[San Francisco]: Pacific Editions, 2009. Hobson, Charles. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 5 of 39 copioes, folio size, 11 pp., signed by Roger Angell and Charles Hobson, with TLS. For those touched by a love of sailing and the sea, this work, masterfully blending Angell's essay with Hobson's design, personifies that..... More
![Item #CNSC01 (G)loveless [Artist Book - Susan Caspi]. Susan Caspi](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CNSC01_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1496192231)
Susan Caspi, 2014. Limited Edition. No. 14 of 24. Artist book with four components. A lovely poem of longing and insight, beginning: "As lovers welded by their passion / hands, by gloves, encased in fashion" and ending with "do they protect or do they smother? / when I see gloves..... More
![Item #CNJL203 Todesfuge [Death Fugue]. Paul Celan, Mischa Kuball, Artist](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CNJL203.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1494476921)
New York: [Edition Gunnar A. Kaldewey] Printed in the tower of Poestenkill, 1984. Kuball, Mischa. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 15 deluxe copies bound in vellum, folio size, 40 pp., signed by Mischa Kuball, in German. "Todesfuge" is one of the "great and terrifying literary works" written by survivors of..... More
![Item #CNJL1112 Les Quatre Saisons [ARTIST BOOK - Judith Rothchild]. Charles Cros, Judith...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CNJL1112_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1515017921)
Octon, France: Verdigris Press, 2003. Rothchild, Judith. Limited Edition. Stiff wraps. Number 8 of 35, quarto size, [22] pp., signed by Judith Rothchild, text in French. Charles Cros (1842-1888) was a French poet and scientific inventor. His proposals and theories about color photography and the phonograph were published almost simultaneously..... More
[Mill Valley, California]: Sunflower Press, 1970. Cunningham, Carol. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 43 of 50 copies, twenty-fourmo size, eighteen unnumbered leaves. Carol Cunningham (1925-2013), under the imprint of the Sunflower Press, was known for her significant contributions to modern book arts; she is best known for her miniature books and..... More
n.p. Joseph J. D'Ambrosio, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ocatvo size, 137 pp., signed by Joe D'Ambrosio, one of 10 AP copies. A work of art itself, this, his second bibliography, sets forth books produced over a period of almost twenty years. First/Limited edition of 10 artist proofs and 75 numbered..... More
San Francisco: Pacific Editions, printed at The Greenwood Press, 1999. Hobson, Charles. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 35 of 45 copies, quarto size, [19] pp., signed to each plate and to the colophon by Charles Hobson. Edgar Degas (1834-1917) has long been considered one of the greatest of the French impressionists..... More
Berkeley: The Studio of Nothing Else, 2018. Ebner, Barry. Limited Edition. Accordion. One of 25 copies of a variable edition, quarto size, [12] pp. "Fragments" is a variable edition of accordion books by Berkeley-based artist Barry Ebner, created with a series of monotypes collaged together, to form a seamless surface..... More
Berkeley: The Studio of Nothing Else, 2018. Ebner, Barry. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of a variable edition of 21, elephant folio size, [48] pp. "Fog Frac/Tured Pangea" is a collaboration between one artist and three poets, featuring the monotypes of Barry Ebner; because the imagery is created through the use..... 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
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
![Item #CNJL1265 The Abstract Garden [No. III of X of the special edition]. Philip Gross, Peter...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CNJL1265_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1514409917)
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
[Santa Barbara, CA]: [Simplemente Maria Press], [1999]. Heebner, Mary. Limited Edition. No binding. No. 44 of 60 copies (total edition), folio size, with twelve giclée prints each encased in a letterpress-printed folio, signed by Mary Heebner on the verso of each print and at the colophon. Mary Heebner founded her..... More
Kasterlee, Belgium: The Frans Masereel Center, 2002. Lorenz, Hilary. Limited Edition. Accordion Style. No. 22 of 25, duodecimo size, 16 unnumbered pp., signed by the artist. Gerrit Henry (1950-2003) was an American art critic, author, and poet best known for his tendency to favour contemporary combinations of traditional representation and..... More
[San Francisco]: Pacific Editions, 2013. Hobson, Charles. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 6 of 34 copies, quarto size, signed by Charles Hobson. This work concerns Charles Hobson's "nearly life long interest in Edgar Degas", and "focuses on his time in Rome as a twenty-three year old when he was just coming..... 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
California: Ettan Press, 1978. Mengershausen, Cornelia von. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 85 of 90 (total edition 100), quarto size, [20] pp., each plate hand-numbered and signed by the artist, in German. Friedrich Hölderlin's (1770-1843) hexameter poem, his longest, comprised of 296 verses. The poem represents through both lamentation and hymnal-like..... More
Orinda, California: Donna Day Westerman, n.d. Westerman, Donna Day. Limited Edition. Stiff wraps. Number one of seven, tall, thin quarto size, five folded leaves, signed by the artist. Donna Day Westerman is a printmaker, painter and book artist in the Bay Area of California. [She is] "interested in traditional and..... More
[Cuernavaca]: [Printed by "El Barretero"], 2000. Hutchins, Edward. Sewn binding. Oblong 32mo size, 32 pp., in both Spanish and English, signed by Edward H. Hutchins and Steve R. Warner, with two hand-coloured illustrations. Book Artist Edward H. Hutchins believes that: everyone has a story to tell; that the best books..... More
[Mount Vernon, NY]: Editions, 1992. Limited Edition. Spiral bound. No. 38 of 50 copies, 32mo size size, 19 pp., inscribed and separately signed by Edward H. Hutchins. Book Artist Edward H. Hutchins believes that: everyone has a story to tell; that the best books are not mass-produced; and that when..... More
[Mount Vernon, NY]: [Editions], [1992]. Accordion. Oblong 32mo size, 16 pp., signed by Edward H. Hutchins. Book Artist Edward H. Hutchins believes that: everyone has a story to tell; that the best books are not mass-produced; and that when one let's one's imagination soar, the most amazing creations are possible..... More
[Mount Vernon, NY]: Editions, 2003. Accordion. 32mo size, 10 pp., signed by Ed Hutchins. Book Artist Edward H. Hutchins believes that: everyone has a story to tell; that the best books are not mass-produced; and that when one let's one's imagination soar, the most amazing creations are possible utilizing, often..... 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
Hamburg: Hirundo Press, 1999. Saltzwedel, Caroline. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 11 of 30 copies, quarto size, [20] pp., signed by Kathleen Jamie and Caroline Saltzwedel. Caroline Saltzwedel, born in England, has lived in Hamburg since 1995 as a graphic artist and painter. She studied German at the Universities of Durham..... More
[San Francisco]: Joe D'Ambrosio, 2005. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 50 copies (plus 10 artist proofs), 49 pp., signed by Adela Spindler Roatcap and Joe D'Ambrosio. Designed and signed by Joseph D'Ambrosio (1934-2009), an exceptional book artist who wrote, set type, printed designs, illustrated, and distinctly bound his books. D'Ambrosio..... More