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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New York: 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... 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
Marcham, Oxford: Alembic Press, 2005. Two oblong quarto volumes. (22); (22)pp., accordionfold. One of thirty-five copies. The two volumes are meant to be opened in tandem: the first volume contains a poem by Anne Bell printed in grey ink, illustrated with color linocuts, including five pop-ups, by the Australian-born painter... More
Oxford: Alembic Press, 1991. Quarto. 53pp. One of 175 copies. Contains nineteen samples. This book describes the history and the techniques behind Claire Maziarczyk's vivid and unusual paste papers. Bound in gold and silver paste-paper boards backed with black morocco, gilt titling to spine. Extremely fine. More
(London: Susan Allix, 2003). 32mo. (43)pp. One of thirty copies of the 2003 reprint, signed by the artist. Thirteen illustrations in vibrant colors. Each letter in this charming alphabet is accompanied by a short poem, reminiscent of early children's rhymes. Bound red paper, dye-cut to show a page of rhyming... 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
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, 1957. Tall quarto. 16ff. One of 100 copies. The second book of the Press. Illustrated with twenty woodcuts, four of which are printed in two colors, engraved by Smith College students Judith Gustafson, Margaretta Kuhlthau, Gillian Lewis, and Mary Alice Taylor. Presentation inscription from Margaretta "Sis"... More
Northampton, MA: Apiary Press, 1959. Small quarto. (12)ff. One of twenty-five copies, signed by the artist. A collection of seven detailed etchings of jellyfish and coral, plus an additional small etching on the colophon. Accompanied by selections from mathematician Blaise Pascal's "Pensées." This is the eleventh book of the Apiary... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2005. Folio. One of 300 copies, signed by the author, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and the illustrator, R. B. Kitaj. The volume opens with a frontispiece portrait of Ferlinghetti in profile, reproduced from a charcoal drawing on handmade paper. First published in 1958, this collection of poems contains... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1990. Quarto. xxviii, 173pp. One of 400 copies signed by the illustrator. Richard Diebenkorn has supplied six etchings, comprising a double map of Ireland and five images on the Yeatsian theme of the empty coat. Faint sunning to slipcase, else fine in green cloth with red... More
Sunnyvale, CA: Carpe Diem Books, n.d. Octavo. Bookseller's catalogue of books designed by Merle Armitage. With introduction by Ward Ritchie. Spine lightly faded, else fine in wrappers. More
Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1922. Octavo. viii, 239pp. One of 240 copies. Printed entirely by hand, with titles in red and chapter initials in blue. Illustrated with 53 wood engravings cut by J.B. Swain after drawings by Charles M. Gere. Bound in limp vellum with ribbon ties and gilt titling to... More
(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
Hamburg: Hauswedell & Nolte, 2000. Small quarto. 122pp. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Fine in printed wrappers. More
London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. Quarto. xlv, 193pp. From a total edition of 1,100 copies, this is one of 100 deluxe copies bound in full vellum, with an extra, enlarged set of the five pictorial initials tipped-in. Out of the 24 drawings planned, Beardsley lived only long enough to complete five... More
Cambridge: New England Foundation for the Arts, Inc. 1981. Oblong quarto. 60pp. Catalogue for a touring exhibition of artists' books, organized by the Hera Educational Foundation and circulated by the New England Foundation for the Arts Visual Arts Touring Program. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Some edgewear, with small... More
(N.p. Bigus, Richard, 1974). Broadside measuring 28 by 20 1/2 inches. One of 23 copies signed by Bigus. A short poem about fog, marsh, and surf, printed in type of various sizes on rice paper. Accompanied by a linocut in blue and white, showing surf and sky, by Tom Killion... More
Davis, CA: Library Associates, University Library, University of California, Davis, 1979. Two copies of a poster designed by Richard Bigus announcing the "Five Fine Printers" exhibit and related events at the Memorial Union Art Gallery at the University of California, Davis. The exhibit ran from February 22 to April 10... More
Richard Bigus, 1978. Broadside measuring 21 3/8 by 14 3/4 inches. From an edition of 200 copies, this is a proof copy signed by Richard Bigus. Designed and printed by Bigus in two colors. Fine. More
(North Hills): Bird & Bull Press, 1967. Octavo. 121pp. One of 500 copies. A compilation of instructions for amateur papermakers with observations on private presses, book printing, and some of the people involved. Printed on a variety of handmade papers, and with sample colored papers and watermarked papers bound in... More
(North Hills): Bird & Bull Press, 1967. Octavo. 121pp. From an edition of 500 copies, this is an out-of-series copy in a 1968 trial binding by Jean Millard. According to a penciled note on the front endpaper, there were two copies bound thus, and the note mentioned that "L. Schlosser... 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 Morris's earlier titles. In making it, he was plagued with both papermaking... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1990. Octavo. 92pp. From an edition of 180 copies printed by the Bird & Bull Press, this is one of ten copies with original specimens of Gilpin and Robeson handmade papers. The Gilpin brothers ran the Brandywine Paper Mill and Robeson ran the Darby... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. Octavo. 40pp. From a total edition of 1076, this is one of 800 in paper wrappers. Fine, with light fading to spine. More
