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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London: Basilisk Press, 1979. Quarto. 180pp., + (10)ff. From an edition of 500 copies, this is one of twenty-five with ten original wood engravings bound-in subsequent to the text, five of which are signed by the book's illustrator, Edward Gordon Craig. For decades, Craig nurtured an interest in Daniel Defoe's..... More
Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press, 1969. Folio. (70)pp. From an edition of 200 copies, this is an out-of-series printer's copy inscribed by Leonard Baskin to Arno Werner, who bound the book. One of the major productions of Baskin's Gehenna Press. Illustrated with ten etchings by Baskin, nine of which are signed..... More
(Rockport, ME): Gehenna Press, 1998. Folio. (65)pp. From an edition of fifty, this is one of ten deluxe copies, accompanied by a page of Hecht's manuscript, three watercolor drawings by Baskin, one of the original woodcut blocks, and a suite of woodcuts printed in black with several hand-colored by Baskin..... More
(Northampton, MA): Gehenna Press, 1958. Small quarto. (12)pp. One of 100 copies. Signed by George Lockwood, who contributed the wood-engraved frontispiece. Leyda's poem about Emily Dickinson's Amherst, Massachusetts home is interspersed with the words from the deed, which are printed in red. An uncommon Gehenna title, this copy shows some..... More
(Leeds, MA): Gehenna Press, 1989. Quarto. (13)pp, (25)ff. One of thirty-eight copies. A collection of etchings of cats by the Italian artist Anna Maria Bartolini, some of which are printed on pink mulberry paper and tipped in. All are signed by the artist in graphite. Some of the cats are..... More
Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press, 1973. Folio. (68)ff. Illustrated with twelve full-page etchings and sixteen wood engravings by Leonard Baskin. According to the Gehenna Press bibliography, from a planned edition of 400, including 150 deluxe copies with extra suites and 250 regular copies, only the latter regular edition copies were ever..... More
Nevada City, CA: Berliner, Harold, 1988. Quarto. 105pp. One of 150 copies. This copy inscribed by the printer to wood engraver John DePol, with his bookplate and signature to front paste-down. Design and frontispiece illustration by Lederer. Translated by C. F. MacIntyre and printed in French and English, on opposing..... More
Minneapolis: Bieler Press, 1985. Octavo. (13)ff. One of 200 copies. Signed by the author. Drawing of a pine tree on the title page. Evocative poetry from Hart, bound in gray wrappers. Fine. Prospectus laid in. More
Minneapolis: Bieler Press, 1985. Octavo. 67pp. One of 150 copies, signed by the author. Trace rubbing to corners, else near fine in patterned blue paper backed in navy cloth. Prospectus laid in. More
Richard Bigus, 1978. Broadside measuring 21 3/8 by 14 3/4 inches. From an edition of 200 copies, this is a proof copy signed by Richard Bigus. Designed and printed by Bigus in two colors. Fine. More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1972. Oblong 16mo. 70pp. One of 140 copies. An early title, containing six articles on printing, papermaking, etc. Bound in vellum-backed pastepaper boards. Little rubbing to corners, else near fine. Prospectus laid-in. More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. 16mo. 16ff. One of 375 copies. Illustrated with a fold-out drawing of a balloon bomb tipped into a separate folder. The Japanese lanched these bombs after their defeat at Midway in an attempt at retaliation. This effort met with little success. This is..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1984. Scroll measuring 122 by 3 1/4 inches. One of 300 copies, printed in black with blue cherubim as ornament. This speech by Adelman was read at a meeting of the Friends of the Bryn Mawr College Library on April 3, 1981. In his..... More
New Castle, DE: Bird & Bull Press, 1980. Octavo. (13)pp. One of 250 copies. An amusing recounting of an encounter between a savvy bookseller and a clumsy customer. Minor fading to spine, else fine in tan wrappers. More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. One of 350 copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press and bound by Gray Parrot in morocco-backed Japanese paper. Edited, and with a Prologue by Colin Franklin. Extremely fine. Prospectus laid-in. More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1971. Quarto. 67pp. One of 255 copies. Contains some amusing essays on paper-making, and some paper samples, including two made "with the cooperation of certain local wasps." A brief history of printing gives credit to "a man named Gutenberg, probably a foreigner," who "wanted..... More
(North Hills): Bird & Bull Press, 1963. Octavo. 59pp. One of 169 copies. A collection of five essays on hand papermaking, with contributions by Dard Hunter, J. Barcham Green, John Mason, Henry Morris, and Norman H. Strouse. Six wood engravings and many amusing drawings illustrate the process of hand papermaking..... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1987. Oblong octavo. 77pp.(25) ff. One of 325 copies. The first third of this handsome book consists of correspondence between Hans Schmoller and Morris dealing with the problems of the book itself. The second part by Tanya Schmoller is text about the Chinese tea chest..... More
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1984. Quarto. x, 49, 24 pp. + (31)ff. One of 500 copies. Contains three foldout plates, nineteen color reproductions of Japanese watercolors, and 30 illustrated facsimile pages of an eighteenth century Japanese papermaking manual. These woodcut facsimiles are printed on handmade Japanese gampi paper..... More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1964. Octavo. 91pp. One of 200 copies. A biography on the life and work of Thomas Bird Mosher, the remarkable New England publisher and literary pirate. The Passionate Pirate is one of Henry Morris's earlier titles. In making it, he was plagued with both..... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1985. Octavo. 161pp. One of 325 copies. Illustrated with eighteen black & white photographs and drawings, fourteen full-color photographs of Kinder's bindings, and thirteen pages of black & white impressions of Kinder's bookbinding stamps. A thorough examination of one of America's finest binders and of..... More
Easthampton, MA: Warwick Press, 1995; 1994; 1991. Three volumes: 32mo., 24mo., and small 8vo. (7); (4); (12)pp. Caesarean is one of 120 copies, featuring the titular poem by Peter Fallon, who founded Ireland's Gallery Press. Signed by Blinn and Fallon. Bound in wrappers with paper label to upper cover. Night..... More
(Easthampton, MA): Warwick Press, 1987. Quarto. (4)pp., accordion-fold. One of twenty copies signed by Carol Blinn, who wrote, illustrated, and printed this book. A poem by Blinn is accompanied by a watercolor illustration that extends across the central page spread, depicting three yellow balls floating on a cerulean pool surrounded..... More
Easthampton, MA: Warwick Press, 1989; 1978. One12mo. volume and one small 8vo volume. (68); 12pp. A Fowl Letter Book is one of 225 copies signed by the author/artist/printer, Carol J. Blinn. A Poultry Piece is one of 250 copies, likewise signed by Blinn, with four hand-watercolored line illustrations. The pair..... More
Easthampton, MA: Warwick Press, 1986; 1976. Two small octavo vols. 30; (13)pp. From Stripper to Publisher is one of 125 copies, signed by Blinn and the photographer, Robert Lyons, and with a special multi-colored colophon inscription stating, "A little extra color for Hugh's copy with lots of love from Carol."..... More
