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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Northampton, MA: Double Elephant Press, 1998. Octavo. Unpaginated accordionfold, double-sided. One of forty-four copies. Signed by Kuch. Two poems, arranged into couplets below each series of images, considers the struggles of following a spiritual path. The seriousness of Kuch's verses is put into question by the jests of his imagery..... More
Northampton, MA: Double Elephant Press, 2014. Octavo. Unpaginated. One of forty copies. Signed by Kuch at the colophon. Modeled after an illuminated manuscript, Kuch's delightfully morbid book presents a series of thirteen mezzotints of invented martyrs bordered by marginalia of illuminated relief-etchings. In Kuch's words, the icons "are martyred by..... More
Northampton, MA: Double Elephant Press, 2016. Square 24mo. (24)pp. One of 365 copies. Each page has a relief etching (recto and verso). Inspired by Les simulachres & historiees faces de la mort (1538) by Hans Holbein the Younger, Kuch's own Dance of Death comes as a natural history with a...... More
(London): Doves Press, (1908). Two large octavo volumes. 192; 200pp. One of 250 copies. Printed in red and black by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker. This collection of Browning's poems explores the many aspects of love between men and women. The colophon is beautifully inscribed in red: "Flourished by..... More
(Hammersmith): Doves Press, 1891. Octavo. 8pp. Presented to subscribers of the Doves Press, the present text reprises Cobden-Sanderson's speech given to the Art Workers Guild, in which he expounds upon the contemporary artistic tastes of the general population, and thus nods at the social function of the aesthetic movement. His..... More
Hammersmith: Doves Press; Hammersmith Publishing Society, 1900; 1902. Two octavo volumes. (iv) 10pp.; (40)pp. The Ideal Book is one of 300 copies and is George Parker Winship's copy, with his bookplate to the front paste-down. Only the second title to have been issued by the Doves Press, the essay by..... More
(N.p.): Paul Hayden Duensing, (1969). One of 300 copies. Broadside measuring 31 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches (800x317mm), printed by offset. A selection of typefaces offered by the Typefoundry, including borders, ornaments, Hieroglyphics, and Greek, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Hebrew, and Cherokee alphabets. One faint spot, else fine. More
(N.p. William Addison Dwiggins, n.d.). A single bifold sheet, with a pochoir-printed border in gray and Christmas greeting in red. Held in a paper envelope with matching border, and with the inscription to the addressee in pencil "from WAD." John W. Borden was a San Francisco-based book collector and amateur..... More
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Santa Barbara, CA: Unicorn Press, 1967. Oblong 16mo. (7)ff. This copy signed by the poet, Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh. In 1966, Nhat Hanh was exiled from South Vietnam for his opposition to the war; a year later, the same year in which the present volume was..... More
(NY: New Directions, 1969). Oblong quarto. 33pp. One of 100 copies printed at the Thistle Press and signed by the illustrator, Fritz Eichenberg. Illustrated with five full-page wood engravings in black & white. With an extra suite of the plates, each one signed by the artist. Suite is housed in..... More
Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1883. Octavo. An elaborate birthday card, with two color illustrations of flowers in vases on the interior panels. The left-hand panel bears a short poem, and the right-hand panel offers the recipient best wishes for their next year. Both are printed on pillowed silk. Bound..... More
(Darmstadt: Ernst Ludwig Presse, 1911). Quarto. (120)pp. From an edition of 500 copies, this is one of fifty printed on Japon. Title-page calligraphy and 150 decorated initials designed by Friedrich Wilhem Kleukens. The text of the Press's fifteenth book is Martin Luther's translation from the last edition of the German..... More
(London): Essex House Press, 1902. Small quarto. 87pp. One of 250 copies on paper. Each of the 150 Psalms opens with a woodcut initial, often related to the theme of the particular passage. A court jester stands around a "T" at Psalm 53, which proclaims that "the foolish body hath..... More
London: Guild and School of Handicraft, Essex House, 1894. Octavo. 166pp. Ornaments on the prefatory material and the final page evince Ashbee's skills Art Nouveau style, and bring illustrative care and craftsmanship to Ashbee's treatise on what makes for good citizenship in an increasingly industrial state. Bound in full red..... More
London: Guild & School of Handcraft, Essex House, 1896. Quarto. 36pp. First edition. Illustrated with thirteen plates, several of which are fold-outs. The book was created in an attempt to prevent the demolition of the seventeenth-century Trinity Hospital; in the end, the campaign was successful, and the building was saved..... More
Decorah, IA: Solmentes Press, 2017. Oblong small quarto. (68)pp. From an edition of forty copies, this is one of five deluxe copies. Signed by artist at colophon. Thirty-six woodcut and linocut images together with separate blueprint for a pizza oven. Together, the illustrations create a visual narrative of how Esslemont..... More
(Oakland: Eucalyptus Press, 1989). Folio. (6)ff. One of seventeen copies. Illustrated throughout with linoleum block prints altered so that the images in each book are slightly different. One two-page spread depicts the foolish villagers peeking over the edge of the soup pot with surprised expressions on their faces. Printed, illustrated..... More
London: Fanfrolico Press, (1926). Quarto. (67)pp. One of 375 copies. Illustrated throughout with Alan Odle's drawings, many of them full-page, which have a strong element of the grotesque. Translated by Jack Lindsay, and with a Foreword by Brian Penton. The first book printed by the third incarnation of the Fanfrolico..... More
(N.p. Ferguson, William, n.d.). Print measuring 10 1/4 by 13 inches. One of 76 copies. A windmill design in green and brown, with the words "arena," "monte," "cielo," and "nieve" on the four blades. SIgned by the artist. Fine. More
St-Zotique, Quebec: Cat's Head Press, 2008. Quarto. (48)pp. One of 114 copies. Illustrated throughout with a signed pochoir print by Jef Aerosol, a relief print by Melissa Schulenberg, a stencil by Guy Berard, and an abundance of found images and stencils by the staff at the Cat's Head Press. Printed..... More
Vancouver, BC: Muddy Foot Press, (1990). Oblong quarto. (64)pp. One of fifty copies. Illustrated with tipped-in color photographs by Kendall Townend. The photographs were taken between 1984-87 at different seasons in Toronto in the area south of Finch and east of Bayview along the Don River valley. Title page, colophon..... More
Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. Small quarto. v, (i), 94, 1pp. A collection of Aesop's much-celebrated and much-cited fables, some illustrated with bold wood engravings by Celia M. Fiennes. In keeping with the Golden Cockerel Press's tradition of creating limited editions of classic masterworks, this representation was reprinted from Sir..... More
Detroit, Cranbrook Press, 1902. Octavo. 40pp. One of 210 copies, printed by the author, George G. Booth, who was the co-founder of the Cranbrook Press. A group of essays of a philosophical and personal nature, one set in Naples and one in Mexico. With decorative interlace initials to each chapter..... More
Cambridge, UK: Rampant Lions Press, 1993. Quarto. (99)pp. One of 200 copies. With a seven-page introduction by Carter detailing the printing histories and typographical adventures of the Rampant Lions Press books that were never published. Followed by eleven sections representing eleven books in particular which demonstrate the press' color and..... More
(Columbus, OH): Logan Elm Press, 1990. Quarto. (38)pp. One of 115 copies, printed on handmade paper and signed by the poet, David Citino, the artist, Anthony Rice, and the designer of the book, Robert Tauber. A stunning production crafted in advance of the quincentennial celebration of Columbus’s voyage. Illustrated throughout..... More
