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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(Postenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1987). Folio. (36)pp. One of forty-five copies in a plexiglass binding by Christian Zwang of Hamburg. Signed by the author/artist/printer, Gunnar Kaldewey. With numerous monochromatic and two-tone illustrations. Written, illustrated, designed, and printed by Gunnar Kaldewey as Volume 5 of the Kaldewey Press series. In 1977..... More
(Poestenkill, NY): Edition Kaldewey, 1984. Octavo. (16)pp. One of 70 copies. The book retells the story of Brik and Mayakovsky's 1918 film, "Chained by the Film," which was largely destroyed in a fire in the 1930's. Here, Brik's retelling—Mayakovsky died by apparent suicide in 1930—turns into text the story lost..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1991. Two extreme oblong 16mos. (14); (16)pp., leporello. Each is one of 40 copies, signed by the artist/printer, Gunnar Kaldewey. Kaldewey offers a poetic, intimate encounter with and a nostalgic history of one of America's most visited and inspiring rivers. The Hudson River was followed a...... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 2013. Oblong elephant folio. (14)ff., accordion-fold. One of thirty-six copies. Printed in silver ink, with illustrations of elephants, on deep red handmade paper. The text is a poem written in Thai, and an English translation is provided on a separate sheet of paper accompanying the book..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Edition Kaldewey, 2020. Small quarto. (25)pp. From an edition of forty-five copies, this is one of ten deluxe copies, printed on Grand Chinese paper and bound by Thomas Zwang. Here Kaldewey presents Dickinson's letter to Higginson and her accompanying poems, which she was, at the time and unsuccessfully..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1995. Square quarto. (10)ff. From an edition of sixty copies, this is one of ten deluxe printed on white and brown Chinese paper. Signed by the printer, Richard Tuttle. Intriguingly constructed with paper in two different orientations, such that the leaves of text and illustration are..... More
Postenkill, NY: Edition Kaldewey, 1986 (but 1992). One of seven copies, the smallest limitation of the Press. Images pulped into the paper show the outline of a face in red and, in blue, the Chinese name of Bun-Ching Lam. The accompanying text is a short, but poetic, statement about the..... More
Düsseldorf: Edition Kaldewey, 1984. Each of the twelve zinc sheets that make up this book shows a Japanese character silkscreened in red, beneath which is its English translation in cut-out letters. The sheets have been treated with vinegar, resulting in a rough, primal finish that suits the book's conceit of..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Edition Kaldewey, 2002. Quarto. (28)pp. One of thirty-five regular copies. Signed by the artist at the colophon. Borges' long poem, in its original Spanish, is printed in silver on folded purple Chinese paper. Set atmospherically alongside Borges' verses are ten inlaid metalcuts, seen through die-cut circles in each..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 2017. Quarto. 16ff + 10ff. From an edition of forty-five, this is one of ten deluxe copies specially bound, and with an extra suite of the metal cuts. Apollinaire's erotic poem is illustrated with metal cuts after brush drawings by Gunnar Kaldewey, printed in red, blue..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1996. Folio. (20)ff. One of forty-five copies, inscribed by the author/artist/printer, Gunnar Kaldewey. Illustrated with stunning prints across each page spread showing stars, galaxies, solar systems, the explosions that create new stars, and other space phenomena. The illustrations are metalcuts based on photo collages derived from..... More
Poestenkill: Editions Kaldewey, 1992. Folio containing three oblong books of varying sizes. One of forty-five copies. The largest book presents the tale of Apollo and Daphne from Ovid's Metamorphoses, in Latin, illustrated with bold stripes, geometric shapes, and abstract swaths of color. The text's orientation on the page becomes increasingly..... More
Postenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 2018. Quarto. (12)pp., accordion-fold. One of only fourteen copies. Kaldewey’s interpretation of Rilke’s poem invokes the transformative power of music by showcasing the German text, which is deeply imprinted in yellow ink. The lines are paired with bright watercolors that amplify the atmospheric and affective quality..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Edition Kaldewey, 2000. Folio. (20)pp. One of seven deluxe copies, specially bound and with an extra suite of etchings on yellow Chinese paper. Signed by composer, Bun-Ching Lam. Lam had been commissioned to compose a piece for the Cross Sound Festival in Alaska, and took inspiration from three..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Edition Kaldewey, 1987. Oblong small quarto. (18)pp. One of forty-five regular copies. Signed by John Ashbery and Jonathan Lasker. Three original drawings by Lasker capture his real-time reactions of Ashbery's poem (and, presumably, the act of repetition with variation throughout an entire edition). Printed and executed on handmade..... More
(Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1999). Large quarto. 6ff., accordion-fold. One of thirty-eight copies on handmade paper, signed by the artist/printer, Gunnar Kaldewey. In contrast to his previous work, 15 Kyoto Gardens, Kaldewey focuses on the phenomenon of Japan's gambling halls and Pachinko parlors. This was the first book of the..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Edition Kaldewey, 1986. Triangular small quarto. (28)pp. Of an edition of 50 copies, this is one of thirty regular. Signed by Bun-Ching Lam, whose six etchings render into visual art her original set of musical compositions that accompanied Beckett's poems. The etchings are in unusual shapes, and sometimes..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Edition Kaldewey, 2004. Folio. (20)pp. One of thirty regular copies, with sheets held loose in gray cloth box. Signed by the artist at the colophon. Four inkjet color illustrations, printed on pink Chinese paper, blend images of cherry trees with the poems' original Japanese text. These plates unfold..... More
(Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1993). Small circular folio. 14ff. From an edition of fifty-two copies, this is one of twelve hand-colored by the artist and specially bound. Signed by Heaney and Felim Egan, who has contributed twelve aquatint etchings. This publication marks the first appearance of two short poems by..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 2022. Octavo. (28)pp., + 5 plates. From an edition of thirty-three copies, this is one of eight deluxe copies, with etchings printed in turquoise, an extra suite of five woodcuts bound in at rear, and specially bound by Thomas Zwang. The etchings, which are different than..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1990. Tall folio. (32)pp. From an edition of 55, this is one of twenty deluxe copies. Illustrated with ten paper pulp images of Jewish symbols, such as the Star of David, the Torah pointer, and the shofar. The text of the Song of Songs is printed..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Edition Kaldewey, 1984. Quarto. (54)pp. One of 50 regular copies. Signed by the artist, Mischa Kuball. Verses of Paul Celan's poem, printed on translucent vellum, alternate with white Fabriano paper on which Kuball has executed sharp cuts, which themselves evoke violence, fragmentation, and, aptly for Celan's titular fugue..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1988. Folio. (7)ff. One of forty copies, signed by the printer/illustrator, Gunnar Kaldewey. Illustrated with seventeen linecut monoprints, appearing as rubbings or mottled silhouettes of leaves, buds, and tree branches, and printed over hand-colored backgrounds of blue and green on the volume's seven sheets of heavily..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 2009. Quarto. (14)ff. One of 35 copies. Illustrated with ten folded watercolor paintings by Gunnar Kaldewey. The text is taken from its first appearance in the 1860 Boston edition of Leaves of Grass, and is printed in silver on gray-blue pastepaper that resembles early denim. Together..... 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
