NY: 6x9 Press, 1957. Oblong octavo. 12 ff., frenchfold. One of an unspecified, but undoubtedly small edition. Illustrated with nine hand-colored linocuts by Chwast. With an Introduction by Dachine Rainer, the anarchist writer whose novella, A Room at the Inn, would be published the following year. An early work by... More about A Book of Battles
Omaha: Abattoir Editions, 1979. Octavo. 102pp. One of 250 copies. Translated by Charles Martin, Catullus' ribald and passionate poems have been set in Joanna and Romulus types and printed on Rives paper by Harry Duncan and Mark Watson. Bound in cloth-backed boards covered in marbled papers, with a paper spine... More about The Poems of Catullus
(Boston): Boston Public Library/Society of Printers, 2001. Octavo. First edition. One of 500 copies. Thirty-two pages of color and black & white illustrations from photographs. The story of Dorothy Abbe's contributions to printing, book design, typography, photography, writing, and teaching is gathered from her archives at the Boston Public Library... More about Strings Attached -- Dorothy Abbe, Her Work and WAD
London: Acorn Press, (1982). Octavo. (176)pp. One of 350 copies. Each sonnets is headed by a wood engraving in orange or brown by Weissenborn. Typeset by the Whittington Press and printed by the Rocket Press. Bound in gray cloth with printed paper over boards. Fine in matching slipcase. More about Shakespeare's Sonnets
(London/Andoversford): Acorn Press/Whittington Press, 1975. Oblong quarto. (28)ff., frenchfold. One of 60 copies signed by the artist, Hellmuth Weissenborn. Illustrated with twenty-seven linocuts printed in two colors. Weissenborn's colorful alphabet is accompanied by quotations about various aspects of printing from philosophical and literary luminaries, such as Byron, Nietschze, and Southey... More about Picture Alphabet, with Quotations in Praise of Print
NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2001. Oblong quarto. 191pp. A centennial celebration of Ansel Adams, photographer and visual architect of the American West. Published in concert with exhibitions of Ansel's work in San Francisco, Chicago, London, Berlin, Los Angeles, and New York. Bound in Halflinnen fabric by Roswell Bookbinding of... More about Ansel Adams at 100
Erwinna, PA: 1955. One-and-a-half pages on a single sheet of Colophon stationery, folded into fourths. Dated 16 June 1955 and addressed to Paul Bennett, Adler opens with an apology of sorts, noting that "I am not able to say what my address will be in another two weeks." The reason... More about Autograph letter, signed. Together with: An Informal Talk by Elmer Adler at the University of...
NY: American Jewish Historical Society, 2001. Small quarto. 60pp., plus sixteen plates housed in separate sleeve. One of 600 copies. Adler's sixteen woodcuts, crafted in the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust, offer a harrowing and personal look at life, and death, inside the Nazi camps. The darkness of the images... More about Beyond Words
Japan: Miyako Akai, 2008. (62)pp. From an edition of 100 copies, this is one of 90 regular copies. An original story about a winter trip written in Japanese by Miyako Akai, who also designed the book, with editing and translation into English by Larry Seidman. Circles have been cut out... More about Greetings from Here
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Paris: c. 1922. Original illustration in red and black ink and pencil on paper. 11 7/8 by 9 1/2 in. This drawing first appeared in Fifty Drawings by Alastair, published by Knopf in 1925, and a similar version was used in the Paris edition of Wilde's text published the same... More about Herode [Salome: drame en un acte
Marcham, Oxford: Alembic Press, 1995. (20)pp. One of 110 copies. Six woodcuts by Brett, printed in burgundy and black. These punctuate the Te Deum hymn, which is tidily presented using type from St. Mary's Press, the private press of the Community of St. Mary the Virgin). The music rests on... More about Te Deum Laudamus. Solemn Tone from the Sarum Psalter
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982. Folio. 146; (7)pp. A deluxe copy of the trade reproduction of Moser's original Pennyroyal edition, with a print of the Mad Hatter housed in a portfolio. The book itself features an original drawing by Moser. Illustrated with lithographic copies of the orignal 75 wood... More about Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1982. Wood engraving. Unsigned. (20 by 16 in.). More about Alice in a Looking Glass
1982. Two wood-engraved prints. Signed. Framed. (17 by 22 1/4 in.). More about Black Kitten and Kitten with Chess
1982. Wood-engraved print. Signed. Framed. (19 3/4 by 14 1/4 in.). More about The Mad Hatter
2012. Pen-and-ink drawing. Signed. Framed. (29 3/4 by 23 5/8 in.). More about The Mad Hatter
1982. Engraved print. Unsigned. Framed. (20 1/4 by 24 3/8 in.). More about The Queen's Rose Garden
1982. Three engraved prints. Signed. Unique impression. (24 by 20 in.). More about The Reverie of Alice's Sister over The Queen's Rose Garden (Upside-Down
1982. Two engraved prints. Signed. Unique impression. (24 by 20 in.). More about The Reverie of Alice's Sister over The Queen's Rose Garden
1982. Engraved color print. Framed. (20 1/4 by 24 3/8 in.). More about The Reverie of Alice's Sister
1982. Engraved print. (24 by 18 in.). More about The White Knight
1982. Five engraved prints combined in one mat. Signed. AP. Framed. (34 1/4 by 31 1/4 in.). More about The White Rabbit; The Pool of Tears; The King of Hearts; The Enormous Puppy; The Cheshire Cat
Kentfield, Calif. Allen Press, 1967. Folio. 200 pp. One of 130 copies. Preface by Joseph Haslewood. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of the woodcuts from the edition of 1480. Bound in full tan cloth, with illustrations to the front cover and red lettering to the cover and spine. Barely discernible sunning... More about Dialogues of Creatures
Greenbrae, CA: Allen Press, 1984. Octavo. 50pp. One of 140 copies. With three full-page black & white illustrations by Michèle Forgeois. Text is printed in brown and orange, with headings in the characters of ancient Middle Eastern languages, printed in colors. Extremely fine, loose, as issued, in gilt stamped brown... More about Jonah, Judith, Ruth. Three Stories from the Old Testament
Kentfield, CA: Allen Press, 1960. Quarto. 110pp. One of 150 copies signed by Lewis and Dorothy Allen. Preface by Oscar Lewis. Printed in black and red, with title, seven large initials, and eighteen decorations engraved on wood by Mallette Dean, and hand-colored. These stories are selected from thirteen tales written... More about The Splendid Idle Forties. Six Stories of Spanish California
