San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2009. Kiki Smith. The book is 13-7/8 inches square, with 16 printed panels and two blanks, in concertina format. The paper is Mohawk Superfine cover. The type is Scotch Roman, handset, using 24-point for the text and other sizes for display and subsidiary material, printed..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2011. Tom Holland. The book is large octavo, 6-1/4 by 9-1/4 inches, 172 pages. The types are Monotype American Garamond and Univers, printed by letterpress on Revere, an Italian mould-made paper. The binding has a purple goatskin spine, with title stamped in silver foil, and..... More
[San Francisco]: Pacific Editions, 2009. Hobson, Charles. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 5 of 39 copioes, folio size, 11 pp., signed by Roger Angell and Charles Hobson, with TLS. For those touched by a love of sailing and the sea, this work, masterfully blending Angell's essay with Hobson's design, personifies that..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1998. Carroll Dunham. Hardcover. The book is in a large oblong format, 10 by 14 inches, consisting of 80 pages, 56 pages for the text on cream paper and 24 pages for the 12 drawings on green paper. The paper is German mouldmade Bugra. The..... More
![Item #CNAP055b The Alienist [with suite of 4 relief prints]. Machado de Assis, Alfred MacAdam,...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CNAP055b_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1708818679)
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1998. Carroll Dunham. Hardcover. The book is in a large oblong format, 10 by 14 inches, consisting of 80 pages, 56 pages for the text on cream paper and 24 pages for the 12 drawings on green paper. The paper is German mouldmade Bugra. The..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2017. Augusta Talbot. Hardcover. The book is designed on the scale and in the spirit of novels from Jane Austen’s lifetime. The book is small octavo in format, 8 inches by 5 and 1/2 inches, 376 numbered pages. The type, printed by letterpress, is Bell..... More
![Item #20091201 La Maison Qui Pleure ["The House that Weeps"]. Adrien-Pierre Bagarry, C....](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/20091201_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1619561168)
Paris: Société du Livre d'Art, 1923. Jacquemot, Charles. Limited Edition. Wraps. No. XI of XXV copies on Japon imperial (Japan vellum), octavo size, 112 pp., with an extra suite of plates, all illustrations signed in pencil by the artist. Adrien Pierre Bagarry was a French Impressionist and Modern artist (1898-1949);..... More
[Newtown, Pennsylvania]: Bird & Bull Press, 2000. Bates, Wesley W. Limited Edition. Folio. First printing, limited to 150 copies, 14 pp. Wesley W. Bates (b. 1952) is an artist whose work is held in private collections in Canada, the United States, England, Ireland, Australia, Spain, Japan and China. Known as..... More
Buenos Aires: (Colombo), 1953 / 1958. Limited Edition. Wraps. Number 45 of 48 copies on Fabriano, quarto size, [12] pp. A lovely small book of poetry (in Spanish), with woodcut illustrations in purple and green. Offered as issued in unbound signatures in original wraps, with original glassine jacket. ___DESCRIPTION: Heavy..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2017. John Baldessari. The format of the pages is standard typewriter paper size, 8-1/2 x 11 inches. There are 216 pages. The type is Remington Bold in eleven point for the text and Reproducing Bold in eight point for the captions, cast in Montoype. The..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1996. Mazur, Michael. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Folio, 16 1/4" by 11 1/2", 102 pages. The pagination follows the Hebrew convention, reading right to left, as do the lines of Hebrew. The type for the Hebrew is Hadassah, set in photocomposition through the good offices of..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1982. Dine, Jim. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Folio, 14 7/8" by 11 inches, 64 unnumbered pages. The type is Garamond Bold, in Monotype composition by Mackenzie-Harris, with 14 point for the words ascribed to St. John and 18 point for words ascribed to God and the..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1982. Dine, Jim. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Folio, 14 7/8" by 11 inches, 64 unnumbered pages. The type is Garamond Bold, in Monotype composition by Mackenzie-Harris, with 14 point for the words ascribed to St. John and 18 point for words ascribed to God and the..... More
