Bromer Bookseller has always held the aesthetic of letterpress printing as the finest technique in which to present the written word. We offer many fine examples of printing from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, as well as earlier printed items. On our shelves, you will the find traditional, restrained typography of Bruce Rogers and John Baskerville, as well as more experimental work from such modern practitioners as Gunnar Kaldewey. Other leading printers represented in our stock include ...
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Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1991. Extreme oblong quarto. 14pp., leporello. One of 40 copies, signed by the artist/printer, Gunnar Kaldewey. Kaldewey offers a poetic, intimate encounter with and a nostalgic history of one of America's most visited and inspiring rivers. The Hudson River was followed a year later by Volume..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1989. Oblong folio. 106pp. One of twenty deluxe copies printed on papier de Chine and bound in flexible blue textured leather by Christian Zwang. With twenty-five linoleum cuts in several colors by Kim Keever. Signed by the artist. Keever's linocuts draw directly from the theme of..... More
Postenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 2018. Quarto. (12)pp., accordion-fold. One of only fourteen copies. Kaldewey’s interpretation of Rilke’s poem invokes the transformative power of music by showcasing the German text, which is deeply imprinted in yellow ink. The lines are paired with bright watercolors that amplify the atmospheric and affective quality..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 2013. Oblong elephant folio. (14)ff., accordion-fold. One of thirty-six copies. Printed in silver ink, with illustrations of elephants, on deep red handmade paper. The text is a poem written in Thai, and an English translation is provided on a separate sheet of paper accompanying the book..... More
NY: Kaldewey Press, 2011. Small quarto. (18)ff. One of thirty-five copies, inscribed by the artist and printer, Gunnar Kaldewey. Kaldewey's seventy-fifth publication, lovingly detailing the origins of his press and its evolution over time. Bound as loose sheets on aqua-colored cotton rag paper made by Gangolf Ulbricht, interleaved with thin..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 2016. Quarto. (12)ff., + 4 full-page illustrations from watercolors by Gunnar Kaldewey. One of only ten copies comprising the deluxe edition, which is specially bound and adds three original watercolors. The 84th publication of the Kaldewey Press presents a poem by the 12th-century troubadour, Jaufre Rudel..... More
Cambridge, MA: Kat Ran Press, 2014. Octavo. (16)pp. One of forty-five copies of the deluxe edition, bound by Sarah Creighton in red and orange paste paper-covered boards, and including two mint stamps designed by the author. Contains fourteen full-color reproductions of collages by Chermayeff -- faces with features crafted from..... More
Bainbridge, PA: Katydid Press, 1956-1960. A selection of eleven titles from the Katydid Press. Titles include: George Washington, by Thomas Jefferson. 1956. 16mo. (14)pp. From an edition of sixty copies, this is one of forty-eight on Basingwerk parchment. Frontispiece woodcut of Washington. Bound in printed paper over boards. Tanned, with light..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1898. Small quarto. (55)pp. Eight woodcut illustrations and each page with black floral borders. A fine rendering of John Keats's poem adapted from Boccacio's Decameron. In it, a young woman engaged to marry a nobleman falls in love with a commoner. When her brothers discover..... More
(Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896). Folded sheet measuring 16 3/4 by 11 1/2 inches, comprising pp. 1-2, and 15-16 of the Kelmscott Chaucer. This bifolium contains the magnificent opening of the Canterbury Tales with the woodcut by Edward Burne-Jones showing Chaucer holding a book and a pen while standing in a...... More
(Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1897). Quarto. xipp., 23ff.,14pp. One of 225 copies, printed in red and black. Edited and with a Foreword by Sydney Cockerell. This copy is signed by Cockerell beneath his printed name in the Foreword. Contains reproductions of 35 woodcuts from German incunabula in the library of William..... 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
(Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1897). Quarto. 91 pp. One of 300 copies on paper. Illustrated with two full-page woodcuts by Edward Burne-Jones and numerous ornamental initials and borders by William Morris. With pale blue foliate initials. This was one of only two books printed in three colors at the Kelmscott Press..... More
(Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1897). Quarto. (xii), 340, (viii)pp. One of 250 copies on paper. With numerous initials and ornaments. Printed in Chaucer type, with chapter titles and marginal notes in red. Each of the six parts begins with a wide border and a fourteen-line initial block containing the entire first..... More
Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894. 16mo. 68pp. One of 500 copies. Decorated with a woodcut title page and facing page with full woodcut border, plus three-, seven- and thirteen-line initials throughout. Printed in Chaucer type in black, with shoulder notes and colophon page in red. Boards slightly toned, some rubbing to..... More
(Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893). One of 500 copies printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. This is the second issue, with four cancellans leaves replacing pp. 15-16, 19-20, 25-26, and 69-70. With wide leaf and blossom borders to the opening page and to the title-page, which is printed against..... More
(Hammersmith): Kelmscott Press, 1894-95. 16mo. (4)pp. One of 250 copies. The initial full-page woodcut illustration depicts, with suitable romance and foreboding, Adam and Eve after their expulsion from Eden. Both clothed in hides, Adam digs into the ground while Eve begins her spinning; about her legs are a young Cain..... More
San Francisco: Arion Press for John Windle, Bookseller, 1994. Folio. (4), (2)pp, (1)ff. From an edition of 100 copies, this is one of five copies that includes an opening leaf with one full-page illustration and a border on the reverse. The illustration was designed by Edward Burne-Jones and depicts a...... More
(Pasadena, CA): Kerberos Press, 2011. Octavo. 28ff. One of twenty copies, signed by the printer, Vance Studley, and the designer, Tom Mossman, on the colophon page. An unbound collection of detail illustrations of twelve different species of solitary bees, each with an accompanying description of its physical and social characteristics..... More
Leipzig: F. A. Lattman, 1910. Small quarto. (16)pp. Lettering, title page, and ornaments in black, red, and gold by Rudolf Koch. A bold production of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, printed in Kochschrift, so that the design bridges the flourishes of medieval manuscripts and the sleekness of early twentieth-century type..... More
Gulfport, FL: Konglomerati Press, 1981. Octavo. (42)pp. One of 1000 copies. Seven illustrations in green, orange, black, and blue, with a two-page spread for the title page. Trace rubbing to corners, else fine in gray cloth with orange cloth over boards and paper label. Prospectus laid in. More
(Philadelphia): Philadelpia College of Art, 1972. Quarto. (18)pp. One of eleven copies. Inscribed by the artist, Susan Kronfeld, to Stuart Schimmel, who served on the Grolier Club council and whose personal collections and public curatorial positions allowed him to continually present exhibits to the New York community. Kronfeld's eight color..... More
Los Angeles: Bruce McCallister, 1931. Quarto. (x), (ii)pp., + 14 plates. One of 500 copies, signed by Landacre. Foreword by Arthur Miller. Published during a period that saw a renaissance in woodcuts and wood engravings, this marks Landacre's first original publication. Originally from Ohio, Landacre discovered the beauty of the..... More
NY: Society of Foliophiles, (1925). Quarto. One of 200 copies printed for the Society of Foliophiles, containing 20 original leaves from notable books of English literature from the 16th to the 20th centuries. Unbound, as issued, with each leaf in its respective, annotated folder measuring 12 1/2 by 9 1/2..... More
Vancouver, B.C. Heavenly Monkey, 2019. Tall quarto. 18, (10)pp., + two tipped-in leaves. From an edition of 55 copies, this is number two of five hors de commerce copies bound by Claudia Cohen and with calligraphy hand-written by Martin Jackson, whose copy this is. Signed by Jackson on the colophon..... More
