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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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
(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
(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
Philadelphia: Taylor & Hessey, 1981. Octavo. 28pp. One of 400 copies. A humorous analysis of the travel agency industry, rendered even more amusing when read by those of us in the twenty-first century. Fine in plain wrappers. More
Kentfield, CA: Allen Press, 1953. Octavo. lxpp. One of 160 copies. Printed in blue and black, with title and four wood engraved illustrations by Mallette Dean, each beautifully handcolored by Dorothy Allen. Spine faded, else a fine copy in French marbled paper boards. Prospectus laid-in. More
Kentfield, CA: Allen Press, 1956. Small quarto. 90pp. One of 200 copies. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. The images depict the various supernatural forces that hold sway over the journey of the Golden Mary, such as Chance, the Fates, and the Elements. Printed on Japanese vellum, and..... More
Kentfield, CA: Allen Press, 1974. Large quarto. (86)pp. One of 140 copies. Illustrated with a woodcut portrait of St. Anthony and numerous woodcuts throughout the text, selected from antiquarian books identified by scholars as Flaubert's source material. His text, based on a 15th-century Persian motif, is translated by Lafcadio Hearn..... More
San Francisco: Allen Press, 1947. Octavo. (98)pp. One of 350 copies. Designed and printed by Lewis and Dorothy Allen. Illustrated with five halftones. An early Allen Press title, this marks their third consecutive commission from the Book Club of California. Minor rubbing to extremities, else near fine copy in cloth-backed..... More
Hillsborough, CA: Allen Press, 1948. Octavo. 181pp. One of 200 copies printed by Lewis and Dorothy Allen, who operated at the time as the L-D Allen Press. With decorative headpieces by Mallette Dean, and illuminated initial capitals by the Allens. Chosen as one of AIGA's Fifty Books of the year..... More
Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France: Allen Press, 1952. Octavo. 60pp. One of 300 copies. With pochoir decorations by Ray Bethers. An early publication of the Press, when they were known as the L-D Allen Press. This was the first Book Club of California title to be printed outside the United States. Fine in..... More
Berkeley: Peter Koch, (1991). Square 16mo. (34)pp., frenchfold. One of 126 copies. Each letter of this alphabet was printed by Peter Koch from a photo-engraving of the original papercut. Bound by the artist in black cloth-covered stab-sewn boards with title label to front cover, and alphabetic paste-paper paste-downs. Very fine..... More
Fairfax, CA: Jungle Garden Press, 1991. Oblong 24mo. (14)pp., accordion-fold. One of 55 copies designed, printed, and bound by Marie Dern at the Jungle Garden Press. A tongue-in-cheek printer's alphabet, with large initials in, appropriately, Caslon type. The initials are accompanied by humorous representations of the letters printed using numerous..... More
Barcelona: Nowhereman Press, 2007. Quarto. (12)pp. accordion fold. One of twenty-five copies. Signed by the artist. The book presents the alphabet and single integers as an expanding concertina, so that the letters and numbers grow and shift as the reader opens the volume. The set is inspired by children's alphabet..... More
(N.p. Flagless Editions, 1984). 16mo. (21)pp. One of 167 copies. Cover illustration based on an unfinished series of lithographs by Yoko Ono and John Lennon. The text of this unusual alphabet poem was written by John Lennon in February 1969 for inclusion in the portfolio Bag One. Designed and printed..... 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
Brooklyn: Angelica Press, 1975. Four folio volumes, each unbound as issued. One of 220 numbered copies printed by Dennis and Marilyn Grastorf. The titles include: "A History of Wood Types"; "How to Print Wood Type," with illustrations by Marilyn Grastorf; "Forty-nine Fonts of Wood Type"; and "Posters." The type specimens..... More
(N.p., n.d.). An original linoleum block print measuring 8 by 10 inches, tastefully matted and framed. Valenti Angelo here employs bold use of line and cross-hatching to show the texture of these trees, which are in the foreground, set against a predominantly black backdrop. Inscribed by the artist to Henry..... More
Bronxville, NY: Valenti Angelo, (1963). Small quarto. (18)pp. One of fifty copies. Signed by Angelo. Title roundel printed in blue and illuminated. Five-line gold initial, six-line blue initial, eight-line red initial hand-drawn. A dignified edition of a significant Biblical passage. Bound in half-vellum with brown paper boards. Spine moderately toned..... More
Lexington, KY: Anvil Press, 1978. Small quarto. (16)ff. One of 75 copies. Designed by Carolyn Hammer, printed by Sallie Ruff, and illustrated with four woodcuts by Gloria Thomas. These depict the brutal scenes of the story, including the children's refusal to bow before King Nebuchadnezzar's golden idol and the angel..... More
Lexington, KY: Anvil Press, 1993. Large octavo. x,107pp. This is one of fewer than 40 in bindings hand-painted by Carolyn Hammer and Paul Holbrook, from an edition of 75 copies printed by Hammer, in Victor Hammer's American Uncial typeface, the rest of which (in marbled boards) were given away as..... More
Lexington, KY: Anvil Press, 1993. Octavo. x, 107pp. One of 40 copies in bindings hand-painted by Carolyn Hammer and Paul Holbrook, from an edition of 75 copies printed by Hammer, in Victor Hammer's American Uncial typeface, the rest (in marbled boards) of which were given away as gifts. With initialed..... More
Northampton, MA: Apiary Press, 1964. Small quarto. (16)pp. One of twenty-five copies. Signed by the author and the printer. This scarce item was printed for the author by his friend Ronald Gordon, now the proprietor of the Oliphant Press in New York. With eight vignettes taken from wood engravings by..... More
(Northampton, MA): Apiary Press, 1961. Oblong quarto. (10)ff., + single letterpress sheet laid in. One of twenty-five copies signed by the illustrator, Joyce Sills. This copy bears a presentation inscription from Sills to social-realist artist Ben Shahn and his wife, Bernarda. The colophon notes that the Shahns' son, Ezra, had..... More
Pasadena, CA: Archetype Press, 2005. Folio. (45)ff. One of 80 copies. Contains thirty-seven illustrations depicting American inventions ranging from the profound (Morse code, cloning, etc.) to the underappreciated (American cheese singles, flyswatter, etc.). Printed using "metal foundry type, wood type, linoleum blocks, laser-cut masonite, and digital polymer plates." Occasionally mixed..... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2017. Small quarto. 214pp. One of 300 copies, signed by the author. Illustrated with twenty photo-collages by John Baldessari, based on stills from B-movies. These images were then set before Bentley, who authored twenty scenes to accompany them. The volume has been crafted as a mock..... More
