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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(Nutley, N.J.): Gianettino & Meredith, Inc., 1977. 12mo. (24)pp. From an edition of 275, this is one of fifty lettered copies in a cloth binding, signed by the artist, Jill Karla Schwarz. This humorous holiday list of thirteen "recipes" for turkey was appropriately filed by the author under the heading..... More
NY: Vincent FitzGerald & Co., 1987. Quarto. (17)ff. One of 75 copies, signed by the translator, Michael Feingold, and the artist, Neil Welliver, whose five color etchings and double-page fold-out lithograph were printed by Shigemitsu Tsukaguchi. The translator served as the lead drama critic for the Village Voice until it..... More
NY: B. Shackman & Co., Inc., 1993. (40)ff. A charming flip book, in which a daring roadster jumps over a bus and six other cars. Bound in illustrated wrappers, all black and white. Minor rubbing to edges and few spots of foxing to top edge, else near fine. (1 1/2..... More
(c. 1965-1975). Folk art chess set and table. This non-traditional chess set is based on the theory of evolution, with dinosaurs facing off against mammals. The field is alternating squares of brown earth and green & blue ponds. The pawns on each side grow through the early evolutionary stages: the..... More
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1899. Three quarto volumes. xxvi, 330pp. From an edition of 268, this is one of thirty copies on Imperial Japon. In addition, this is a unique copy with an extra set of the 126 color photogravure plates printed on white satin and backed in celadon silk. The..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822. Octavo. (iv), 397pp. Eleventh edition. Here, Moore's wildly popular, and subtly pro-Irish nationalism, poem receives an impressive fore-edge painting. The poem's titular heroine stands before her poet suitor, and behind them are Arabesque archways framing an imaginative city in Bukhara. The base..... More
Madrid: Editorial Voluntad, 1927. Quarto. (vi), (121)ff., + 120 plates. Each plate shows a drawing by de Azpiazu, who in each captures the beauties of Spanish architecture, life, and landscape. The Quinteros provide commentary for each, and Serafina Alvarez Quintero contributed the frontispiece portrait of de Azpiazu. The book is..... More
London: Saunders and Otley, 1836-38. Three octavo vols. 304; 304; 304pp. Engraved titles with vignettes, as well as nearly 150 engravings throughout the set. A testament to British literature and artistry, with the poetic pillars of Chaucer, Spenser, Donne, Shakespeare, Dryden, Burns, Wordsworth, Shelley, Coleridge, and myriad other writers comprising..... More
Print Club of Cleveland, 1950. Woodcut measuring 21 by 14 1/2 inches. One of 250 copies, signed and dated by Antonio Frasconi, an artist born in Uruguay and known for his distinctive woodcuts and numerous illustrated books for children. In this depiction of Aesop’s fable, a hungry, curvaceous crocodile tempts..... More
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Houston, TX: Ganzeer, 2020. Original illustration, signed by the artist, Ganzeer. Produced for his op-ed, “The Fate of Egypt,” which ran in Middle East Eye in February 2020, the illustration shows a diverse array of Egyptians protesting the dictatorial regime of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who rose to power in..... More
(n.d.). A woodcut print on India paper of a kneeling figure overlooking a view of hills. Spot of foxing, else fine. (Image measures 5 7/8 by 5 13/16 in.; 150x148 mm). More
(n.d.). A woodcut print on India paper of a girl and her woodland entourage. Fine. (Image measures 3 1/2 by 4 1/4 in.; 90x109 mm). More
(n.d.). A woodcut print on India paper of an agricultural farming village, with bales of hay, thatch-roofed homes, and hills in the background. Fine. (Image measures 4 by 5 in.; 102x128 mm). More
(n.d.). A woodcut print on India paper of a shepherd carrying a lamb, evocative of Gaskin's illustrations for the Kelmscott Press' Shepheardes Calendar. Signed and titled in pencil by Gaskin. Fine. (Image measures 3 11/16 by 2 1/2 in.; 94x63 mm). More
1926. A woodcut print on India paper of a woman clambering into bed. Signed, dated, and titled in pencil by Gaskin. Fine, affixed to mat. (Image measures 3 1/2 by 4 in.; 92x102 mm). More
1926. A woodcut print on Japanese paper of a couple in romantic embrace. Signed, dated, and titled in pencil by Gaskin. Fine, matted. (Image measures 5 1/2 by 2 13/16 in.; 141x71 mm). More
1926. A woodcut print on Japanese paper of a woman, fitted out in frock and hat, in white figure against a black background. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil by Gaskin. Few spots of inconsequential foxing, else near fine. (Image measures 4 13/16 by 2 3/8 in.; 122x60 mm). More
1926. A woodcut print on India paper of two sisters embracing. Signed, dated, and titled in pencil by Gaskin. Shade of foxing, else near fine. (Image measures 2 7/8 by 1 15/16 in.; 74x50 mm). More
(n.d.). A woodcut print on India paper of a winter storm settling over a tree-embraced homestead. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil by Gaskin. Fine. (Image measures 4 by 5 in.; 102x128 mm). More
Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press, 1963. Elephant folio. (24)pp. One of 150 copies, signed by the illustrator, Rico Lebrun, and by the engraver, Leonard Baskin, below the colophon and on the prints. Lebrun's illustrations evoke the raw emotion and bare-bones humanity and animality of Melville's tale. Pages held loose in unbound..... More
Pasadena: Archetype Press, 2002. Quarto. (41)ff. One of 60 copies. Printed in a variety of styles and using a variety of methods, this compilation of "isms" and ideologies provides highly visual humor and insight into topics ranging from ageism to materialism to conspiracy theories to the authoritarian tactics of the..... More
Bob Ziering, 2009. Pastel on paper. Signed and dated by the artist, Bob Ziering. Original exploratory artwork for the gay 2010 American short film Curious Thing directed by Alain Hain. This bold, emotional piece is Ziering at his most authentic; a celebrated commercial illustrator, it was only after more than..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Simplemente Maria Press, 2008. Small oblong folio. 42 + 13ff., + 20 plates. One of twenty copies. With twenty pigment prints in triptych format by Mary Heebner. According to the artist, these prints began as collage paintings, created as an emotional response to the characters of Gertrude..... More
(Sacramento, CA): Deconstructed Artichoke Press, 2012. Square 16mo. (14)pp. One of twenty copies, of which this is the first. On the verso pages, pinhole photographs show slivers of baseball fields. The accordion structure expands to reveal the full views, and the pages themselves form a diamond pattern, supported by 108..... More
(Rheinbach, Germany: John Gerard, 2005). Small quarto. (40)pp. One of twenty copies, signed by the artist. Each letter of this alphabet is scrawled in black over and over to fill the text area defined by Tschichold's canon of page construction, which is printed in red on every page. An interesting..... More
