San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley, (1994). First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 75 copies (unnumbered), elephant folio size, 156 pp., with numerous specimens in a custom box, with prospectus and "El Paso keepsake", signed by James Linden. A tour de force of the ephemeral printing of the..... More
Ditchling, Sussex: S. Dominic's Press, 1922. Gill, Eric; Jones, David. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 400 copies (unnumbered), duodecimo size, 115 pp., in a custom clamshell case. The Saint Dominic's Press, founded by Harry (Hilary) Douglas Clarke Pepler, flourished at Ditchling, Sussex, from 1916 to 1936. The first home of..... More
[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
[Carrollton, Ohio]: Press on Scroll Road, [2003]. Bates, Wesley. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 100 numbered copies, large octavo size, [54] pp., signed by Wendell Berry, Wesley Bates, and James Baker Hall, with prospectus. Wendell Erdman Berry (b. 1934) was the first living writer to be inducted into the Kentucky..... More
San Francisco: Avenue Press [Douglas and Margaret Stow], (1984). Marrinan, Chris. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 52 hardbound copies, twenty-fourmo size, 36 pp., signed by Douglas and Margaret Stow. A scarce book which should be part of every Wodehouse collection, this an "ABC" book, beginning with "A is for Aunts..... More
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
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
[Monmouthshire]: The Old Stile Press [2008], 2008. Onken, Michael. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. II of 10 of the Special Edition, folio size, 50 pp., signed by Artist. There are many stories and legends of selkies - the seals that surround the shores of Orkney - their deep brown eyes that..... 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
Ojai, California: The Book Club of California [printed by the Classic Letterpress in Ojai, California], 2014. Campbell, Carolee. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 90 of 300 copies, quarto size, [53] pp., with a broadside signed by Kay Ryan laid in, signed by all five contributing poets. The Book Club of California's..... More
[Gloucestershire]: Evergreen Press, 2005. Limited Edition. Folio. Number 25 of 75 copies (only 55 for public sale), six broadsides, elephant folio size, signed by each respective author. The first of three series of broadsides celebrating ninety-five years of new writing in Oxford. Beautifully printed by John Grice of the Evergreen..... 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
[Monmouthshire]: The Old Stile Press, [2014]. d'Arbeloff, Natalie. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. V of X (total edition 160), folio size, 44 pp., signed by Dick Jones and Natalie d'Arbeloff. Blaise Cendrars (nom de plume for Frederic-Louis Sauser, 1887-1961), the "heir of Rimbaud", greatly influenced the European Modernist movement with his..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by The Artichoke Press], 2012. Frenzeny, Paul. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 425 copies, folio size, 47 pp. Artist Paul Frenzeny (1840-1902), a Frenchman of noble descent, strict military training, and encyclopedic knowledge, became one of the leading "special correspondents"..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [designed by The Yolla Bolly Press], 2001. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 450 copies, unnumbered, folio size, 159 pp. After moving from Cannes, France, to Northern California, historian and researcher Claudine Chalmers was captured by the history and landscape of the Golden State;..... More
London: The Argonaut Press, 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 628 of 975 copies, quarto size, [318] pp. Sir John Chardin (1643-1712) was a French merchant and traveler; the publication of the first volume of his "Voyages du chevalier Jean Chardin en Perse et autres lieux de l'Orient" simultaneously in French..... 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
[Paris]: Kickshaws, (1989). Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 95 copies, oblong duodecimo, [28]pp., signed by Sheila Bourne and John Crombie. 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..... 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