[Easthampton, MA]: The Chamberlain Press, (1978). Chamberlain, Sarah. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 120 copies, sixmo size, 24 pp., signed by Sarah Chamberlain. Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm (1785-1863 and 1786-1859, respectively), known as the Brothers Grimm, have popularised European folk tales such as "Rapunzel", "Cinderella", "Sleeping Beauty", and "Snow White"..... More
San Francisco: [Printed by Adrian Wilson], 1957. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 69 of 250 copies, elephant folio size, 65 pp., with invitation to the publication party and prospectus. Adrian Wilson (1923-1988) was not just an extraordinarily talented printer and publisher, but, with his wife Joyce Lancaster Wilson, was..... More
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[Vancouver, B.C.]: HM [Heavenly Monkey], 2022. Bachinski, Walter. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 30 copies, octavo size, the two stories with 26 total pp., signed by Walter Bachinsky, with a printed version of the HM prospectus. Heavenly Monkey includes the tag line on their web site of "Publisher of elusive..... More
The Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art [printed at The Grenfell Press], 1991. Condo, George. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 160 copies, folio size, [88] pp., signed by William S. Burroughs and George Condo. William Seward Burroughs II (1914-1997) is "widely considered a primary figure..... More
California: Ettan Press [printed by Patrick Reagh], 1980. Hernández, José. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 90 copies, elephant folio size, 8 pp., separate etching signed by José Hernández. Édouard Roditi (1910-1992) achieved acclaim through his "numerous volumes of poetry, short stories, and art criticism starting with 'Poems for..... More
[Laguna Beach]: Lagune Verde Imprenta, [1988]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of fifty copies, quarto size, [72] pp., with errata slip, signed by Ward Ritche. Harry "Ward" Ritchie (1905-1996) founded The Ward Ritchie Press, a fixture in the Southern California literary landscape, in 1932. He was responsible for publishing thousands of..... More
[Carrollton OH]: Press on Scroll Road [Bob Baris], 2006. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 54 copies, folio size, 51 pp., with prospectus and two ANS from the Press. This volume, "In Time and Place", includes the essays/poems "Marshall Washer", "The Value of Money", and "Green Fields", each of which explores..... More
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[London]: Hacon & Ricketts [and] Iohannes (John) Lane [Vale Press], [1901]. Ricketts, Charles. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 310 copies (unnumbered), quarto size, 31 pp., the first printing with Ricketts illustrations, all text in Latin. The story of "Cupid and Psyche" has been retold countless times, appearing first..... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2007. Smith, Kiki. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 426 copies, quarto size, 219 pp., signed by Kiki Smith. Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) is considered one of America's greatest poets; although few of her poems were published during her life, her work was met with great acclaim upon..... More
[Torrence, California]: Labyrinth Editions, 1980. Killion, Tom. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 50 copies on hand-made paper, elephant folio size, 54 pp., signed by William Everson and Tom Killion. This a stunning collaborative work: the poetry of William Everson, the artwork of Tom Killion and the printing of Richard Bigus..... More
New Castle [and] London: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), first printing, quarto size, approx. 1050 total pp. "This remarkable book represents over twenty years of research and scholarship by one of the most celebrated fine press printers of the twentieth-century. With..... More
Newton: Bird & Bull Press, 1988. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300 copies, with portfolio of ephemera, with prospectus, quarto size, 103 pp. This is the second bibliography of Bird & Bull Press; the initial twenty one year bibliography went out of print very quickly and after only nine years..... More
[North Hills, Pa.]: Bird & Bull Press, 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 170 copies of the special edition, with portfolio of ephemera, includes prospectus, first printing, octavo size, 108 pp. A bibliography that is so much "more than a mere compilation, with Henry Morris commentaries, it is also a...... More
n.p. The Perishable Press, 1983. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 143 copies, octavo size, [28] pp. Since its founding in 1964, the Perishable Press has been one of the most influential American private presses" (n.b., from The University of Notre Dame Hesburgh library "The Perishable Collection"). Artist, book designer, papermaker..... 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
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by Mastercraft Press], 1993. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, folio size, 74 pp., with prospectus. This bibliography comprises ninety-nine titles published by The Book Club of California, from 1958 to 1993, this title itself being the two hundredth book. With..... More
San Francisco: Greenwood Press, 1995. First and Limited Edition. No binding. First Greenwood Press edition, one of 135 copies, signed by Jack Stauffacher. One of the evocative poems referencing Greek mythology and history by Alexandrian-Greek poet C.P. Cavafy (1863-1933), a favourite poet and subject of the incomparable printer Jack Stauffacher..... More
Berkeley, California: Peter Koch Printers, Hormone Derange Editions, 2001. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. One of 100 copies, quarto size, [124] pp. A specimen book of the antique and wood type, electrotypes and wood engravings in the collection of Peter Koch Printers. Peter Koch is considered by many to be "one..... More