Winona, Minnesota: Sutton Hoo Press, (2002). Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 136 copies, quarto size, 24 unnumbered pp. Anthony Deaton works for the U.S. Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer and has served in Italy, Syria, and Namibia; this volume is his first book of poetry, a beautiful..... More
[Monmouthshire]: The Old Stile Press, 2009. Lemaire, Angela. Limited Edition. No binding. No. 3 of 25 copies for sale, folio size, 52 pp. The story begins: "I was present during the Great Plague of 1665, It took away my life," he said. Per the artist, this work, originally produced by..... More
Greenbrae, California: The Allen Press, 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 140 copies, quarto size, 121 pp. The forty-seventh limited edition from The Allen Press, being Charles Dickens' classic in travel literature. Written during a year-long sojourn in Italy, 1844-45, after Dickens had already become famous as a result of..... More
Winona & Stockton: Sutton Hoo Press, 2004. Schoenfielder, Lisa. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 38 of 160 copies, folio size, 51 pp., signed by Mark Doty and Lisa Schoenfielder. Mark Doty (b. 1953) is recognised as one of the most accomplished poets in America; hailed for his elegant, intelligent verse, Doty..... More
[Boston]: [Published by Anne & David Bromer] Designed & Printed by R. Bigus - M. Carey, July 1980. Limited Edition. No binding. No. 11 of 100 copies on paper, signed by William Everson. A beautiful broadside poem by William Everson (1912-1994), also known as Brother Antoninus, a name he adopted..... More
Stockton, Minnesota: Sutton Hoo Press, (2005). Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 136 copies, folio size, 78 pp., signed by Peter Everwine. This volume is Peter Everwine's (1930-2018) translation of Aztec poetry from the Nahuatl language; Everwine worked with various poets and translated poetry from the Hebrew and Aztec languages, as..... More
n.p. 1975. Angelo, Valenti. No binding. Broadside printed in black ink on handmade paper. An original letterpress printed broadside for an exhibition on the work of prolific book illustrator and printer Valenti Angelo (1897-1982). ___DESCRIPTION: Printed on heavy cream paper with the watermark of "Vidalon-Haute", all printing in black; measures..... More
n.p. Sore Dove Press, 2009. Limited Edition. No binding. No. 67 of 100 copies, signed by Ferlinghetti. The co-founder of San Francisco's landmark progressive book store and publisher City Lights, Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021) is associated with the San Francisco Renaissance and the Beat movement in poetry that emerged there. This..... More
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor [Designed and Printed by David Holman at the Wind River Press], 1983. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 325 copies, folio size, 100 pp. A catalogue published in connection with an exhibition held at the Grolier Club to explore and celebrate the then-current state of fine press..... More
(Kentfield, California): The Allen Press, 1974. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 140 copies, folio size, 90 pp., with prospectus. Although Gustave Flaubert’s (1821-1880) best known work may be "Madame Bovary", he had a deep interest in "The Temptation of Saint Anthony", spending thirty years in research and working countless revisions..... More
San Francisco: Paul Elder & Company [The Tomoye Press], (1909). Jenkins, Will. Hardcover. Sixteenmo size, 71 pp. This collection of poems by Agness Greene Foster was printed by the Tomoye Press, an imprint associated with Paul Elder & Company, a notable bookstore in San Francisco run by Paul Elder, who..... More
San Francisco: The Press of Lewis and Dorothy Allen, 1942. Walker, Lawrence E. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 225 copies, duodecimo size, 61 pp. The exploration of California led many people to write effusively of the merits of Golden State, and Victor Fourgeaud (1815-1875) does so here in this reprint..... 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
[Hammersmith]: The Doves Press, 1906, 1910. Limited Edition. Vellum. Paper copies bound in limp vellum, octavo size, first volume 261 pp., one of 300 copies, the second volume 374 pp., one of 250 copies, text in German. Founded in 1900 by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker, the parnership dissolved in..... More
New York: Summer Garden Editions, 1998. Mikhail Magaril. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number XXX of 100 copies, large octavo size, 49 pp., signed by Mikhail Magaril. Mikhail Magaril (b. 1950) came to the United States from Russia where he had earned a Master's Degree from the Moscow Graphic Art School; today..... More
[Iowa City, Iowa]: Empyrean Press, University of Iowa, 2002. Cohen, Ronald. Limited Edition. Stitched Binding. One of 15 special copies, quarto size, 44 pp., signed by Jorie Graham. Jorie Graham (b. 1950) won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1996 and became the Boylston Professor at Harvard, taking over from..... More
Llandogo: The Old Stile Press, 1992. Graham, Rigby. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Number 146 of 150 copies, elephant folio size, 58 pp. Rigby Graham (1931-2015) was a landscape and topographical artist, book illustrator and muralist who worked within the British Romantic tradition. His work is distinguished by bold lines, a...... More
Ditchling, Sussex: Printed at the Ditchling Press by Douglas Pepler, 1918. Gill, Eric and Beedham, R. John. First and Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 240 copies, duodecimo size, 126 pp. "Woodwork" contains twenty-one wood engravings of tools by the inimitable Eric Gill (1882-1940); a highly regarded printmaker, sculptor, and typographer..... More
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Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press, 2006. Reddick, Peter. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number III of X special edition copies (total edition 200), quarto size, [60] pp., signed by the artist and author. As explained in the Press's description: "The first 'poem-by-way-of-a-preface' implies that this book is a three-way collaboration of the..... More
San Francisco: The Grace Hoper Press, (1956). Limited First Edition. Hardcover. One of 75 copies, folio size, [33] pp. Another iconic Commonplace Book from the Grovers, somewhat more elaborate than its predecessor. With excerpts, anecdotes and proverbs from many different sources, such as "Advertisements are of great use to the..... More
Ditchling: St Dominic's Press, 1929. Short, Mary Dudley. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 431 of 450 copies, twenty-fourmo size, [58] pp., numbered and initialled by HDCP. The Saint Dominic's Press, founded by Harry (Hilary) Douglas Clarke Pepler, flourished at Ditchling, Sussex, from 1916 to 1936. The first home of..... More
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[Monmouthshire]: The Old Stile Press, [2007]. Cazalet, Mark. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. III of X of the special edition, total edition 210, folio size, 46 pp., signed by artist. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is one of Britain's most influential Victorian novelists and poets; he often wrote of tragic characters struggling against..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by Mastercraft Press], 1993. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, folio size, 74 pp. This bibliography comprises ninety-nine titles published by The Book Club of California, from 1958 to 1993; with detailed descriptions of the content and physical appearance of each..... More
Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press, (2000). Limited First Edition. Hardcover. 'Archives' Edition, number IX of XV, of a total edition of 1000, quarto size, 136 pp., with a large portfolio containing numerous specimens from the press, "jeu d'esprit" loosely inserted. The special edition of this Bibliography from The Old Stile..... More
[Vancouver, BC]: HM Editions [Heavenly Monkey], 2019. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 23 of 30 copies, square large octavo size, [50 pp.] plus inserted drawings, signed by Barbara Hodgson and Claudia Cohen at the colophon, in a drop-back box. "HM Editions", i.e., "Heavenly Monkey", includes the tag line on their web..... More