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
n.p. The Private Press of Alvin S. Fick, 1977. Limited Edition. Stiff wraps. One of 70 copies (not stated), miniature book, [20] pp., letterpress printed. A perfect Christmas keepsake, which is how this was presented, as set forth in the introduction Alma and Al Fick wrote, beginning with: "When Christmas..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2009. Laurie Simmons. Hardcover. The book is large octavo in format, page size 10-1/2 by 8 inches, and consists of 274 numbered pages and 68 unnumbered pages for the photographs. The type is Binny, composed and cast in Monotype, 12 point for the text. The..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1987. Bosman, Richard. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Folio, 16 3/4" by 12 1/2", 56 pp. The narratives are handset in 18-point Kennerly Bold, designed by Frederic W. Goudy. The introduction and subsidiary material are in Kennerly Bold, in Monotype composition by Mackenzie-Harris. The display type is..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club [printed by Michael & Winifred Bixler], 1981. Benson, Richard. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 2000 copies, folio size, 97 pp., signed by Richard Benson, with LEC announcement and slipcase. Hart Crane (1899-1932) tragically died by committing suicide at the age of 32. Today, Crane..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. Parker, Arvilla. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, quarto size, 107 pp., with note to Subscribers and original mailing label. Nicholas Dawson (1819-1903), the partly self-educated schoolteacher infected with wanderlust, spent much of his life travelling on foot across America. His wanderings brought..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2016. Hardcover. The Arion edition is set in a rare Czechoslovakian type named for its designer, Oldrich Menhart (1897-1962), a calligrapher, lettering artist, and type designer of over twenty faces. This is our first use of Menhart type. The paper is a mould-made sheet from..... More
Los Angeles: Glen Dawson [Printed by Mallette Dean], 1959. Dean, Mallette. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 225 copies, duodecimo size, [71] pp. This the first time Fr. Vizcaino's diary was published; it was discovered by Woodward "among the hundreds of unknown manuscripts in Biblioteca Naconal de Mexico in Mexico City"..... More
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San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1993. Dine, Jim. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 12" by 9 1/2", 116 numbered pages plus 22 unnumbered pages for the prints (138 pages total). The types are Century Old Style for the text, in Monotype composition by Mackenzie & Harris, and Century Expanded Italic and..... More
Privately Printed [at the Tragara Press], 1996. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 100 numbered copies, octavo size, 45 pp., with a short ANS by Stephen Stuart-Smith. George Granville Barker (1913-1991), poet, was "partly associated with the New Apocalyptics movement, which reacted against 1930s realism with surrealistic and mythical themes. However..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1992. Kitaj, R.B. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 12 3/8" by 10", 64 pages. The type for the poetry and the introduction is Imprint, in Monotype composition by Mackenzie & Harris. The display type is Weiss Titling No. 3, handset. The lithographs were printed by Curwen..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2010. Hamilton, William. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 9 by 6 inches, 300 pages. The type is Bruce Old Style, in Monotype composition by Mackenzie & Harris, with handset Greco Bold and Greco Adornado for display. The images were printed from photopolymer plates. The paper is..... More
Royal Oak, Michigan: Haffner Press, 1998. Arfstrom, Jon. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 93 of 300 copies of the special edition, octavo size, 235 pp. Edmond Moore Hamilton (1904-1977) is credited with writing, in 1936, the first hardcover compilation of what would come to be known as the science..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [Yolla Bolly Press], 1994. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 450 copies, folio size, 91 pp., in slipcase. An essay on early California winemaking, first published in Adelaide, Australia, in 1885, with reproductions of historical photographs, wine industry trade cards and labels illustrating the..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2012. Artin, Wendy. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Folio, 11 5/8" by 8 3/8", 116 numbered pages plus 32 unnumbered pages for the illustrations (148 pages total). The types for the text are Poliphilus Roman and Blado italic. The display type is Hadriano Stone Cut, handset. Monotype..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2003. LeWitt, Sol. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Square, 10 7/8" by 10", 128 unnumbered pages. The type is 24-point Deepdene, handset, with smaller sizes in Monotype composition by Mackenzie & Harris for subsidiary matter. The drawings were scanned to make negatives for photopolymer plates. The paper..... More
Bolinas, California: Bolinas Museum, 2002. Hobson, Charles. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 56 of 100 special edition copies with original artwork, duodecimo size, 55 pp., signed by the artist. Charles Hobson (b. 1943) is an artist and printmaker who constructs images for books and works on paper through monotype and printmaking;..... More
New York: [Printed by the De Vinne Press], 1904. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio size, one of 350 copies (unnumbered), presentation copy, inscribed in 1923 by Archer M. Huntington. Archer M[ilton] Huntington (1870-1955) was a lifelong friend of the arts and philanthropist; known for his scholarly works in..... More
Beverly Hills, California: Morpheus International, 1994. Huss, Judson. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 150 copies of the first printing, folio size, 95 pp., signed by Huss, in slipcase, with accompanying limited edition print signed and numbered by Huss. Judson Huss (b. 1942) has been collected by a "group..... More
Berkeley: Elysian Editions [Wesley B. Tanner], (1985). Mitchell, Margaretta K. First and Limited Edition. Folio in a case. The printer's proof from an edition of fifty copies, seven text pages and twelve photogravures, all housed in a clamshell case. This an homage to Angela Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), and the incredible..... More
Cambridge: Printed at the University Printing House for The Limited Editions Club, 1969. Nebel, Gustave. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 1500 copies, duodecimo size, 112 pp. signed by Gustave Nebel. Henry James (1843-1916) was an American author who wrote in the genre of both literary realism and modernism and is..... More
(Leningrad): (Aurora Art Publishers), (1975). Konstantinov, Fiodor. First Edition. Hardcover. Miniature book, [116] pp. Unable to find much information online, we turn to the book's introduction for information about this superb woodcut Russian artist, Fiodor (or Fyodor) Konstantinov (or Konstantinoy). Born in 1910, Konstantinov began his career in the 1930s..... More
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Bath: The Old School Press, 1995. Allen, Peter. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 150 copies, octavo size, [37] pp. A stunning re-telling of the legend of the Phoenix, "one of the great myths of mankind with all it tells us of our many deaths and re-births" (n.b., from translator's note..... More
Oxford: Printed for the Limited Editions Club at the University Press, 1937. Austen, John. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), one of 1500 copies, quarto size, 700 pp., in slipcase, signed by John Austen. Alain-Rene Le Sage (1668-1747), French novelist and playright, had an immense influence over later authors such..... More
Eugene, Seattle, Woodinville: Silver Salamander Press, 1994. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. First hardcover edition, one of 125 copies, octavo size, 101 pp., signed by Thomas Ligotti and Michael Shea. Per Wiki, Thomas Ligotti (b. 1953) "is an American horror author, lay philosopher, and writer. His writings are rooted in..... More