[Boston]: [The Merrymount Press (D. B. Updike)], [1904]. Hardcover. Octavo size, 98 pp., "Note on [the] New Type" loosely laid in. Michelagnolo (now spelled "Michelangelo") di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564) has likely been the artist with the most pervasive influence on Western art. Not only his sculptures (the "Pieta" and..... More
San Francisco: The Windsor Press, 1929. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 10 of 60 copies, sixteenmo size, [11] pp. Poet and playwright George Sterling (1869-1926) was much acclaimed on the Pacific coast; a prolific poet, Sterling was part of the group of writers and artists in the San Francisco Bay Area..... More
Ditchling, Sussex: S. Dominic's Press, 1919. Gill, Eric. First Edition. Wraps. Twenty-fourmo size, 28 pp. The Saint Dominic's Press, founded by Harry (Hilary) Douglas Clarke Pepler, flourished at Ditchling, Sussex, from 1916 to 1936. The first home of the Press was "a disused stable", with a hundred-year-old Stanhope hand-press which..... More
Santa Rosa: Nawakum Press, 2010. Cranmer, Keith. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 20 deluxe copies, quarto size, [32] pp., signed by Robert Bly, with extra print signed by Cranmer, in a clamshell box. An early publication by the Nawakum Press run by the inimitable David Pascoe, whose name has become..... More
Berkeley: [Kenneth J. Carpenter, The Quenian Press], 1957. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 90 copies (unnumbered), first state, sixmo size, 21 pp., printed for the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco. Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) wrote in many different genres including the New Wave science fiction of the mid-twentieth century, which saw..... 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
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
San Francisco: The Auerhahn Press, 1964. Van Aver, Philip. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. First edition in book form, one of 205 copies, quarto size, 22pp., signed by Brother Antoninus, with prospectus. A heart-wrenchingly beautiful paean by one famous poet, Brother Antoninus (William Everson, 1912-1994), to another, John Robinson Jeffers..... More
Bolinas, California: [No publisher stated] Printed by Mallette Dean, 1957. Limited Edition. Softcover. One of 150 copies, unnumbered, octavo size, unpaginated [126 pp.]. A deceptively simple book of poetry by three SF Bay Area poets and showing a decided beat-era influence (Ginsberg's "Howl" having been published just two years prior)..... More
Llandogo, Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press, 2012. Pusch, Steffi. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 5 of 100, folio size, [40] pp., signed by S.J. Butler and Steffi Pusch. "The Swimmer" first appeared in "The Warwick Review" and was then selected for "The Best British Short Stories 2011" published by Salt; this..... More
Los Angeles [Lunenburg, Vermont]: The Symposium Press [printed at The Stinehour Press], 1979. Limited Edition. Wraps. Letter I of those lettered A to AA, of a total edition of 300 copies, quarto size, 27 pp., signed by Turner Cassity and Charles Gullans. American playwright and poet Allen Turner Cassity (1929-2009)..... More
[Verona]: A New Directions Book [Printed by the Officina Bodoni], (1966). Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 108 pp., signed by Ezra Pound, no. 78 of 200 copies. Guido Cavalcanti (ca. 1255 - 1300) is regarded as the first major poet of Italian literatue and was the best friend of Dante..... More
[Oakland]: Chez Log Press [printed and bound by Dorothy Yule at the Eucalyptus Press], [1988]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 14 of 40 copies, duodecimo size, 24 pp. Ken Chowder has scripted over 25 documentary films (and one feature film) broadcast on PBS, NBC, TBS, Discovery, A & E, and BBC..... More
Hamburg: Hirundo Press, 1998. Saltzwedel, Caroline. First and Limited Edition. Folio in a case. First edition in book form, number 10 of 25 copies, elephant folio size, [56] pp., signed by Robert Crawford and Caroline Saltzwedel. The first artists' book published by Hirundo Press. The text of "Impossibility" was first..... More
[Paris]: Kickshaws, [1985]. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 120 copies, oblong sixmo size, [24] pp. A lovely fine press book designed and written by John Crombie, who runs the Kickshaws Press with Sheila Bourne. Founded in 1979, the artwork (much of which is created by Bourne) is "designed to harmonize..... More
[Paris]: Kickshaws, [1985]. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 200 copies, sixteenmo, [24] pp. A lovely fine press book designed and written by John Crombie, who runs the Kickshaws Press with Sheila Bourne. Founded in 1979, the artwork (much of which is created by Bourne) is "designed to harmonize with the..... More
[Mill Valley, California]: Sunflower Press, 2008. Cunningham, Carol. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 18 of 30, octavo size, 29 unnumbered leaves, signed by Carol Cunningham. First (and thus far the only) edition of this stunning bibliography from the Sunflower Press, bound by Joe D'Ambrosio; this volume spans nearly 50..... More
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San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929. Hardcover. Folio size, [13] pp. The original "announcement" or prospectus for John Henry Nash's special limited edition of the Divine Comedy, his magnum opus; the making of this set is a story in itself (see O'Day pp. 65-67, and "A Century for the Century"..... More
(New York): American Council for Emigres in the Professions, Inc. [Mallette Dean], (1966). Dean, Mallette. Hardcover. Quarto size, [12] pp. A memorial tribute to humanitarian Else Staudinger (1889-1966), who founded and lead The American Council for Emigrés in the Professions, Inc., and worked tirelessly to rescue liberal scholars from Nazi..... More
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
[Covelo, California]: [The Yolla Bolly Press], [1997]. Wikstrom, Karin. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 250 copies, folio size, 57 pp., signed by Richard Olney and Karin Wikstrom, with prepublication announcement and prospectus. Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke (1885-1962), known by her pen name Isak Dinesen, wrote in both Danish and English..... More
Louisville: Contre Coup Press, 1987. McCurdy, Michael. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 95 copies, octavo size, 51 pp., signed by Stanley Elkin and Michael McCurdy. Timothy Hawley's Contre Coup Press is the quintessence of a private press; very small print runs, printed on a real press (Timothy uses a vintage..... More
[Claremont, California]: Scripps College Press [Professor Kitty Maryatt], 2005. First and Limited Edition. Accordion. One of 102 copies, folio size, [40] pp., signed by all contributors. Each semester, the students of the Book Arts and Typography Class at Scripps College arrive and work "toward a common goal of creating a...... More
San Francisco: Adrian Wilson, (1984). Killion, Tom. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 226 copies, elephant folio size, 25 pp., inscribed by Everson to Michael Neilson and signed at the colophon by William Everson, Tom Killion, and Adrian Wilson. William Everson (1912-1994), also known as Brother Antoninus, a name he adopted..... 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