[San Francisco]: Privately Printed by Cecil and James Johnson, The Windsor Press, 1930. Adams, Ansel. Limited Edition. Leather. No. 57 of 60, quarto size, 27 pp., frontispiece signed by Ansel Adams. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) is best known for his works of fiction such as "Treasure Island", "Strange Case of... More about The Enchanted Galleon
[Oakland, California]: The Eucalyptus Press, Mills College, 1937. Uhl, Kathryn. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, quarto size, 54 pp. This publication by the Eucalyptus Press, based in Mills College, is a series of letters written by Mary Atkins, founder of the Young Ladies Seminary in 1852, which would... More about The Diary of Mary Atkins; A Sabbatical in the Eighteen Sixties
Boston: New York Graphic Society, Facsimile Edition [printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy], 1977. Adams, Ansel; Angelo, Valenti. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 777 of 950 copies, elephant folio size, [79] pp., signed by Ansel Adams. "Taos Pueblo", a collaboration between renowned photographer Ansel Adams (1902-1984) and nature writer Mary Austin... More about Taos Pueblo
(Monmouthshire): The Old Stile Press, (2005). Adams, Susan. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 7 of 150 copies, folio, [56] pp., signed by John Lloyd Davies and Susan Adams. Many of us are at least vaguley familiar with the chilling story of Bluebeard. "The story of Bluebeard has a long history, from... More about Duke Bluebeard's Castle; Libretto for the Opera in One Act by Béla Balázs
Kentfield: The L D Allen Press, 1953. Dean, Mallette. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 160 copies, octavo size, 55 pp. The thirteenth publication from The Allen Press, this story by Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) was originally titled "Maitre Cornelius" and first appeared in 1831 in the "Revue de Paris"; it... More about The Hidden Treasures; or, The Adventures of Maitre Cornelius
[Monmouthshire]: The Old Stile Press, 2001. Hicks-Jenkins, Clive. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 34 of 300 copies, oblong quarto, [48] pp., signed by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Richard Barnfield (1574-1620) was an English poet, probably best known for his association with William Shakespeare. These twenty sonnets were published in 1595, a year later... More about Sonnets
[Northampton, Mass.]: The Gehenna Press, 1976. Baskin, Leonard. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 107 of 450 copies, quarto size, 42 pp., inscribed by Leonard Baskin. Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) was an artistic genius whose works almost defy categorization. Eminent in sculpting, illustration, printmaking and also as a typographer and printer, he pursued... More about Demons, Imps & Fiends (WITH ORIGINAL PENCIL SKETCH BY BASKIN
Los Angeles: William & Victoria Dailey, 1980. Baumann, Gustave. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 90 of 250, octavo size, [43] pp. Gustave Baumann (1881-1971) was a German-American printmaker and painter, one of the leading figures in the revival of colour woodcuts; he spent a great part of his life in Santa... More about Frijoles Canyon Pictographs
New York / London: Blue Moon Books / John Calder (1988), 1988. le Brocquy, Louis. 1st and Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. XII of XV HC copies, folio size, 40 pp., signed by Samuel Beckett and Louis le Brocquy. First published appearance of Beckett's last prose work. Per the book's colophon... More about Stirrings Still
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Hamburg: Raamin-Presse, 1976. Quadflieg, Roswtha. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. 37 p. Signed by Artist. Limited edition of 170 signed/numbered copies, this no. 91, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST/BOOK DESIGNER, Roswtha Quadfleig (b. 1949). She founded the Raamin-press in 1973, publishing works of literature printed with... More about Der Ausgestossene [L'expulse
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San Francisco: Printed by Lawton Kennedy, 1980. No binding. Quarto size, [4] pp., inscribed by Marlan Beilke. A program for the autumn meeting of the Gleeson Library Associates in November, 1980; the cover features a reproduction of a "relatively unknow[n]" photograph of the poet Robinson Jeffers (ostensibly taken in 1941)... More about Robinson Jeffers] In the Absence of Words
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 about George Sterling, The Man; A Tribute
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San Francisco: The Book Club of California [designed by Jack Werner Stauffacher of The Greenwood Press], 1983. Bewick, Thomas. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 518 copies, quarto size, 59 pp., with an original leaf from the first edition of Bewick's "The Fables of Aesop" (1818) tipped in. English engraver Thomas... More about LEAF BOOK] Thomas Bewick & the Fables of Aesop; With an original leaf from the first edition...
