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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Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 2023 (but 2022). Octavo. (11)ff., loose. One of ten copies, signed by Kaldewey, and printed by him for the occasion of his 2023 exhibition at Bromer Gallery. The suite compiles examples from Kaldewey's latest books, "Four Poems" by Emily Dickinson and "Seven Poems" by Ikkyu Sojun..... More
Cambridge, MA: Kat Ran Press, 2014. Octavo. (16)pp. One of forty-five copies of the deluxe edition, bound by Sarah Creighton in red and orange paste paper-covered boards, and including two mint stamps designed by the author. Contains fourteen full-color reproductions of collages by Chermayeff -- faces with features crafted from..... More
Aurora, NY: Sierras Press, 2000. Square octavo. (10)ff, frenchfold. One of thirty copies. Signed by both the poet, Stratis Haviaras, and the artist, Jocelyn Sarah Webb. Webb's seven surreal and raw drawings were printed from magnesium plates and coated with beeswax, giving them the illusion of glossy vellum. They seem..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1898. Small quarto. (55)pp. Eight woodcut illustrations and each page with black floral borders. A fine rendering of John Keats's poem adapted from Boccacio's Decameron. In it, a young woman engaged to marry a nobleman falls in love with a commoner. When her brothers discover..... More
(Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896). Folded sheet measuring 16 3/4 by 11 1/2 inches, comprising pp. 1-2, and 15-16 of the Kelmscott Chaucer. This bifolium contains the magnificent opening of the Canterbury Tales with the woodcut by Edward Burne-Jones showing Chaucer holding a book and a pen while standing in a...... More
(Cambridge): Rampant Lions Press, 1986. Octavo. 58pp. From an edition of 505 copies, this is one of fifty copies on Barcham Green Canterbury handmade paper. Inscribed by the author, Colin Franklin. An exploration by Colin Franklin of the pre-Kelmscott inspirations for Morris and his fine book production thereafter. Bound in..... More
(Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893). Octavo. (vi), 216pp. One of 500 copies. Borders and initials by William Morris. Printed in Golden type in two colors. Peterson cites Sidney Cockerell's observation that this title was "one of the rarest books issued from the Press because of its popularity"; despite its relatively large..... More
(Hammersmith): Kelmscott Press, 1894-95. Bifolium sheet printed on both sides.(4)pp. One of 250 copies. The initial full-page woodcut illustration by Edward Burne-Jones first appeared in John Ruskin's The Dream of John Ball, and depicts, with suitable romance and foreboding, Adam and Eve after their expulsion from Eden. Both clothed in..... More
(Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893). Octavo. 72pp. One of 500 copies, printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. This is the second issue, with four cancellans leaves replacing pp. 15-16, 19-20, 25-26, and 69-70. With wide leaf and blossom borders to the opening page and to the title-page, which is..... More
(Pasadena, CA): Kerberos Press, 2011. Octavo. 28ff. One of twenty copies, signed by the printer, Vance Studley, and the designer, Tom Mossman, on the colophon page. An unbound collection of detail illustrations of twelve different species of solitary bees, each with an accompanying description of its physical and social characteristics..... More
Venice: Peter Koch, Printer, 2006. Small folio. 25ff., + 7 plates. From an edition of fifty copies, this is one of thirty bound in Venetian red stiff wrappers. Signed by the printer, Peter Koch, and photographer Robert Morgan. Produced during Koch's term as artist-in-residence at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica..... More
Leipzig: F. A. Lattman, 1910. Small quarto. (16)pp. Lettering, title page, and ornaments in black, red, and gold by Rudolf Koch. A bold production of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, printed in Kochschrift, so that the design bridges the flourishes of medieval manuscripts and the sleekness of early twentieth-century type..... More
