(Frankenstein)
Fire Gives Light as Well as Heat.
1984. Wood-engraved color print. Signed. Framed. AP. (14 1/4 by 11 1/4 in.). More about Fire Gives Light as Well as Heat
Illustrated Books
At Bromer Booksellers, we focus on the visual book, with fine images that both enhance narrative and stand alone as independent creations. Among our holdings in this area are costume books, emblem books, examples from the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods, the fantasy illustrators in the tradition of Arthur Rackham, and modern books with original graphics. We look for the successful fusion of picture with text from any century, any country, and across a variety of artistic movements and media. We are especially fascinated with books of other cultures, and you will occasionally find items such as Japanese illustrated woodblock books and Eskimo tales without words ...
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(Frankenstein)
Frankenstein's Family Tomb.
1984. Wood-engraved print. Signed. (16 by 12 in.). More about Frankenstein's Family Tomb
(Frankenstein)
Great Issue of Fire.
1984. Two-color wood-engraved print. Signed. Framed. (16 1/4 by 12 1/4 in.). More about Great Issue of Fire
(Frankenstein)
Justine Moritz Executed.
1984. Wood-engraved print. Signed. (16 by 12 in.). More about Justine Moritz Executed
(Frankenstein)
My Organs Were Indeed Harsh.
1984. Wood-engraved color print. Signed. Framed. AP. (14 1/4 by 11 1/4 in.). More about My Organs Were Indeed Harsh
(Frankenstein)
No Father Watched My Infant Days.
1984. Wood-engraved color print. Signed. (16 by 12 in.). More about No Father Watched My Infant Days
(Frankenstein)
Steeples of London.
1984. Wood-engraved print. Signed. Framed. (16 1/4 by 12 1/4 in.). More about Steeples of London
(Frankenstein)
Waldman's Instruments.
1984. Wood-engraved print. Signed. (16 by 12 in.). More about Waldman's Instruments
(Frasconi, Antonio)
Against the Grain: The Woodcuts of Antonio Frasconi.
NY & London: Macmillan, (1974). Quarto. 159pp. One of 140 copies signed by the artist. This copy is inscribed by Frasconi and his family to Anne and David Bromer, dated December 1976. Illustrated throughout with examples of Frasconi's woodcuts in black, white, and red and several full-color plates, this is... More about Against the Grain: The Woodcuts of Antonio Frasconi
(Frost, Robert)
North of Boston.
South Freeport, ME: Ascensius Press, 2015. Small quarto. 44ff. From an edition of forty-one, this is one of twenty-six lettered copies, bound in full calf. Frost's second book of poetry is here published in a centenary edition by Scott Vile of the Ascensius Press. In homage to Joseph Blumenthal, Frost's... More about North of Boston
(Frost, Robert)
Several Short Poems.
(NY: Henry Holt, 1924). Single sheet folded once to make a four-page pamphlet. First edition. One of 2000 copies printed for distribution at Frost lectures at East Coast colleges. With two woodcut vignettes by J.J. Lankes. Signed by Frost below "The Pasture," which appears on the first page. Paper evenly... More about Several Short Poems
(Gaskin, Georgie)
Collection of Christmas cards by Georgie Gaskin.
1896-1905. A collection of nine color Christmas cards for the years 1897 through 1905, designed by Georgie Gaskin for Laurence W. Hodson and his family. The cards feature delicate vining borders intertwined with banners that extend the Christmas greeting for that year. The subjects of the cards include the Hodson... More about Collection of Christmas cards by Georgie Gaskin
(Gaskin, Georgie)
Original artwork for a Christmas card by Georgie Gaskin.
1896-1905. 5ff. An original pen & ink drawing and two proofs, one hand-colored and one printed, plus a final printed copy of a Christmas card designed by Georgie Gaskin for Laurence W. Hodson and his family. The card is for the year 1896 and depicts Santa Claus, heavily laden with... More about Original artwork for a Christmas card by Georgie Gaskin
(Gehenna Press)
Voyages: Six Poems from White Buildings.
NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1957. Oblong quarto. 12ff. One of 975 copies, designed, illustrated, and printed at the Gehenna Press by Leonard Baskin on handmade Italian and Japanese papers. Signed by Baskin, who illustrated the work with six original boxwood engravings and one cherry woodcut. Fine in wrappers with... More about Voyages: Six Poems from White Buildings
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Hippolytos.
Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press, 1969. Folio. (70)pp. From an edition of 200 copies, this is an out-of-series printer's copy inscribed by Leonard Baskin to Arno Werner, who bound the book. One of the major productions of Baskin's Gehenna Press. Illustrated with ten etchings by Baskin, nine of which are signed... More about Hippolytos
(Gehenna Press)
West-Ostlicher Divan. Goethe's West-Eastern Divan.
Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press, 1970. Small octavo. 236pp. One of 300 copies. Baskin's drawings illustrate much of the volume, providing a both probing and somewhat comical insight into Goethe's poetry. Translation and commentary by Alex Page. This is volume one of seven books proposed by the Gehenna Press. Bound in... More about West-Ostlicher Divan. Goethe's West-Eastern Divan
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Effleurage.
(Leeds, MA): Gehenna Press, 1989. Quarto. (13)pp, (25)ff. One of thirty-eight copies. A collection of etchings of cats by the Italian artist Anna Maria Bartolini, some of which are printed on pink mulberry paper and tipped in. All are signed by the artist in graphite. Some of the cats are... More about Effleurage
(Gehenna Press)
The Defense of Gracchus Babeuf Before the High Court of Vendome.
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 about The Defense of Gracchus Babeuf Before the High Court of Vendome
(Gibney, Jennifer)
Joe Average.
Victoria, Australia: 2010. Square 32mo. (14)pp., accordion-fold, decorated on both sides of the page. An original artist's book by Jennifer Gibney, with hand-drawn text and pen illustrations in black, sepia, and sanguine ink, housed within a hand-painted and decorated wooden box. The story concerns a jester-like character who is overwhelmed... More about Joe Average
(Gill, Eric)
Flower-Piece.
1924. On paper measuring 6 1/4 by 5 3/8 inches (159x137mm), mounted to a bifolium sheet. One of six copies signed by Gill in graphite at the lower corner. This is one of eight of Gill's delicate white line engravings that is featured in Enid Clay's Sonnets and Verses, published... More about Flower-Piece
(Gill, Eric)
Leda.
(1924). Intaglio print. Initialed by the artist, Eric Gill. This intaglio print "Leda" is a design for the engraving on copper of the same name. In it, a naked Leda is seated on the grass, wrapped in an amorous embrace with Zeus, in the form of a swan. The bird's... More about Leda
(Gill, Eric)
Original pen and ink drawing for Troilus and Criseyde.
(c. 1927). Pen and ink on paper, measuring 8 by 2 3/4 inches, matted and framed. This is Gill's design for a border that appears three times in the Golden Cockerel Press edition of Troilus and Criseyde, and it shows Chaucer sitting in a tree writing "Troilus" in a book... More about Original pen and ink drawing for Troilus and Criseyde
(Gill, Eric)
The Holy Sonnets of John Donne.
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 about The Holy Sonnets of John Donne
(Gill, Eric)
Christianity and Art.
Capel-y-ffin, Abergavenny: Francis Walterson, 1927. Octavo. (vii), 46pp. One of 200 copies printed at the Shakespeare Head Press for Francis Walterson, signed by both Eric Gill and David Jones. This was the only book to be issued signed by the two. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved by David Jones titled... More about Christianity and Art
(Gill, Eric)
An Essay on Typography.
London: Sheed & Ward, (1931). Octavo. iv, 121 pp. First edition. One of 500 copies signed by Eric Gill and Rene Hague and printed by Hague & Gill. This is a presentation copy, inscribed on the colophon. Illustrated with twenty-five figures, including ten type specimens and four illustrations from wood... More about An Essay on Typography