, with line-drawn images and text in green ink on eight pages, and full-color pictures on the other eight, including the pictorial covers. These..... More
(Santa Barbara, CA): Simplemente Maria Press, 2020. Octavo volume and strand of ten paper prayer flags. (22)ff., + 20ff. One of twenty copies, signed by the artist. Heebner's flags bear her five invocations to a distressed planet, with one prayer for each element: fire, earth, air, water, and aether. Written..... More
San Francisco: Tomoye Press, 1907. Quarto. 33ff., + 12 plates. One of 1000 copies designed by John Henry Nash, and printed in red and black on handmade paper. The pages of the poem are printed in the style of William Morris, with decorative borders by Will Jenkins. These pages are..... More
London: Harrap, (1932). Quarto. 289pp. One of 525 copies, signed by the artist. Illustrated with twelve full-page color plates and numerous black & white images by Rackham. Bound in gilt-stamped white vellum. T.e.g. A fine, bright copy lacking the slipcase. More
(N.p. Janus Press, 1955; 1980. Small octavo. (vi), 45, (2)pp. Inscribed twice by the author. The first book of the Janus Press, with a frontispiece woodcut and two additional cuts by Claire Van Vliet, whose imagery adopts a classical motif to echo the highbrow sentiments of Theobald's verses. A promising..... More
Sherman Oaks, CA: Joseph J. D'Ambrosio, 1982. Octavo. (21)ff. One of fifty copies. Signed by D'Ambrosio at the title page, as well as below each of the four original serigraphs that comprise the book's central section, "Ladies of the Garden." Illustrated throughout with images of flora as backdrops to the..... More
London: Dean & Co., (c. 1960). Three 12mo rag books, + two sets of original artwork. Artwork heavily annotated and in full color. The three published books are My Train Set, Our Nursery, and My Dolls; the artwork, rendered directly on boards, applies to the latter two. The pencil notes..... More
(N.p,): 1927. Pencil, colored chalk, heightened with white on buff wove paper, measuring 11 by 15 inches. Signed and dated to left of sitter's foot. Additionally dated in upper right corner "11. 4. 27". As a fine artist, Jones is perhaps best-known for his landscapes and religious iconography; early in..... More
Denby Dale: Fleece Press, (1995). Folio. 80pp. One of 240 copies. When John Buckland Wright died in 1954 his studio contained a number of his engraved woodblocks, mostly those for which he had a particular fondness. This volume publishes "all the engravings of bathers or of women in watery landscapes..... More
New York: c. 1977. Two-panel printed poster, measuring 41 by 82 3/4 inches. Printed to advertise the 1977 Broadway production of Dracula, the main section of the poster features an illustrated scene showing Dracula about to ravish Lucy Westenra, who lies atop a bed that has as its tapestry headboard..... More
Rotterdam: W. L. & J. Brusse, 1903-1910. Octavo. (vi), vii, (v), 159, (3)pp. A deluxe copy of the translation of Morris' work into Dutch, the regular edition of which was printed in 1903. Drawn title page and frontispiece, along with five Morris-like illustrations interspersed throughout. With typography in red and..... More
(Buxton, ME): Ascensius Press, 2020. Folio. (23)pp. One of twenty-six copies, this being one of the six of the deluxe edition. Frontispiece monoprint of a looming axe by Pixley. A warm edition, with numbers in brown and borders at head in gray and green, reflective of the familiar vigor of..... More
(Buxton, ME): Ascensius Press, 2020. Folio. (23)pp. One of twenty-six copies, this being one of the twenty of the regular edition. Frontispiece monoprint of a looming axe by Pixley. A warm edition, with numbers in brown and borders at head in gray and green, reflective of the familiar vigor of..... More
Holguín, Cuba: Casa Editora Cuadernos Papiro, 2018. Quarto. (12)ff. One of fifty copies. Several leaves illustrated with collographs by Azze. A celebration of Afro-Cuban botanical and papermaking heritage, the book's leaves are each crafted from fibers of different plants. Accompanying text details the plants' respective importance to the region's religious..... More
(London): Gogmagog Press, 1972. Octavo. (96)pp., frenchfold. One of fifty copies signed by the printer-author. Illustrated with eight original intaglio engravings by Cox, printed in colors. "Each print has the device of a hand with pen or brush, entering from beyond the margins, drawing its composition (poem or picture) from..... More
Glasgow: David Bryce & Son, (1904). 64pp. An unusual oblong Bryce format with page one containing the title-page, in an Oriental design, and the first page of the preface. This layout is most likely the uncut version of the Bryce Rubaiyat. Bound in finely gilt-stamped gray-brown leather with yapp edges..... More
(The Hague): De Zilverdistel, 1917. Octavo. (146)pp. One of 125 copies. Printed by J. F. van Royen in red and black using S. H. de Roos’s Zilvertype, the format of this book is quite clearly an homage to the Doves Press and Cobden-Sanderson and was the only English book produced..... More
(Hamburg: Gustav Seitz, c. 1859. 12mo. (16)pp. With chromolithograped illustrations throughout. A charming and rare shaped book which draws upon the Germanic and Norse traditions of a solstice figure, here embodied by King Winter, whose reign over the world is aided by his queen, and by Jack Frost. The verse..... More
Collingswood, NJ: Washburn, William Lewis, 1935. (21)ff. From an edition of sixty-four copies, this is one of forty-seven copies bound in paste-paper wrappers. Contains four literal translations of the Rubaiyat passage, plus FitzGerald's longer, more fanciful version, as well as two comparable Biblical extracts. With an introduction by Clarke W...... More
