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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San Francisco: Arion Press, 2013. Octavo. 178, (ii)pp., + 20pp. of illustrations. One of 400 copies, signed by Lucy Gray, whose twenty photographs were printed by offset lithography in two colors and overlaid with varnish. Gray is married to film historian and critic David Thomson, who contributed the Introduction to..... More
(New York: Fleming & Carnrick, 1898). Quarto. 28ff. Decorated title page printed in four colors; twenty-three ornamental initial capitals printed in red and gold. Spenser's poem celebrating his marriage to Elizabeth Boyle is presumably printed here to mark the occasion of the nuptials of one of the printing firm's partners..... More
South Freeport, ME: Ascensius Press, 2015. Small quarto. 44ff. From an edition of forty-one, this is one of twenty-six lettered copies, bound in full calf. Frost's second book of poetry is here published in a centenary edition by Scott Vile of the Ascensius Press. In homage to Joseph Blumenthal, Frost's..... More
Cambridge, MA: The Business Historical Society, 1929. Octavo. 173pp. An account of Audubon's travels throughout the United States and Europe, along with accountings of his sales. Edited by Howard Corning. Bound in full navy cloth with paper label to spine. Label chipped at upper right corner, covers spotted, else very..... More
(NY): Limited Editions Club, (1994). Folio. 12ff. One of 300 copies, signed by the author and Balthus, the illustrator. Text in Spanish, French, and English. Designed by Dan Carr and printed at the Wild Carrot Press in Hadley, MA, on handmade Kozo Uwazen paper, this trilingual edition of Paz's poem..... More
British Columbia: Barbarian Press, 2015. One of forty-five copies of the deluxe edition, featuring a portfolio with strikes of the seven engravings appearing in the volume and an additional print. With the exception of the frontispiece, the engravings, fashioned after Roget's illustrations by the Brothers Dalziel of London, never appeared..... More
Mission, British Columbia, Canada: Barbarian Press, 2013. Folio. (50)pp., + 134ff. plates. One of 120 copies of the regular edition. Illustrated with 134 examples of Brett's wood engravings. Number four in the Barbarian Press Endgrain Edition series of books on individual wood engravers. This volume includes an autobiographical Introduction by..... More
Mission, British Columbia: Barbarian Press, 2017. 24mo. (79)pp., + six loose plates. One of 60 deluxe copies. Engravings by John Lawrence printed largely from wood, with some detailed spots in larger engravings from polymer plates, all in the Press' customary assortment of bright colors. Texts from over forty songs and..... More
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, 1970. Small octavo. (28)pp. One of fifty copies signed by the artist, Leonard Baskin. Illustrated with a frontispiece etched portrait of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, by Baskin and four additional etchings, which accompany Tennyson's poem "Tiresias." The title is cut in wood and printed in red from..... 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
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1982. Octavo. 40pp. One of 250 copies. A comprehensive guide to bookbinding techniques and terminology for the layperson collector. Backed in cloth with red paper over boards. 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: 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
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
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1983. Oblong 12mo. 64pp., + (14)ff. One of 350 copies. An interesting, historic account on marbling taken from the Journal of the Franklin Institute of 1829. Minor toning to spine, some edgewear, else near fine in marbled boards, backed with gilt-stamped blue morocco. Prospectus..... 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
(Parma: Stamperia Reale, 1779). Octavo. xii, 296pp. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the poetess crowned with a laurel wreath, eleven beautifully-engraved vignettes and twelve culs-de-lamp. This elegantly-printed volume was published in commemoration of the coronation of poet Maria Maddalena Morelli Fernandez with laurels on the Capitol in..... More
NY: Elston Press, 1901. Small quarto. (xv), 68pp. One of 485 copies on Holland hand-made paper, in boards with vellum spine. Unopened. Decorated with initials by H. M. O'Kane, floral devices, and a printer's device on the title page. The text is a 1345 treatise on book collecting written by..... More