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
Rotterdam: W. L. & J. Brusse, 1903-1910. Octavo. (vi), vii, (v), 159, (3)pp. A deluxe copy of the translation of Morris' work into Dutch, the regular edition of which was printed in 1903. Drawn title page and frontispiece, along with five Morris-like illustrations interspersed throughout. With typography in red and..... More
(Philadelphia): Philadelpia College of Art, 1972. Quarto. (18)pp. One of eleven copies. Inscribed by the artist, Susan Kronfeld, to Stuart Schimmel, who served on the Grolier Club council and whose personal collections and public curatorial positions allowed him to continually present exhibits to the New York community. Kronfeld's eight color..... More
Northampton, MA: Double Elephant Press, 2011. Square 24mo. Unpaginated, accordionfold. One of 60 copies. A charming alphabetical bestiary of twenty-six-plus-one (colophon) double-page spreads made from color-printed copperplates employing stencils, viscosity, and monotype techiniques. Among the collected wildlife are "lackadaisical lobsters left little to lose" and "jaunty jaguars jousting in 'jamas."..... More
Vancouver: Heavenly Monkey, 2005. Octavo. (20)pp., + tipped-in reproduction of the original letter. One of fifty copies. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece by George Kuthan; the block was borrowed from the University of British Columbia's Special Collections Library. Signed by Jeremy Wilson and Don Stewart, authors of the Preface and..... More
Pasadena, CA: Archetype Press, 2008. 16mo. 16 folios, each one folded to make 8 pages. One of 50 copies. Frontispiece photograph by Alyssa Stefek. Each sheet has been designed by a student of the Art Center College of Design, under the direction of Gloria Kondrup. Each one presents lyrics from..... More
Minneapolis, MN: Mnemonic Press, 2011. Two small quarto vols. (82); (82)ff., loose. One of seven copies, signed by the artist, Harriet Bart. Commemorating the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911, Drawn in Smoke is both meditative and challenging, with each of its 160 sheets pairing a victim’s name, inscribed in..... More
Chicago: Sherwin Beach Press, 1993. Oblong octavo. 21pp. One of 200 copies. Four photographs by Mike Tappin depict people living on insubstantial government funds, the “safety net.” The text by Steve Bogira, originally published in 1983 in the Chicago Reader, details the lives of those hovering at the poverty line..... More
Magog [Quebec]: Guylaine Couture, 2021. Small octavo. (11)pp., accordionfold. Unique, signed by the artist, Guylaine Couture. Based on data collected by the United Nations Refugee Agency and various national surveys taken in India, Australia, France, the United States, and other countries, m2 visualizes global disparities in housing and the rippling..... More
Winnetka, IL: Vixen Press, 2002. Caryl Seidenberg’s drawings, reproduced here by polymer plates, depict the simple domestic beauty of sewing materials and, by harsh contrast, semi-abstract visions of the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Pinsky’s celebrated poem likewise addresses the injustice of such industrialized and dehumanizing work, beginning..... More
Los Angeles: Bruce McCallister, 1931. Quarto. (x), (ii)pp., + 14 plates. One of 500 copies, signed by Landacre. Foreword by Arthur Miller. Published during a period that saw a renaissance in woodcuts and wood engravings, this marks Landacre's first original publication. Originally from Ohio, Landacre discovered the beauty of the..... More
Santa Cruz, CA: Moving Parts Press, (1991). Quarto. (44)pp. One of 70 copies, signed by the author, Francisco X. Alarcón. Forty pen-and-ink drawings by Ray Rice, in his second collaboration with his daughter, Felicia Rice, printer and proprietor of Moving Parts Press, are at once abstract, fractural, and familiar. Literally..... More
Matanzas, Cuba: Ediciones Vigía, 2013. Octavo. 59pp. One of 200 copies. Nancy Balboa’s illustrations celebrate Cuba’s agriculture, and draw a parallel between its grassroots rural life and its heritage of grassroots revolution. Martí, considered by many the “patron saint” of Cuba, was at the forefront of such organic, popular activism..... More
