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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(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
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
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
Marcham, Oxfordshire: Alembic Press, 1994. (45)pp. One of 100 copies. Illustrated with charming line drawings following the story of a plush alligator who endears himself to a young girl. Entirely printed in green. Bound in quarter green cloth with glazed green paste-paper boards; googly eyes affixed to the upper cover..... More
(Kentfield, Calif.): Allen Press, 1963. Oblong folio. (44)ff. One of 150 copies. Illustrated with reproductions of eighteenth-century engraved views of Venice from the collection of Philip Hofer. Introduction by Eleanor M. Garvey and Philip Hofer. Unbound as issued in a cloth chemise and dropback box, which shows some spotting to..... More
(Kentfield, CA): Allen Press, 1976. Quarto. (108) pp. One of 140 copies. The frontispiece is a portrait of Cleopatra, hand-painted in the style of ancient Egypt, by artists in Cairo using seven colors and gold on papyrus. In addition, each of the five Acts opens with a woodcut hand-colored by..... 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., 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
Pasadena: Archetype Press, 2002. Quarto. (41)ff. One of 60 copies. Printed in a variety of styles, using a variety of methods, this compilation of “isms” and ideologies provides highly visual humor and insight into topics ranging from ageism to materialism to conspiracy theories to psychoanalysis. A student production supervised by..... More
Canton, NY: Caliban Press, 2008. Octavo. (4)pp. One of 100 copies, initialed by the printer. Apollinaire's visual poem here receives an updated, poignant frame. The poem, the title of which loosely translates to "New Boots," meditates on the tragedy of youth and war; its structure vaguely recalls the crossbody sash..... More
(Melbourne): Masterthief, 2009. Folio. (44)pp. One of ten copies, signed by the artists, Peter Lyssiotis and Theo Strasser. An imposing work, monumental in many senses, Remembrance matches Robert Colvin’s poetry with hand-painted pages and original screenprints to underscore the consequences of actions, especially those by the military. It demands a...... More
![Item #30146 Los Fusilamientos [The Shootings]. Ildefonso Manuel Gil](https://bromer.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30146.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1667508557)
Aurora, NY: Wells College Press, 2003 (but 2014). Folio. (9)ff. One of thirty copies, signed by the author, Ildefonso Manuel Gil, before his passing in 2003. Each lithograph titled, numbered, signed, and dated by the artist as well. A suite of four lithographs, plus an original drawing, by Roberts embrace..... More
Seattle: Aubergine Atelier, 2019. Each copy in the edition contains unique paintings by Jodee Fenton. These, distributed throughout as full leaves, cutouts, and paste-downs, encourage a new perspective on Yeats’ seminal poem. Originally composed as a reaction to the pain of the early 20th century—the aftermath of the First World..... More
(Northampton, MA): Apiary Press, 1961. 16mo. (10)ff. One of fifty copies, signed by the artist. Eight etched portraits of Hemingway, all in different sizes and some in color. Heimburg's hand reflects, as do many such acolytes, the instruction and style of her mentor, Leonard Baskin. As preface to the portraits..... More
Lewisburg, PA: Appletree Alley, 1992. Octavo. 45, (3)pp. One of 150 copies, signed by the illustrator, Linda Plotkin, at the colophon. Four of Plotkin's illustrations punctuate Valentine's poetry. Composed of highly saturated colors abstractly cast over dark backgrounds, the images reflect and enhance the surges of anxiety, love, and nostaglia..... 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
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1987. Octavo. 63pp. One of 500 copies. With a preface by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and an Introduction by the Librarian of Congress Daniel J. Boorstin. Printed in the very readable Deepdene type designed by Frederic Goudy, handset on handmade Twinrocker paper. The initial letters..... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1980. Tall quarto. Unpaginated. One of 275 copies, signed by Andrew Hoyem, the printer, and by Ray Bradbury, who wrote the Introduction. A strikingly visual presentation of this science fiction classic. Illustrated with die cutouts of geometric shapes, all of which have been hand-colored. Bound concertina-style..... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2003. Octavo. 12pp. One of 500 copies. A talk presented by John T. Shawcross at the Arion Press on January 29, 2003, during its celebration of the publication of a new edition of John Milton's Paradise Lost. Bound in gray paper wrappers. Fine. (Arion Bibliography, p...... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2014. Small folio. (156)pp. One of 275 copies. With an Introduction by Helen Vendler. For the one hundredth publication of the Arion Press, Andrew Hoyem pays homage to his mentors, Edwin and Robert Grabhorn - whose 1930 edition of Whitman's seminal text is echoed in the..... More
San Francisco, CA: Hosfelt Gallery, 1997. One of 100 copies, signed by Wegner in the volume titled "Remarks on Color." The other volumes are titled "Remarks" and "Color," and, as the division of names suggests, these first two volumes' disparate parts are combined in the third volume, to great poetic..... More
Portland, ME: Ascensius Press, 1989. Octavo. (viii), 37, (4)pp. One of fifty copies. Signed by the author, Kenneth Rosen, and the artist, Richard Wilson, at the colophon. Wilson's compelling woodcuts illustrate Rosen's lauded poems, underscoring their wit and emotion with sharp lines and deep blacks. An extra suite of the..... More
![Item #25424 Original Unbound Sheets [from the Ashendene Press], 1923-1935](https://bromer.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/25424.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1667508392)
(Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1961). Small folio portfolio. One of seventeen portfolios distributed by Dawson's Book Shop. Contains Dawson's contents sheet, plus 20 leaves of proof, trial, and discarded sheets, which were purchased from the daughter of C. H. St. John Hornby. These are: an eight-page signature from The..... 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
Brooklyn: David Barthold, 2020. Broadside. One of fifty copies, signed by the artist, David Barthold. Screenprint of Barthold’s portrait of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In 2020, Barthold’s portraits of Ginsburg, George Floyd, whose death at the hands of police in May accelerated the Black Lives Matter movement, and..... More
