The 23rd Psalm.
Cincinnati: Mosaic Press, 1982. (24)pp. One of the tiniest Mosaic Press books ever printed. Extremely fine in gilt-titled blue leather, an unrecorded color. (1/2 by 3/8; 13x11mm). More
Cincinnati: Mosaic Press, 1982. (24)pp. One of the tiniest Mosaic Press books ever printed. Extremely fine in gilt-titled blue leather, an unrecorded color. (1/2 by 3/8; 13x11mm). More
Alford, MA: 1962. Small quarto. 28ff. One of forty copies. Etched title page and twenty-six fine etchings by Fink, ranging thematically from portraits to botany to insects. Many of Fink's etchings have a decidedly Baskinesque aesthetic, but Fink's circle centered primarily in New York, where he was friendly with Jack..... More
NY: Shackman, 1967. An uncut rectangle of cloth printed with three replicas of large, antique doll patterns, measuring 18 by 24 inches. The dolls are elaborately costumed in fancy nineteenth-century dresses with puffed sleeves and full skirts: one wears a dress with a tiered skirt trimmed with lace, a lace..... More
San Francisco, CA: Juniper Von Phitzer Press, 1986. (106)pp. One of 175 copies. Signed by Von Phitzer at the colophon. A typographic abecedarian, pairing each letter with stock woodcuts printed in many colors. Bound in full blue leather, gilt-titling to spine. Fine. A.e.g. (2 3/8 by 2 7/8; 60x73mm). More
New Britain, CT: REM Miniatures, 1966. (vii),(12)pp. One of 500 copies. The cover rhyme of the old woman "tossed up in a basket, seventeen times as high as the moon" is depicted in a handcolored panorama, based on a nineteenth-century children's book of the same format. Some sunning, rubbing to..... More
New Britain, CT: REM Miniatures, 1966. (vii),(12)pp. One of 500 copies. The cover rhyme of the old woman "tossed up in a basket, seventeen times as high as the moon" is depicted in a handcolored panorama, based on a nineteenth-century children's book of the same format. Some sunning, rubbing to..... More
Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1962. (48)pp. One of 400 copies. With an introduction by Lloyd Emerson Siberell and decorations by Calvin Brazelton. Light wear to top and bottom of spine, else near fine in gilt-stamped brown leather. A.e.g. Bookplate of Alene B. Potter. (2 1/2 by 1 7/8; 64x48mm). More
(Istanbul: Ebristan, 2004). Marbled paper with calligraphy measuring 23 3/4 by 32 inches. Ebru, or marbling, is one of the oldest arts in Turkey. In addition to being used in book binding and design, it was often used as a background for calligraphy and is considered high art. In this..... More
(Rheinbach, Germany: John Gerard, 2005). Small quarto. (40)pp. One of twenty copies, signed by the artist. Each letter of this alphabet is scrawled in black over and over to fill the text area defined by Tschichold's canon of page construction, which is printed in red on every page. An interesting..... More
Épinal: Pellerin et Cie. (c. 1870). 16mo. (24)pp, accordionfold. The book guides the reader along the busy city streets, navigating through and identifying the various sellers in alphabetical order, by way of hand-colored engravings. The alphabet, as typical for the language, omits "W;" and "X" and "Y" appear on the..... More
London: Religious Tract Society, (c. 1865). Small quarto. 6pp., + 6 colored plates interleaved. This instructional volume parses the alphabet into six sets of four, with each head quartet accompanied by a short tale employing the four letters. Each text page also bears a border of four Biblical verses, so..... More
Jena: Eugen Diderichs, 1913 (but 1922). Folio. (15)ff., loose, as issued. From an edition of 250 copies, fifty were hand-colored; this appears to be a regular edition copy (number 111 and with the regular edition's black-printed portfolio) that has been hand-colored out of series. Each of the seven lithographs is..... More
Florence, Italy: Michael Angelino Press, (c. 1930s). Small quarto. 264pp. With woodcut cover illustration and five erotic, half-tone reproductions of paintings by Mahlon Blaine. This book is part of the swelling trend in the 1930s for "privately printed" erotic books, which would often be published by anonymous or pseudonymous authors..... More
Cincinnati, OH: Mosaic Press, 1980. (48)pp. A compendium of the styles of ancient helmets, European in focus with particular attention to Greeks, Romans, and Phrygians. The book was bound in two recorded binding variations; this is neither, being instead an inverse colorway of the variant usually with gilt cover and..... More
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949. Double-feature flipbook, in one direction showing Andy Panda unicyling with confidence, and in the other Buzz Buzzard's stick-up gone awry. Book twelve in a series of "Flip Movies" distributed by Post Cereals in boxes of Grape-Nuts Flakes. Staple-bound in self-wrappers. Mild exterior soiling, else fine. (2 1/2 by..... More
(Pasadena): Vance Studley, 1997. Oblong 32mo. (8)ff. unbound booklet + 18 sheets of engravings, each signed by Moser. One of twenty copies. Cut in Resingrave and printed on Karma paper, the engravings collected here depict animals from across the globe in astonishing detail. Moser, as only he can, shows each..... More
Amsterdam: (c. 1925). Small octavo. (15)pp. With eight full-page illustrations, printed in orange and black. At the back of the volume are a head and two legs set to rotate on brass rivets; when unfolded, they align with the torso on the upper cover to create the illusion of a...... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1982. Folio. (64)pp. From an edition of 165, this is one of fifteen hors commerce copies, signed by Jim Dine and by Andrew Hoyem, the printer. This publication marks only the second artist's book from the Press, in addition to being its first collaboration with Dine..... More
(c. 1970s-80s). Pictorial Arabic alphabet poster, each letter of which is presented beside an image of an object beginning with that letter, with the full word beneath. The full word is written with the harakat or tashkil phonetic aids, which provide the correct pronunciation for children who are learning to..... More
Providence, RI: Ziggurat Press, 1989. Quarto. (32)pp. One of forty-five copies. Illustrated with seven copper engravings, originally executed by Andrew Bell, which accompanied the essay, here likewise reprinted, published in the 1797 edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. The former have been printed on handmade Moriki paper, the latter on Rives..... More
NY: Lansha Studios, (c. 1922-1934). This collection contains 128 individual pencil designs and 51 photographs of manufactured fixtures used to create department store window and floor displays. The bulk of the designs were made for Lansha Studios, a New York firm established by Lionel Schacht and Eugene P. Lanfranchi as..... More
(Vancouver): Heavenly Monkey, 2004. (25)ff. One of fifty copies signed by the artist. Illustrated with ten wood engravings by Shinsuke Minegishi that explore the alternative possibilities presented by the form of various bits of human anatomy. The engravings of a beetle earring on an ear, two feet holding an apple..... More
Boston, MA: Bromer Booksellers, (c. 1991). Small quarto. (56)pp. With photographic reproductions throughout in black & white. Catalogue number 66 issued by Anne and David Bromer of Bromer Booksellers. This catalogue, released in conjunction with a lecture delivered by Anne Bromer and an exhibition, celebrates "the fine art of calligraphy..... More
Santa Cruz, CA: Peter & Donna Thomas, 1997. One of forty copies. Six sheets wrapped around six dowels, so that the viewer can read the Latin aphorism, "Ars est longa / vita est brevis," first, then can twist each dowel to see the English translation and publication information. An innovative..... More