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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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/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
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 about Changing Patterns in the Function of Travel Agencies
Bronxville, NY: Valenti Angelo, 1952. Small octavo. (14)pp. One of 75 copies. Inscribed by Valenti Angelo at colophon. Hand-colored illustration of the friar at the title page, introductory initial illuminated and flourished in blue. Some expected creasing to spine, else fine in stiff wrappers with title printed in red. More about Friar Jerome's Beautiful Book
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
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
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
Kentfield, CA: Allen Press, 1956. Small quarto. 90pp. One of 200 copies. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings by Hughes-Stanton. The images depict the various supernatural forces that hold sway over the journey, such as Chance, the Fates, and the Elements. Printed on Japanese vellum, and bound in marbled papers over... More about The Wreck of the Golden Mary. A Saga of the California Gold Rush
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. Flaubert's text, based on a fifteenth-century Persian motif, is translated by Lafcadio Hearn, and edited by Francis Carmody. Minor glue offsetting to endleaf gutters... More about The Temptation of Saint Anthony
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 about Donner Miscellany. 41 Diaries and Documents
(Kentfield, CA): Allen Press, 1977. Quarto. 108pp. One of 140 copies printed in four colors on handmade paper. Translated by H.T. Porter-Lowe, with an introduction by Dr. Raghavan Iyer. With traditional Indian illustrations printed in red, yellow, and black, and with Sanskrit running-heads printed in purple. One of the more... More about The Transposed Heads. A Legend of India
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 about Essays
(Kentfield, CA): Allen Press, (1971). Quarto. (115)pp. One of 140 copies. Illustrated with pen and ink drawings by Michele Forgeois, with text printed in several colors. A significant example of the New Novel, with abstract illustrations in black & white, and text illustrations in color. Very fine in illustrated boards, glassine wrapper. More about Jealousy. Rhythmic Themes
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 about La Porte de Maletroit
San Francisco: Allen Press, 1946. Quarto. 38pp., (16)ff. One of 300 copies printed by Lewis and Dorothy Allen for the Book Club of California. With title and decorations by Mallette Dean. Contains a 30-page facsimile of the diary. Very fine in green, brown, and white patterned boards. Together with: Teggart... More about The Diary of Patrick Breen. Recounting the Ordeal of the Donner Party Snowbound in the Sierra...
(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 about Bag Two. The Alphabet According to John Lennon
(Hadley, MA): American Indian Mystery Press, 1997. Folio. (64)ff. One of 60 copies, signed by the author and the artist. Twenty-three etchings done in black, white, and shades of red, inspired by iconography of Plains peoples, specifically the Oglala Lakota. While the etchings give credence to the history of the... More about The Great Mystery
(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 about Linoleum block print of a Western fir tree
Bronxville, NY: Valenti Angelo, (1963). Small quarto. (18)pp. One of fifty copies. Signed by Angelo. Title roundel printed and blue and illuminated. Five-line gold initial, six-line blue initial, eight-line red initial, hand-drawn. A dignified edition of such a significant Biblical passage. In half-vellum with brown paper boards. Spine moderately toned... More about The Sermon on the Mount. Being the Fifth, Sixth & Seventh Chapters of the Gospel According to...
Lexington, KY: Anvil Press, 1978. Small quarto. (16)ff. One of 75 copies. Illustrated with four woodcuts by 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 saving the children from burning. Above the story from the... More about The Song & Story of the Three Holy Children: Shadrach, Meshach & Abed-Nego
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 about The Tempest
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 about In His Way