London: The Reed Pale Press [printed by the Da La More Press], 1934. Limited Edition. Vellum. No. 88 of 250 copies, quarto size, [19] pp. A lovely, and uncommon, printing of the Book of Ruth; read during the holiday of Shevuot, with some contemporary readings viewing it as a celebration... More about The Book of Ruth
[Harrow Weald, Middlesex]: The Raven Press, Printed by Robert Ashwin Maynard and Horace Walter Bray, 1931. Bray, Horace Walter. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 20 of 275, octavo size, 35 pp. The Book of Tobit is part of the Apocrypha, generally included in Catholic and Orthodox biblical canons, but not those... More about The Book of Tobit, from the Apocrypha, According to the Authorised Version
Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press, (2010). d'Arbeloff, Natalie. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 12 of 60 copies, folio size, [56] pp., signed by the artist. From the web site of The Old Stile Press: "These drawings were published almost half a century before the idea of publishing them in a book... More about Scenes from the Life of Jesus
Greenbrae, California: The Allen Press, 1984. Forgeois, Michèle. Limited Edition. Softcover. One of 140 copies, quarto size, 49 pp., with prospectus. The stories of Jonah, Judith, and Ruth have inspired numerous works of art and literature, and have been rendered in lovely editions such as this work from the Allen... More about Jonah Judith Ruth; Three Stories From the Old Testament, King James Authorized Version
Winona, Minnesota: Sutton Hoo Press, [2002]. Hanka, Ladislav. Limited Edition. Original wraps. One of 100 copies, duodecimo size, 33 pp. This printing of the Book of Ruth is the Thanksgiving 2002 release by the Sutton Hoo Press. A precursor to other biblical texts the Press intends to print, this lovely... More about The Book of Ruth, King James Version
London: The Haymarket Press, 1928. Flint, W. Russell. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 79 of 100, quarto size, 66 pp., signed by W. Russell Flint. The famous story of the headhunting heroine whose bold act has inspired painters, poets, sculptors and writers for centuries. This version was finely printed by The... More about Judith; Reprinted from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha
Llandogo, Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press, (2002). Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 14 of 200 copies, quarto size, [64] pp., signed by the translators and the artist, with prospectus. The first collection of expressionist poetry by Romanian poet/philosopher Lucien Blaga (1895-1961), "one of the most important of Romanian poets". A man... More about The Poems of Light
Hertfordshire, England: [The Taurus Press]. Piech, Paul Peter. Limited Edition. Stapled (Wraps). No. 23 of 200, octavo size, 11 unnumbered pages. Paul Peter Piech (1920-1996) was an American artist and printer who produced captivating prints on a myriad of social, political, and literary themes; this book takes the text of... More about London
London: Designed and printed by Linda Anne Landers at Spoon Print Press, 1998. Landers, Linda Anne. Limited Edition. Pamphlet. Number 77 of 100 copies, duodecimo size, [12] unnumbered pp., signed by Linda Anne Landers. A lovely hand-printed edition of William Blake's "The Lamb," first published in "Songs of Innocence" in... More about The Lamb
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Northridge, California: Santa Susana Press, Northridge University Libraries, 1978. Blanco, Amanda; Burkhardt, Hans. Limited Edition. Folio in a case. No. A. P. 2 of 36 numbered copies and an unknown number of artist proofs, this the publisher's copy (Norman Tanis), quarto size, 28 leaves, signed and inscribed on the colophon... More about The Many Faces of Jake Zeitlin [Norman Tanis copy]; A Photographic Essay
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1989. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 125 copies in a special binding (total edition 2125), quarto size, 238 pp., signed by author. Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), American typographer and inventer of the "Centaur" typeface (based on the Renaissance-period printing of Nicolas Jenson), is considered by many to... More about Bruce Rogers, A Life in Letters, 1870-1957
[Westminster]: [The Beaumont Press], [1925]. Schwabe, Randolph. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 55 of 80, octavo size, 73 pp., signed by the author. Edward Blunden (1896-1974), English poet and author, served in World War I and wrote of his experiences in the war in both poetry and prose; "The Masks of... More about Masks of Time; A New Collection of Poems Principally Meditative