(Frankenstein)
All Joy Was But a Mockery.
1984. Wood-engraved color print. Signed. (16 by 12 in.). More about All Joy Was But a Mockery
Fine Printing
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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(Frankenstein)
The Death of William Frankenstein.
1984. Wood-engraved print. Signed. (16 by 12 in.). More about The Death of William Frankenstein
(Frankenstein)
Divine Sounds Enchanted Me.
1984. Wood-engraved color print. Signed. Framed. AP. (14 1/4 by 11 1/4 in.). More about Divine Sounds Enchanted Me
(Frankenstein)
Farewell.
1984. Wood-engraved color print. Signed. Framed. AP. (14 1/4 by 11 1/4 in.). More about Farewell
(Frankenstein)
Farewell.
1984. Wood-engraved color print. Signed. (16 by 12 in.). More about Farewell
(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
(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
(Frost, Robert)
A Considerable Speck.
(Salem: Colonial Society, 1939). First separate edition, which consisted of fewer than 100 copies. A single folded sheet with one page of type, printed by Dard Hunter II at the MIT Paper Museum Press. Inscribed by Frost to Martin K. Howes at foot of poem. Frost read this delightful piece... More about A Considerable Speck
(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)
Steeple Bush.
NY: Henry Holt, 1947. First edition. One of 751 copies signed by Frost. Title page decoration by Loren MacIver. In a review in the June 1, 1947 issue of the New York Times, Randall Jarrell singles out “Directive,” an early poem in Frost’s penultimate collection, for possessing “so much longing..... More about Steeple Bush
(Funazaki, Eri)
28 Characters, 4 Men, 10 Women, 5 Boys and 8 Girls.
(N.p. 2008). Small quarto. 32ff. One of five copies, signed by the artists, noted bookbinder, typographer, and illustrator Eri Funazaki and Danny Flynn, a fellow typographer who also wrote the text. Each letter was printed using different wood and metal types, many of which were altered by the artists or... More about 28 Characters, 4 Men, 10 Women, 5 Boys and 8 Girls
(Ganymed Original Editions)
King Lear.
London: Ganymed Original Editions Limited, 1963. Folio. 109pp. One of 275 copies. Signed by the illustrator on the limitation page. Illustrated by Oskar Kokoschka with sixteen black & white lithographs. Kokoschka's expressionist interpretations of Shakespeare's text successfully translate the psychology of the text into image. The shadowy lithographs, set against... More about King Lear
(Gehenna Press)
Cancelleresca Bastarda Displayed in a Series of Maxims and Mottos. With Alphabets and Ornaments.
(Northampton): Gehenna Press, 1965. 16mo. (14)ff. One of 100 copies, signed by Leonard Baskin. After acquiring several Jan van Krimpen fonts in three sizes, modeled on chancery script, Baskin designed this book. It contains eleven mottos, each decoratively printed with different sizes of type in subtle variations of color. One... More about Cancelleresca Bastarda Displayed in a Series of Maxims and Mottos. With Alphabets and Ornaments
(Gehenna Press)
Culs de Lampe.
(Northampton: Gehenna Press, 1968). Square octavo. 23ff. One of 250 copies, of which this is one of 70 in the first binding by Arno Werner, whose copy this was. Inscribed by Harold McGrath, the pressman, to Werner at the colophon. A collection of head and tailpieces from 16th- and 17th-century... More about Culs de Lampe
(Gehenna Press)
Flosculi Sententiarum.
Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press, 1967. Small quarto. (31)ff. One of fifty copies specially bound by Arno Werner. Inscribed by Leonard Baskin to Bill Covington. A collection of moral phrases in a variety of languages and artfully arranged by Baskin with ornamentation in black, red, yellow, green, and blue. The collection... More about Flosculi Sententiarum
(Gehenna Press)
Flosculi Sententiarum: Printers Flowers Moralised.
(Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press, 1967). Quarto. (31)ff. One of 250 copies, this one inscribed in pencil from Leonard Baskin to Ben Tighe, a well-known bookseller in the Northampton area. The inscription is curiously dated "1947" in Baskin's hand. Using the collection of type ornaments owned by Bruce Rogers, Baskin has... More about Flosculi Sententiarum: Printers Flowers Moralised
(Gehenna Press)
Auguries of Innocence.
(Northampton, MA): Gehenna Press, 1959. Octavo. (8)ff. One of 250 copies printed for the Print Club of Philadelphia, and signed by the artist. Contains nine wood engravings by Baskin. The volume, as described by Baskin himself, marks the beginning of his invention of "typographic structures of originality and sensitivity", brought... More about Auguries of Innocence
(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
(Gehenna Press)
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