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
London: Acorn Press, (1982). Octavo. (176)pp. One of 350 copies. Each sonnets is headed by a wood engraving in orange or brown by Weissenborn. Typeset by the Whittington Press and printed by the Rocket Press. Bound in gray cloth with printed paper over boards. Fine in matching slipcase. More about Shakespeare's Sonnets
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
1982. Wood engraving. Unsigned. (20 by 16 in.). More about Alice in a Looking Glass
1982. Two wood-engraved prints. Signed. Framed. (17 by 22 1/4 in.). More about Black Kitten and Kitten with Chess
1982. Wood-engraved print. Signed. Framed. (19 3/4 by 14 1/4 in.). More about The Mad Hatter
2012. Pen-and-ink drawing. Signed. Framed. (29 3/4 by 23 5/8 in.). More about The Mad Hatter
1982. Engraved print. Unsigned. Framed. (20 1/4 by 24 3/8 in.). More about The Queen's Rose Garden
1982. Three engraved prints. Signed. Unique impression. (24 by 20 in.). More about The Reverie of Alice's Sister over The Queen's Rose Garden (Upside-Down
1982. Two engraved prints. Signed. Unique impression. (24 by 20 in.). More about The Reverie of Alice's Sister over The Queen's Rose Garden
1982. Engraved color print. Framed. (20 1/4 by 24 3/8 in.). More about The Reverie of Alice's Sister
1982. Engraved print. (24 by 18 in.). More about The White Knight
1982. Five engraved prints combined in one mat. Signed. AP. Framed. (34 1/4 by 31 1/4 in.). More about The White Rabbit; The Pool of Tears; The King of Hearts; The Enormous Puppy; The Cheshire Cat
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 discernable sunning... More about Dialogues of Creatures
Greenbrae, CA: Allen Press, 1984. Octavo. 50pp. One of 140 copies. With three full-page black & white illustrations by Michèle Forgeois. Text is printed in brown and orange, with headings in the characters of ancient Middle Eastern languages, printed in colors. Extremely fine, loose, as issued, in gilt stamped brown... More about Jonah, Judith, Ruth. Three Stories from the Old Testament
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 througout 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
Kenfield, 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
(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
