With the return of travel comes the expanded possibility for seeking out new treasures and pleasures to offer to our customers. The following list reflects the sort of variety we encountered in our search for the rare and the unusual.
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
(Mandalay: c. 1920). Small folio. (32)pp. A delightful and informative rhyming alphabet, hailing from the the era in Myanmar (then Burma) when it was a colony of the British Empire. Wheeler Cuffe's twenty-six watercolors, reproduced here as chromolithographs, portray various aspects of Burmese life in sumptuous color and studied detail..... More
Milan: Editrice Vecchi, (c. 1950). Octavo. (12)pp. Color illustrations throughout depict the story of Little Black Sambo, Helen Bannerman's popular folk tale. The narrative is told in Italian verse at the bottom of each page. The illustrations depart slightly from Bannerman's original depictions of the characters, though some still employ..... More
Milan: Editrice Vecchi, (c. 1950). Octavo. (12)pp. Color illustrations throughout depict the story of Pinnochio. The narrative is told in Italian verse at the bottom of each page. A shape-book, bound in pictorial and lively wrappers cut in the silhouette of Pinocchio, who carries a three-dimensional toy book. This gimmick..... More
Tuscaloosa: Legacy Press, 2000. Octavo. x, 154pp., + 5 specimens. One of 130 copies, signed by both Baker and DePol at the colophon. Replete with reproductions of DePol's many pattern designs, both for his papers and from engravings. Baker's accompanying text, which includes a biographical sketch, provides necessary context, both..... More
Boston: Beacon Press, 1982. Folio. (28)pp. Inscribed by Kent at the half-title: "Dear Marie/Thanks for the many/good moments/you have given us all - Corita". Comprised of eleven plates vibrant with Kent's familiar yet ever exuberant color paired with poetic text. Kent's introduction to the suite states that they are eleven..... More
(Council Bluffs, IA: University of Maryland at College Park Libraries and the Yellow Barn Press, 1990). Quarto. vi, 32pp. One of 170 copies. With an original leaf tipped in. Text by noted Morris scholar William S. Peterson, who provides documentation in the form of correspondence and diary entries. Peterson tells..... More
London: Harrap, (1934). Octavo. 45pp. One of 410 copies signed by Rackham. With four color plates, numerous black & white illustrations, and pictorial endpapers. A pleasantly bright copy, fine in gilt-titled vellum wrappers. T.e.g. In slightly worn original slipcase with printed label. (Latimore & Haskell, p. 71). More
(Claremont, CA): Scripps College Press, 2013. Octavo. Unpaginated. One of 105 copies. Signed at rear by all contributors: the students of the 2013 Typography and Book Art class, supervising professor Kitty Maryatt, and teaching assistant and binder Chris Yuengling-Miles. Dozens of paper samples and linocuts decorate this students' production. Musing..... More