![Item #CNAP108b The Little of our Earthly Trust [with print]. Elizabeth Bishop, John Newman, Artist](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CNAP108b_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1712014558)
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2016. John Newman. Hardcover. Octavo, 9-7/8 by 6-7/8 inches, 192 pages. The type is English Garamond composed and cast in Monotype for the text and large sizes for display handset. The type and the 24 relief prints in three colors from polymer plates were printed..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2016. John Newman. Hardcover. Octavo, 9-7/8 by 6-7/8 inches, 192 pages. The type is English Garamond composed and cast in Monotype for the text and large sizes for display handset. The type and the 24 relief prints in three colors from polymer plates were printed..... More
![Item #18041614 [Prospectus Only] Bligh's Voyage in the Resource; Together With the Log of His...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/18041614_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1542574066)
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. Barker-Mill, Peter. No binding. folio size, [2] pp. Prospectus only for "Bligh's Voyage in the Resource", with one wood-engraving by Peter Barker-Mill. ___DESCRIPTION: A single sheet, announces publication "in May" at 3 Gns.; folio size (12.25" by 7.5"), [2] pp., 5,900 copies printed. ___CONDITION: Near..... More
![Item #18041615 [Prospectus Only] The Log of The Bounty. William Bligh, Lynton Lamb, Artist](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/18041615_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1542574066)
London: Golden Cockerel Press, [1937]. Lamb, Lynton. No binding. Folio size, [4] pp. Prospectus only for "The Log of The Bounty", with one wood-engraving by Lynton Lamb. ___DESCRIPTION: A single sheet folded once to four pages, announces publication "to be issued in 2 volumes (Vol. I, this autumn; Vol. II..... More
Buenos Aires: Edito Vehil, (1955). Botana, Helvio I. Limited Edition. Wraps. Number VIII of XX, octavo size, [124] pp., signature at the colophon. A lovely version, in the original Spanish, with an original drawing by the author serving as frontispiece, and signed by the author at the colophon. Offered as..... More
Santa Fe, New Mexico: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, (2008). Van Stone, Mark. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 6 of 65 copies, folio size, [32] pp., signed by both authors, with prospectus. A collection of twenty prose poems written by two prominent poets of New Mexico. John Brandi..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1994. Thiebaud, Wayne. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Folio size (13 3/4" by 10 1/4"), 356 pages plus 18 unnumbered pages for the prints (374 pages total). The text is Neo Didot, in Monotype composition by Mackenzie & Harris. The display type is Bodoni Bold, handset in..... More
Camden, ME: Two Ponds Press, 2017. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 50 copies for sale, slim folio, [30] pp., signed by both Robert Bringhurst and Joseph Goldyne. The poetry of Robert Bringhurst, OC (b. 1946) "draws on his experiences with Native American myths and storytelling, as well as his training..... More
![Item #CNAP061b The Voices of Marrakesh [with extra print]. Elias Canetti, J. A. Underwood, Karl...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CNAP061b_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1716940625)
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2001. William T. Wiley. Hardcover. Large octavo, 11 by 8 inches, 124 pages, plus 12 unnumbered pages for the colored leaves to which the etchings are attached. The type is Goudy Old Style, printed by letterpress. The photographs appear on verso pages, the etchings on..... More
![Item #CNJL203 Todesfuge [Death Fugue]. Paul Celan, Mischa Kuball, Artist](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CNJL203.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1494476921)
New York: [Edition Gunnar A. Kaldewey] Printed in the tower of Poestenkill, 1984. Kuball, Mischa. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 15 deluxe copies bound in vellum, folio size, 40 pp., signed by Mischa Kuball, in German. "Todesfuge" is one of the "great and terrifying literary works" written by survivors of..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2012. Stan Washburn. Hardcover. Octavo, 9 3/8" by 6 1/4", 460 pp., types Inland Caslon in Monotype and handset Caslon Bold Condensed and Mediaeval, illustrations printed from photopolymer plates. A masterpiece of detective fiction by the inventor of the genre, "The Moonstone" is, in the..... More
