San Francisco: X-Ray Book Co., 1998. First and Limited Edition. Original wraps. No. 182 of 200 copies (plus 26 lettered), octavo size, approx. 60 pp. An imaginative compendium of a wide variety of materials, submissions, and artwork, assembled and published by Johnny Brewton, an "artist, musician, designer, letterpress printer and..... More
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
Venice: S. Rosen Publishers, 1906. Hardcover. Miniature book, 104 pp. Nearly everyone is familiar with the hauntingly beautiful love poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861), and some of us with the story of her romance with her husband, Robert Browning (1812-1889). This 1906 publication of "Sonnets from the Portuguese" not..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1920. Clarke, Harry. First and Limited Edition. Vellum. No. 9 of 250 deluxe copies, quarto size, 128 pp., signed by Harry Clarke, in a custom slipcase. Published in 1920, just two years after the ending of "The Great War", this collection of poetry..... More
n.p. Condorpers [Peter Hendriks (Typography and Printing); WIlma van Ipenburg (Binder)], 2007. Anke Ligteringen. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. IX (total edition not stated), square quarto size, [48] pp., note that text is in Dutch with English translation. A fascinating artist book which is a perfect marriage of custom binding, photography..... More