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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East Barnard, VT: Hand and Spoon / Diane Meaker, 1971. Oblong 48mo. (9)ff. One of twelve copies. Inscribed by the artist at the front flyleaf, "for Georgia with love/from Diane". Meaker's four glossy prints pair color spectrums and repeated images of stars, flowers, and menorah-like trees with the lines of..... 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
(Stockholm, WI): Midnight Paper Sales, 2004. Quarto. (7)ff., loose. Printed limitation states one of 110 copies, but handwritten limitation to title sheet indicates one of 60, the last 50 perhaps never realized. Signed twice by the artist and printer, and by each of the contributing authors: Li-Young Lee, Richard Ford..... More
Marcham, Oxford: Alembic Press, 1995. (20)pp. One of 110 copies. Six woodcuts by Brett, printed in burgundy and black. These punctuate the Te Deum hymn, which is tidily presented using type from St. Mary's Press, the private press of the Community of St. Mary the Virgin. The music rests on..... More
(Fullerton, CA: Lorson's Books & Prints / Whittington Press, 1986). (16)ff. From an edition of 200 copies printed at the Whittington Press for Lorson's Books & Prints, this is one of fifty deluxe copies with an extra set of proofs. Contains thirteen beautiful hand-colored wood engravings of wine-related activities. Very..... 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
East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1934. Small quarto. (iii), iv, (2), 64, (2)pp. Pagination begins at 21. Sole copy printed. Signed by O. L. Moore, then-president of the Sales Book Manufacturers Association, which commissioned the book. At the signatory page are spots for other Association members to add their signatures..... 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
(Pasadena): Vance Studley, 2005. One of twenty copies. Six engravings, each signed and numbered by Moser. These images portray dogs and cats (usually separately, but in one instance together and surprisingly at peace) with nobility and familiarity. The prefatory sheets show, on the first, a Dogon Greeting and publication information..... More
Easthampton, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1977. Tall octavo. 61, (4)pp., + foldout at rear. One of 175 copies, signed by Mariani and Moser at the colophon and inscribed by Moser to Vance Studley at the title page. The rear foldout presents in series Moser's five wood engravings, which also punctuate Mariani's..... 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
West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1983. Folio. xvi, 282pp. One of 350 copies, signed by Barry Moser, with an extra suite of the 52 wood-engravings, each of them initialed by Moser, housed in a red cloth portfolio. Moser wrote that this is his favorite Pennyroyal book, because "it exemplifies what..... 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
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
Boston, MA: Nimrod Press, 1962. Elephant folio. (13)pp., + 6ff. plates. One of 550 copies. A massive, multi-colored, visual tour through some of La Fontaine's tales. Nason's woodcuts, which include a portrait of La Fontaine himself, command impressive dimensions while remaining lighthearted and earnest in weight. Bound in wrappers with..... More
London: Nine Elms Press, 1984. Octavo. 17pp. One of 500 copies. Signed by the author. Bound in Morris "Willow" pattern paper. Fine. More
Sherman Oaks, CA: Ninja Press, 2009. Quarto. (48)pp., presented as twelve unbound folios. One of 85 copies, signed by Carolee Campbell, who, in addition to the illustrations, executed the design, presswork, and binding. Nathaniel Tarn's series of ten poems meditate on the psychological and mythological tensions in the tale of..... 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
Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1944. Quarto. 354pp. One of 165 copies. Contains the original Italian text of 150 sonnets, with German translations by Rudolf Freiherr von Simolin, Hans Rheinfelder, and Otto Freiherr von Taube, printed on the facing pages. Mint in linen-backed decorated boards and cardboard slipcase. (Mardersteig 64). More
Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1974. Tall octavo. (58)pp. One of 150 copies. Contains the English text, which was translated from the Latin by Betty Radice. Unlike the rare incunable from which this text is taken, which was printed in 1489 by Paulus Fridenperger, Mardersteig here makes use of several beautiful decorations..... More
(Milan): Officina Bodoni, 1968. Oblong 12mo. (14)ff. From an edition of 80 copies, this is one of forty printed for André Jammes, the French antiquarian bookseller. With a New Year's greeting inscribed on the first free endpaper from Jammes and his family. A beautifully printed Christmas alphabet book with red..... More
(Verona): Officina Bodoni, 1989. Octavo. 10pp. One of 50 copies, printed as a keepsake on behalf of James L. Weil. Blue initial "O", else printed in black Dante type. Bound in blue paper wrappers with silver titling. Hardly noticeable creasing to corners, fading and few stains to covers, else very..... More
London: Verona Press, (1939). Quarto, (x), 315pp. One of 1,200 copies designed by Hans Mardersteig and printed at the Officina Bodoni. Illustrated with sixteen original color lithographs by Marie Laurencin. Bound in paste-paper-covered boards with a gilt-stamped cloth label on spine. Faintest scattered foxing, minimally affecting a couple of the..... More
Verona: Edizioni Valdonega, (1980). Two quarto volumes. (lix), (288)pp; (viii), (10)ff. One of 125 copies in two volumes with ten leaves from original publications. This issue was not for sale. Illustrated with a series of woodcuts showing how a book is made, 116 reproductions of specimen pages, twelve pages of..... More
(Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1963). Quarto. (350)pp. One of 275 copies printed in Italian. Wood-engraved title page by Reynolds Stone and 114 woodcuts from the Epistole et Evangelii (1495), newly cut by Bruno Bramanti and Italo Zetti. Mardersteig conjectured that the series of woodcuts that graced one of the "rarest and..... More
