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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Seal Harbor, ME: High Loft Press, 1980. Octavo. 20pp. One of 180 copies. Three etchings in color by McCormick, in addition to initials printed in green, mauve, and red. Translation by August Heckscher included as separate booklet. Bound in russet paper boards with morocco spine label. Some sunning to spine... More about Suite d'Estampes pour Kou-Kou-Haï
Easton, PA: Michael F. Bixler, 1966. Quarto. 16pp. One of 100 copies. Signed by the printer. The much-beloved Christmas tale, as retold by Alexandre Dumas and adapted for this edition. Opening nine-line initial, plus three six-line initials, all printed in blue.General edgewear, else very good in red paper wrappers. Two bookplates. More about The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
North Hatfield, MA; NY: Pennyroyal Caxton Press, 1999. Two folio volumes. 117, 244pp. One of 400 copies designed and heavily illustrated by Barry Moser, with 262 original "relief engravings" throughout. Signed by Moser. The watermarks were also designed by Moser, based on sixteenth-century French marques du papier, featuring a pomegranate... More about The Holy Bible. Containing All the Books of the Old and New Testaments
1998. Relief engraving. Donald Hall, who served as 14th Poet Laureate of the United States from 2006-2007 and to whom this copy is inscribed, was the model for Ecclesiastes. Signed by the artist. AP. Framed. (17 1/2 by 12 1/2 in.). More about Ecclesiastes, the Preacher
Nevada City, CA: Berliner, Harold, 1999. Quarto. xiv, (4), 221pp. One of 300 copies. Logue's final major work, a long-term project to create a modernist version of Homer's Iliad. Logue's interpretation opts for looser structure and colloquialisms over a true translation of the original. Shortlisted for the International Griffin Poetry... More about War Music. An Account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's Iliad
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 about Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Oldham: Incline Press, 1999. 32mo. 10pp. An extract from a talk given at the Typophiles, illustrated with figures contorted into the shapes of letters. Fine in decorative paper wrappers. More about I Am Not a Type Collector
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 about Our Eyes, Like Walls
Sydney, Australia: Beacon Press, 1948. Folio. 53pp. One of forty deluxe copies, signed by the author. A lovely production, illustrated with thirty-six color plates. The plates are genuine prints: beautifully made modern reproductions of the originals, done in Japan. The text traces the rise and fall of the Ukiyo-ye school... More about Figure-Prints of Japan
Oxford: Jericho Press, 1995. Octavo. v, 29pp. One of 240 copies. Inscribed by Roger Stoddard, former Curator of Rare Books in the Harvard College Library. A history of Harvard University's arms, with examples of each. Fine in suitably crimson cloth. More about Veritas Imprimata
Oxford: Jericho Press, 1998. Octavo. iii, 44pp. One of 150 copies. Translated from the Latin by Rodney G. Dennis, printed and edited by J. F. Coakley. Begins with the purported work of Rabbi Neumia ben Haccana expounding on prophetic biblical texts concerning the coming Messiah. De Heredia's own writings detail... More about The Epistle of Secrets
London: Clover Hill Editions, 1979. Quarto. 19pp. One of 100 copies, printed on Barcham Green’s RWS handmade paper by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, with an extra set of the engravings on japon. Illustrated with thirteen wood engravings by David Jones, several of which frame the text. Jones... More about The Book of Jonah. Together with thirteen wood engravings by David Jones for the book
Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. Four woodcut initials, separately matted and framed, from the Golden Cockerel Press edition of Jonathan Swifts' Gulliver's Travels. The "I", "A", "O", and "T" appear as part of symmetrical black-and-white designs, with lines falling in simple sweeps and patterend with dots and stars... More about Four Initials from Gulliver's Travels
(Brecon: Red Hen Press, 2001). Folio. One of forty copies signed by the author/artist, Shirley Jones. A tribute to the cats and dogs of Jones's family, consisting of eleven essays illustrated with twelve grey and black mezzotints. The velvety tones of the mezzotints perfectly capture the softness of a tabby's... More about Footprints
Fairfax, CA: Jungle Garden Press, 1991. Oblong 24mo. (14)pp., accordion-fold. One of 55 copies designed, printed, and bound by Marie Dern at the Jungle Garden Press. A tongue-in-cheek printer's alphabet, with large initials in, appropriately, Caslon type. The initials are accompanied by humorous representations of the letters printed using numerous... More about William Caslon's Typographic ABC
(Portland, OR): Chamberlain Press, 1981. Small octavo. (24)pp. Frenchfold. One of 125 copies printed on Japanese paper and signed by the artist-printer. The short verses are surrounded by decorative borders, printed in green. Illustrated with seven full-page wood engravings in Chamberlain's typically charming style. Bound Japanese style in green decorated... More about A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go
(Portland, OR): The Chamberlain Press, 1987. Small quarto. (28)pp. One of 200 copies. Signed by Chamberlain. Beautifully illustrated with color linoleum cuts by Chamberlain, many of which cover three-quarters of a page. All are printed with the rhymes within a color decorated border. Very fine in blue cloth-backed boards. Two... More about Mother Goose: A Selection of Rhymes
Austin: Kairos Press, 1986. Folio. (28)pp., + (7)ff. From an edition of 150, this is one of twenty-five copies signed by the artist. Illustrated with seven original monochrome lithographs, one of which is double-page. The prints form a sequence reflecting the progression of the poems, from the sensual woman portrayed... More about The Stone Beloved. Six Poems from Dante Alighieri. Translated by Harry Duncan. Lithographs by...
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1990. Tall folio. (32)pp. From an edition of 55, this is one of twenty deluxe copies. Illustrated with ten paper pulp images of Jewish symbols, such as the Star of David, the Torah pointer, and the shofar. The text of the Song of Songs is printed... More about The Song of Songs
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 2001. Oblong quarto. 18pp., frenchfold. One of forty copies, signed by the artist/printer, Gunnar Kaldewey. An elucidating history of the allure, in Japanese culture, of the "songs" of night insects. Printed in black on sky blue, high-sheen handmade paper flecked with darker blue. Each printed page... More about Insect Musicians
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1998. Quarto. 28pp., frenchfold. One of forty copies, signed by the author/artist/printer, Gunnar Kaldewey. This book is inspired by the notion of "nature as art," and was created after Kaldewey spent three months living in a traditional Japanese wooden house in Kyoto, studying the art of..... More about 15 Kyoto Gardens
(Postenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1987). Folio. (36)pp. One of forty-five copies in a plexiglass binding by Christian Zwang of Hamburg. Signed by the author/artist/printer, Gunnar Kaldewey. With numerous monochromatic and two-tone illustrations. Written, illustrated, designed, and printed by Gunnar Kaldewey as Volume 5 of the Kaldewey Press series. In 1977... More about California Time
(Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1999). Large quarto. 6ff., accordion-fold. One of thirty-eight copies on handmade paper, signed by the artist/printer, Gunnar Kaldewey. In contrast to his previous work, 15 Kyoto Gardens, Kaldewey focuses on the phenomenon of Japan's gambling halls and Pachinko parlors. This was the first book of the... More about Pachinko. A Nine Minute Dream
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 about Changing Waters. Part 1: The Hudson River
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 about 20 Poemas de Amor y 1 Cancion Desesperada
