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): 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
NY: Vincent FitzGerald & Co., 1989. Folio. (32)pp. One of fifty copies, signed by the artist, Susan Weil. Throughout the text are scattered collages, cut papers, and etchings that work together to create an interactive, multimedia experience for the reader, who thus physically engages with the work in a manner..... More
Colombes, France: Collectif Génération, 1990. Square octavo. (15)ff. One of 60 copies, signed by the author, Marcelin Pleynet, and the illustrator, Bertrand Dorny. With imaginative engraved and blind-stamped illustrations throughout, to accompany Pleynet's modernist text. Many of the pages fold out to give the reader the feeling of discovery and..... 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 Thomas Wentworth Higginson and her accompanying poems, which she was, at the time..... 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. One of 300 copies. 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..... 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
San Giacomo di Veglia, Italy: Blue Print Press, 2018. Folio. (8)ff. One of twenty copies, signed by the artist, Sabrina Frison, whose three etchings appear on the covers, two on the front and one on the back. A robust and suitably rugged edition of Dylan's lyrics, printed in Rockwell and..... More
Washington, D.C. Corcoran College of Art + Design, 2014. Quarto. (17)ff. spreads, accordionfold. One of ten copies, signed by Kwon. Letterpress printed, lithograph illustrations. Kwon's graphically and physically substantial concertina grapples with the immediate and generational trauma of the mid-century South Korean authoritarian government's oppression of dissent. Between 1945 and..... 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
(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 detailed illustrations of twelve different species of solitary bees, with accompanying descriptions of their physical and social characteristics, habitats, and..... More
Claremont, CA: Scripps College Press, 2015. Square small octavo. Unpaginated. One of 102 copies. Created by the students in the fall 2015 Typography class at Scripps College, the book anthologizes narratives of cars, car culture, and the political and social power cars have and represent. The students' sections converse with..... More
(Santa Barbara, CA): Simplemente Maria Press, 2020. Octavo volume and strand of ten paper prayer flags. (22)ff., + 20ff. One of twenty copies, signed by the artist. Mary Heebner's flags bear her five invocations to a distressed planet, with one prayer for each element: fire, earth, air, water, and aether..... More
Tualatin, OR: Clinker Press, 2015. Octavo. (iv), 14, (4)pp. One of twenty copies, signed by the artist and printer, Andre Chaves, and by Herman. A stunning production in Arts & Crafts style, and a fitting ode to Muir, whose persistent environmental activism was essential leverage for the preservation of the..... More
(Stanmore, NSW, Australia): Ant Press, 2018. Oblong quarto. (16)pp. One of seven copies. In drypoints, transfer-printed photographs, and bold typographic styling, Oppen sets altered landscapes before the viewer and confronts the oppression of the natural features of Australia by humankind. Her panoramic etchings show vistas lying barren and dark, while..... 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
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. 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. Ashbee's text..... More
(London: Essex House Press, 1902). Octavo. 45pp. One of 165 copies, printed entirely on vellum. With hand-colored illustrations and initials by Edith Harwood, comprising one full-page and one double-page illustration, and eighty historiated initials. Alan Crawford describes Harwood's work for Essex House Press as harmonious and in keeping with the..... More
Campden, Gloucestershire: Essex House Press, 1904. Octavo. 94pp. One of 200 copies. This copy accompanied by one of Savage's original engravings for the book: the scene on p. 24 of the titular heroine tumbling from her spooked steed. A delight printing by C. R. Ashbee, who here applies his talents..... 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
(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
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
