In their broadest sense, the book arts are at the core of our inventory. To be sure, the category encompasses the specialties that you see on our homepage, such as Fine Printing, Fine Binding, and Illustrated Books. However, it also includes such things as writing books and calligraphy, fore-edge paintings, books on papermaking, and leaf books.
Read more about one of the book arts, Fore-edge Painting
Sante Fe: Amaranth Press, 1982. Tall octavo. 77pp. One of 110 copies. A beautifully printed book of sacred songs in Latin and English, with opening strapwork initials designed by Mark Livingston and handcolored by the printer, Linnea Gentry. An elegant production from Linnea Gentry's fine press. Slight sunning to upper..... More
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
Marcham: Alembic Press, 2000. Octavo. 119pp. From an edition of 180 copies, this is one of twenty bound in leather and with extra samples tipped in. Bolton's oevre is a comprehensive and highly illustrated summation of all the Alembic Press' borders. It is, in its own way, a love letter..... More
Henley-on-Thames, UK: 1957. Small octavo. (i), (9)pp. Calligraphic manuscript on paper written in green and black ink with first line and small text initials in gold. Text opens with a large illuminated initial "O" with the watercolor figure of an owl; the text closes with another watercolor owl, this one..... More
Austin, TX: Amistad Press, 1990. (69)pp. Signed by the author-printer-binder, Yolanda Carter, at the penultimate page: the final bibliographic entry, which records this very bibliography. A delightful project, with photoreproduced images of books and their illustrations interspersed. Bound in orange cloth with white paper label to three-quarters of upper cover..... More
Cambridge, MA: Dept. of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harvard College, 1968. Square 16mo. (8)ff. One of 500 copies, signed by the artist. Marie Angel, who also contributed illustrations to A. Colish's 1974 edition of The Velveteen Rabbit, here adorns Dickinson's two poems with a diverse array of butterflies set softly..... More
(N.p.): Angelica Press, 1976. Octavo. xi, 99pp. Illustrations primarily in green with black and white outlining. Running titles in green. Travels to places fictional and real, from Laputa to Lilliput to Japan, as told in the first person. Bound in quarter red cloth and buckram, with green and black illustration..... More
(N.p.): Miniature Book Society, 1993. 32pp. One of 500 copies, designed and produced by Rebecca Saady Bingham in tribute to the books and memory of Don Hildreth. Usual spine toning, else fine in black cloth with printed metal plate onlaid to upper cover. (2 11/16 by 2 7/8; 68x73mm). More
Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1994. Small quarto. (384)pp. From an edition of 430 copies, this is one of 250 in quarter cloth with patterned paper covers. Essays on wood engraving in Canada and in the USA are followed by approximately 150 examples of the artists' work. Text, including biographical notes..... More
Mission, BC: Barbarian Press, 1994. Small quarto. (384)pp. From an edition of 430 copies, this is one of 250 in quarter cloth with patterned paper covers. Essays on wood engraving in Canada and in the USA are followed by approximately 150 examples of the artists' work. Text, including biographical notes..... More
Mission, British Columbia: Barbarian Press, 2017. 24mo. (79)pp., + six loose plates. One of 60 deluxe copies. Engravings by John Lawrence printed largely from wood, with some detailed spots in larger engravings from polymer plates, all in the Press' customary assortment of bright colors. Texts from over forty songs and..... More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1972. Oblong 16mo. 70pp. One of 140 copies. An early title, containing six articles on printing, papermaking, etc. Bound in vellum-backed pastepaper boards. Little rubbing to corners, else near fine. Prospectus laid-in. More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1984. Scroll measuring 122 by 3 1/4 inches. One of 300 copies, printed in black with blue cherubim as ornament. This speech by Adelman was read at a meeting of the Friends of the Bryn Mawr College Library on April 3, 1981. In his..... More
(N.p.): San Serriffe Publishing Company, 2001. Octavo. 95pp. One of 200 copies, printed by the Foolscap Press. A roundup of the booksellers associated with the press, including Ki-flongian Booksellers, Cloacina Books, and Exterminator Books. Replete with tipped-in samples and photographs, bound-in title pages and keepsakes, a large fold-out title page..... More
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2010. Octavo. 33pp., + 12 plates of 18th-century tradesmen's cards with descriptions interleaved; 12, (4)pp. One of 115 copies, this an out-of-series copy for the binder, Greg Campbell. The Morris-Campbell correspondence suggests that this is, if not copy no. 1, a special copy; it..... More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1971. Quarto. 67pp. One of 255 copies. Contains some amusing essays on paper-making, and some paper samples, including two made "with the cooperation of certain local wasps." A brief history of printing gives credit to "a man named Gutenberg, probably a foreigner," who "wanted..... More
(North Hills): Bird & Bull Press, 1963. Octavo. 59pp. One of 169 copies. A collection of five essays on hand papermaking, with contributions by Dard Hunter, J. Barcham Green, John Mason, Henry Morris, and Norman H. Strouse. Six wood engravings and many amusing drawings illustrate the process of hand papermaking..... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1987. Oblong octavo. 77pp.(25) ff. One of 325 copies. The first third of this handsome book consists of correspondence between Hans Schmoller and Morris dealing with the problems of the book itself. The second part by Tanya Schmoller is text about the Chinese tea chest..... More
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1984. Quarto. x, 49, 24 pp. + (31)ff. One of 500 copies. Contains three foldout plates, nineteen color reproductions of Japanese watercolors, and 30 illustrated facsimile pages of an eighteenth century Japanese papermaking manual. These woodcut facsimiles are printed on handmade Japanese gampi paper..... More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1964. Octavo. 91pp. One of 200 copies. A biography on the life and work of Thomas Bird Mosher, the remarkable New England publisher and literary pirate. The Passionate Pirate is one of Henry Morris's earlier titles. In making it, he was plagued with both..... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1985. Octavo. 161pp. One of 325 copies. Illustrated with eighteen black & white photographs and drawings, fourteen full-color photographs of Kinder's bindings, and thirteen pages of black & white impressions of Kinder's bookbinding stamps. A thorough examination of one of America's finest binders and of..... More
Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, (1977). Two volumes. 96pp., continuously paginated. One of 249 copies. Printed in two colors, with sample pages and pressmarks. Introduction by Richard Cady. Bound by Bela Blau in brown leather, gilt-stamped. Housed in a marbled paper slipcase. Fine. (2 3/4 by 2 1/4; 70x55 mm)..... More
Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, (1977). Two volumes. 96pp., continuously paginated. One of 249 copies. Printed in two colors, with sample pages and pressmarks. With an introduction by Richard Cady. Bound by Bela Blau in brown leather, gilt-stamped. Housed in a marbled paper slipcase. fine. (2 3/4 by 2 1/4;..... More
Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, 1983. 96pp. One of 249 copies. An account of a visit to Norman Forgue's basement, housing his extensive collection of miniature items. Illustrated with black and white as well as color photographs, and prefaced by an Introduction by Ward Schori. Very fine in mustard-yellow leatherette..... More
Chicago: Black Cat Press, (1961). 23, (3)pp., frenchfold. One of 300 copies. From the German by Albert Henry Allen. In quarter blue leather, with light blue handmade paper over boards. This is one of a few with the incorrect title stamped on the spine: "Return of the Lost Book." A...... More
