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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Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Octavo. (vii), 18, (i)pp. Illustrated with two full-page woodcuts by Eric Gill, plus a title-page device. The text comprises a lecture Gill delivered at Manchester University in 1928, revised for this edition. This is Gill's own copy, with his bookplate on the front..... More
(London): Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Tall octavo. (16)pp. One of 500 numbered copies. Illustrated with one full-page wood engraving and a four-line initial capital by Gill. This edition of Gill's "sermon," reflecting on the 136th Psalm, marks the first use of Gill's Perpetua Roman and Felicity Italic typefaces. Bound in..... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1952. Tall quarto. 80pp. From an edition of 360 copies, this is one of 60 deluxe copies, signed by the artist, John Buckland Wright, and the author, Phyllis Hartnoll. Illustrated by Buckland Wright with eight aquatints, printed from the copper plates. Only the deluxe copies had..... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1955. Small quarto. 127pp. Of an edition of 550, this is one of 105 specially bound in white alum-tanned sheepskin and accompanied by eight extra plates. Signed by the illustrator at colophon. Richly illustrated with color-collotype reproductions of Flint's watercolor paintings and crayon drawings of women..... More
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1931. Octavo. 66pp. One of 500 copies, signed by Powys. Five intertextual wood engravings by Nash. Backed in blue morocco with pattered paper covers. Spine somewhat sunned, faint edgewear, else near fine. (Chanticleer 76). More
(London): Golden Cockerel Press, 1948. Tall octavo. 28pp. From an edition of 750, this is one of 100 copies specially bound and with an extra engraving. The twelve engravings by John Buckland Wright, with their supple lines and rich settings, perfectly complement Swinburne’s long erotic poem. In full sienna morocco..... More
(Minneapolis): Gonfalon Press, 1996. Quarto. Accordionfold, dos-à-dos. One of forty copies, signed by the printer, Michael Fallon. Doris Adams's traditional tale is adorned with glittering illustrations of the story's heroic rabbit, Cufe, while Kate Taluga's essay is dotted with images of corn, shells, and wildflowers. Compiled and printed by Michael..... More
(N.p.): Press of the Woolly Whale, 1934. 32mo. 18pp. Signed and dated by the author. A short treatise on the essentials of book design. Bound in blue paper over boards with title stamped in black. Some toning to spine, else near fine. More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1959-1965. Folio. Four volumes: "Figure Prints of Old Japan." 1959. (110)ff., + 52 plates. One of 400 copies. "Landscape Prints of Old Japan." 1960. (110)ff., + 50 plates. One of 450 copies. "Ukiyo-e: The Floating World." 1962. (92)ff., + 28 plates. One of 400..... More
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1929. 24mo. (xiv), 54pp. One of 425 copies. Color frontispiece of Plantin, eleven-line color initial to start of text. A survey of the renowned printer's works. Minor soiling, else near fine in full vellum with gilt ruling. More
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1953. Small quarto. (vi), 191pp. One of 180 copies printed in French Lettre Bâtarde on handmade paper. Illustrated with six striking color woodcuts by Mary Grabhorn. The most beautiful of the Grabhorn Press Shakespeare series. Slight separation at title page gutter, faint foxing to one page..... More
(Newtown): Gregynog Press, 1933. Quarto. (20)pp. Program for church services held during the Festival of Music and Poetry. Includes prayers, hymns, and readings. A few small folds to edges of covers. else fine in original brown paper wrappers. (Harrop E121). More
(Newtown): Gregynog Press, 1929. Quarto. 189pp. One of 225 copies. Ornamented throughout with initial capitals, calligraphed by Horace Bray, printed in red and blue. Four of the psalms, as well as the title-page, show extra decoration by Bray, with wood-engraved flowering vines printed in red and black. Bound in half-morocco..... More
Wales: Gwasg Gregynog, 2003. Quarto. xv, (3), 99pp. One of 215 copies. Van Niekerk's wood engravings throughout, including frontispiece portrait of Herbert and a rendering of the Vitruvian Man on the whole of page 36. Edited, with introduction and notes, by The Earl of Powis. Bound in quarter-leather by Alan..... More
Newtown, Powys: Gwasg Gregynog, 1983. Octavo. (20)ff. One of 250 copies. Eleven wood engravings by Sarah Van Niekerk, one of which is double-page. Extracts from Kilvert's writings, selected and introduced by Meic Stephens. Quarter-cloth binding with marbled paper covers and paper spine label. Faint edgewear, else fine. More
Powys, Wales: Gwasg Gregynog, 1983. Small quarto. 70, (2)pp. One of 150 regular copies. Inscribed by the author, Arnold Taylor, and signed by the artist, David Woodford, with a letter from each to Hugh Pritchard laid in. Forward by the Prince of Wales. Illustrated with eight etchings showing the four..... More
Lond Crendon, Bucks: Seven Acres Press, 1926. Quarto. 45pp. One of 600 copies. Signed by Haberly, and from the library of Haberly's wife, Virginia, with her bookplate to the front free endpaper. The second book of the Press. Illustrated throughout by Haberly with fantastical illustrations of beasts real, like the..... More
Lexington, KY: Stamperia del Santuccio, 1951. Octavo, 182pp. One of 152 unnumbered copies printed by Carolyn Reading in black and red American Uncial type on Japanese Hosho paper. Translated from the German by Victor Hammer and Thornton Sinclair with an introduction by Hammer. Autograph note from Hammer to Florentine scholar..... More
(Lexington, KY: Anvil Press, 1979). Quarto. (12)pp., (37)ff. One of 50 copies printed in American Uncial on Canson paper. A compilation of 36 plates printed from blocks cut or engraved by Victor Hammer. Several plates are hand-colored and all are tipped-in. Book compiled and designed by Carolyn R. Hammer and..... More
NY: Harrison of Paris, 1932. Octavo. 43pp. One of 595 copies. A collection of literary and philosophical quotations, poems, and short essays, presented using creative typography. This was the eleventh publication of Harrison of Paris, designed by Monroe Wheeler. Some fading to spline and trace edgewear, else near fine. More
London: Rainbow Press, 1975. First edition. One of 150 copies signed by the author. With full page two-color illustrations by Barrie Cooke. Handsomely printed early limited edition prints eight poems thematically related to Heaney's poetic pursuit of the archaeology of Ireland's violent past. These poems were published a month ahead..... More
Dublin: Hieroglyph Editions Ltd, 1991. First edition. From an edition of 100 copies, this is one of 60 that were offered for sale. Illustrated with four lithographs by Felim Egan, who designed the book. Signed by Heaney and Egan. This is the first separate appearance of twelve poems from the..... More
(Vancouver, BC): Heavenly Monkey, 2013. Small quarto. (18), (8)ff. One of twenty copies comprising the regular edition. This work celebrates the many varieties of metal type "purchased for, adopted by, & abandoned at Heavenly Monkey during the studio's first fifteen years" and is printed on a selection of nine different..... More
(Vancouver): Heavenly Monkey, 2007. Quarto. (5)ff. One of fifty copies signed by the contemporary Canadian artist Charles van Sandwyk. With six tipped-in plates, five of which are from the artist's earliest etchings, and one etching executed for this work. A brief essay about etching by van Sandwyk accompanies the artwork..... More
(Vancouver, BC): Heavenly Monkey, 2011. Quarto. 96pp. One of thirty copies, signed by the author/illustrator, Jim Westergard. Illustrated with forty wood engravings immortalizing infamous people, ranging from well-known oddballs such as Lizzie Borden and Hunter Thompson, to more obscure characters, including the tenth-century Icelandic poet Gunnlaug Wormtongue, who was known..... More
