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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(Boston): Penmaen Press, 1969. Octavo. 26pp. One of 100 copies. Designed and handset by Michael McCurdy, this first book of the Press is beautifully printed in red and black. Introduction by Elmer Howard Brown. Very fine in green boards with lightly sunned slipcase. Prospectus laid-in. More
Great Barrington, MA: Michael McCurdy, 2004. Quarto. One of eight copies. A suite of twenty-five laser prints of drawings by Michael McCurdy, each hand-colored, signed, and numbered by the artist. The drawings were originally done by McCurdy at the request of the University Press of Kansas, which commissioned the artist..... More
(N.p.): Mermaid Press, 1961. 24mo. (8)pp. Inscribed by the printer, Fridolf Johnson, dated 1982. A quaint book of lyrical epitaphs for various printers, including Christopher Barker and John Foster. Some fading to spine, else fine in blue wrappers. More
Boston: Club of Odd Volumes, 1922. 16mo. 35pp. One of 101 copies, printed for the Club of Odd Volumes by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. Lionberger's reflections on sixty years of life, tightly bound in blind-stamped brown cloth. Rubbing to corners and spine, else very good. Note from..... More
(N.p. Michael Mar Press, 1977). Small quarto. (16)ff. One of twelve copies, hand-produced by jewelry designer Michael Dorsa and bookbinder Margaret Rhein. With twelve color illustrations. The text and images were both from an original work written and drawn in 1964 by Mike Dorsa and Tom Warner, age nine. In..... More
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1981. 29 pp. From an edition of 400, this is one of 100 copies specially bound by Bela Blau. Signed by President Gerald R. Ford. The text of a September 1980 address given to the Visa International Convention in Quebec encouraging world peace for economic..... 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
Nappanee: Press of the Indiana Kid, 1963. (26)pp. One of 100 copies. Weygand's first miniature book recounts the search for and history of the Albion Press he found in England. Illustrated with cuts of different printing presses. Slight split between frontispiece and title page, else nearly fine in pictorial boards..... More
(Minneapolis): Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 2005. Tall quarto. (48)pp. From an edition of 226, this is one of twenty-six lettered copies, specially bound and with tipped-in editioned prints by five Minnesota artists. An anthology of original poetry from twelve Minnesota writers, including Robert Bly, Adrian Louis, Susan Steger Welsh..... More
Rome: Delfino, (1985). Folio. 106pp. According to the colophon, this is one of 1,200 copies. Illustrated with ten color lithographs after drawings by Henry Moore. The editor, Dr. Stanley Wells, notes in the Foreword that this work reveals an "unsuspected spiritual kinship between one of the greatest visual artists of..... More
(Northampton): Pennyroyal Press, 1980. Small octavo. (20)ff. One of 100 copies, signed by the artist, author, and printer. A poetic gem about the trade by Mandelbaum, printed in four colors by Harold McGrath. Tailpiece and colophon device by Barry Moser. This is the first binding for the book in quarter-leather..... More
Northampton, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1980. Octavo. (14)ff. One of twenty-six lettered copies, printed by Harold McGrath at Pennyroyal Press and signed by Moser. Text is ornamented with the reproduced brush calligraphy of Betse Curtis, who was with the Press from about 1977 to 1981 as an apprentice, helping to produce..... More
NY: Serigrafia Limited, (1990). Elephant folio. (7)ff. One of 300 copies. A set of six illustrations crafted and signed by six different artists: Barry Moser, Maurice Sendak of Where the Wild Things Are, Chris Van Allsburg of The Polar Express, Seymour Chwast, Daniel Pelavin, and Guy Billout. The range of..... More
Iowa City: University of Iowa Center for the Book, 2001. Octavo. (vi), 33, (34)pp. One of 320 copies, signed by Barry Moser. Overflowing with Moser's woodcuts; details of illustrations in red ink punctuate the essay, which is itself followed by fifteen full reproductions of the same images. The selection of..... More
Wood engraving. Signed. Framed. (11 1/4 by 11 3/4 in.). More
Omaha: Abattoir Editions, 1977. Large octavo. 100pp. One of 253 copies. Illustrated with thirteen wood-engravings by Moser. Moser's eerie engravings capture the anxiety and spiritual tension of Abraham and Sarah as they attempt to interpret God's wishes. A very fine copy in buckram with plain dust wrapper. More
Omaha: Abattoir Editions, 1977. From an edition of 253 copies, this is one of 75 copies with an extra suite of loose prints. Thirteen wood engravings by Barry Moser eerily capture the anxiety and spiritual tension of Abraham and Sarah as they attempt to interpret God's wishes. Large octavo. 100pp..... More
West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1985. Folio. (50)ff. From an edition of fifty copies printed on Rives paper, this is one of twenty-five deluxe boxed sets with each print signed by the artist, Barry Moser. Contains all forty-nine wood engravings for the Pennyroyal Press Huckleberry Finn, printed in celebration of the..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. Octavo. x, 325pp. One of twenty-five copies. Replete with Moser's wood engravings, plus two drawings by Twain to illustrate "A Cat-Tale". Twain's tales, interpretations, and jovial analyses of the many creatures of the animal kingdom, including bugs, alligators, and Syrian camels. Edited with introduction..... More
Portland, Maine: Mosher, Thomas B., 1904. Octavo. 41pp. From an edition of fifty numbered copies, this is one of forty offered for sale. Printed on Japan vellum in red and black from the plates of The Bibelot, Vol. 10, June 1904. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author, with..... 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
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1931. Octavo. 66pp. One of 500 copies, signed by Powys. Five intertextual wood engravings by Nash. Backed in blue morocco with pattered paper covers. Spine somewhat sunned, faint edgewear, else near fine. (Chanticleer 76). More
London: Nine Elms Press, 1984. Octavo. 17pp. One of 500 copies. Signed by the author. Bound in Morris "Willow" pattern paper. Fine. More
Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1962. Quarto. 370pp. From an edition of 320 copies, this is one of 150 printed for Great Britain. Illustrated with woodblocks recut by Bruno Bramanti after the original illustrations by Bartolomeo di Giovanni in 1495. A brilliant edition, printed in Zeno type. Bound in red morocco with..... More
(Montagnola: Officina Bodoni, 1925). Small folio. 28pp. One of 275 copies printed on Fabriano handmade paper. This edition prints the original Latin text of the pact on which the Swiss Confederation is based, as well as translations of the pact into languages recognized in Switzerland: German, French, Italian, Latin, and..... More
