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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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
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
Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1969. Octavo. 151pp. One of 125 copies. Illustrated with a medal of young Bembo as a title device; a fold-out reproduction of "Il Noniano"; an engraving from "Bembo's Works," Venice 1729; and a facsimile leaf of Aii of Bembo's "De Aetna," printed by Aldus in 1496. The..... 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
Edinburgh: K. D. Duval, 1961. Quarto. 57, (4)pp. One of 300 copies. Signed by the poet at colophon. Printed by Officina Bodoni for K. D. Duval. MacDiarmid is best known for his play with language, such as his works written in "synthetic Scots" and his careful use of scientific and..... 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: Officina Bodoni, 1968. Octavo. (31)pp. One of 200 copies. Printed for Gallery 303 as a keepsake to remember a lecture given at New York by G. Mardersteig at the Morgan Library on 25 November, 1968. A handsome and selective collection of Bodoni typefaces. In green wrappers. Minor bumps to..... More
Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1974. Octavo. 49pp. One of 300 copies. Printed in two colors on handmade Magnani paper. Contains twenty-three songs, plus "The Phoenix and the Turtle," which was published separately. Attractively bound in morocco-backed green patterned cloth. T.e.g. Fine, in gray silk slipcase. Prospectus and offset of prospectus laid..... More
Montagnola: Officina Bodoni, 1924. Quarto. 151pp. One of 224 copies. Shakespeare's late, iconic comedy, printed in Catania, an original Bodoni type, on Fabriano handmade paper. Book designed by G. Mardersteig. Bound in green-dyed vellum over boards, with the Press's device stamped in gilt on the front cover. Upper board slightly..... More
Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1968. Folio. (96) (iv) pp. From an edition of 114 copies, this is one of 105 on Magnani paper, signed by the artist, Giacomo Manzù, on the colophon page. This copy also bears a contemporary inscription from Manzù on the front endpaper. Illustrated with seven full-page etchings..... More
Paris: Officina Bodoni for the Pegasus Press, 1929. Quarto. 30pp., (51)ff. One of 175 copies printed at the Officina Bodoni. With an Introduction by Henry Thomas and descriptive notes by Stanley Morison. Following these are forty-nine facsimile leaves in collotype reproducing the surviving text and plates of Brun's two writing..... More
Monmouthshire, UK: Old Stile Press, 2007. Oblong quarto. 46pp. Signed by the artist. Each poem illustrated with a color woodcut or linocut by Cazalet. Cazalet's images visually complement the topography of Hardy's experience and the sensations evoked by his poetry. Cazalet himself arranged the poems to suggest Hardy's gradual reconciliation..... More
(Kansas City: Grafik Archive, 2000). Octavo. 39ff., frenchfold. One of 300 copies. This edition was printed for a Danish exhibit of Orosz's work. The Hungarian-born poster artist combines Escher-like graphics with classical influences, evident in this collection of his theater and political posters, and etchings. Small envelopes and glassine bags..... More
Darmstadt and Hamburg: Otto Rohse Presse, 1981. Small quarto. 38pp. One of 300 copies. Signed by the artist. Printed and illustrated with eleven wood-engravings by Rohse, one of Germany's contemporary fine printers. The text tells about an earthquake in Chile. Bottom right corner of the front cover rubbed, else a...... More
Stamford, CT: Overbrook Press, (1936). Folio. One of twenty copies. Six color engravings illustrating Oscar Wilde's text, each signed by the artist and mounted on a 13 by 10-inch off-white matte. This suite of prints comprises the full set of the engravings that appeared in the edition of the book..... More
Stamford, CT: Overbrook Press, 1958. Illustrated in color by T. M. Cleland, who printed the images in each copy using the silk screen method. Laid in is a note on the manner of the book’s design and printing, including an explanation of the illustration process. Roderick Cave cites this as..... More
(Washington, D.C.): Hand Papermaking, Inc., 1996. Quarto. 30pp. booklet, + 16 loose folders, each containing a letterpress-printed paper specimen. One of 150 copies. An impressive array of papers and printing styles, produced by the likes of Inge Bruggeman and Bridget O'Malley, Karla Payne Elling and Alberto Ríos, John Risseeuw, and..... More
Tübingen: Jäckle-Sönmez, (1987). Square octavo. 107pp. One of 230 copies signed by the artists, Nedim Sonmez and Yvonne Jackle-Sonmez, with an additional sheet of ebru paper, signed and dated by Sonmez, bound in. A catalog with thirty-eight color reproductions of marbled pictures, nine photos in black and white on the..... More
Tokyo: Kodansha, (1978). Quarto. 452 pp. One of 1000 copies. With numerous text illustrations, photographs in black and white, and 85 leaves of tipped-in paper samples subsequent to the text. Bound in quarter blue cloth and handmade paper boards, spine lettered in silver and red. Housed in a brown cloth..... More
Hawaii: Printed for the author by Andrew Hoyem at the Arion Press, 1983. Folio. From an edition of 95 copies, this is one of twelve copies containing 35 samples. Two specimens were never recovered, and therefore never included in the edition. Includes tapa samples from the Hawaiian Islands, Fiji, Futuna..... More
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Woodmere, NY: Pardes Rimonim Press, 1987. Octavo. (281)pp. One of 100 copies. Eighty woodcuts inset to the text, all recut after those appearing in the original 1546 edition of Sahula's work, printed in Venice. Sahula, active in the 13th century, produced this work of fables as a specifically Jewish, moralistic..... More
Flansham: Greenleaf Press, 1917. (9)ff. Small quarto. A portfolio of eight wood engravings in black & white, with the title page printed in copper ink. The publication and illustrations were done by Stuart, Robin, and John Guthrie, the sons of James Guthrie of the Pear Tree Press. The Greenleaf Press..... More
