Fine Printing, Press Books, Typography
(München: Julius Schroeder Verlag, 1922). Goldschmidt, Bruno. First edition thus. Vellum. 4to, [91]pp; 4to, original full vellum gilt; t.e.g. One of 100 numbered copies (out of the total edition of 250) signed by the artist at the colophon, and with each of his prints initialed in pencil. More
Verona: (Officina Bodoni), 1974. First edition thus. Vellum-backed boards. Small 4to, 55pp; original vellum-backed boards, t.e.g. One of 150 numbered copies on handmade paper. More
Mt. Horeb: Perishable Press, 1967. First edition. Leather-backed boards. 8vo, 77pp; maroon cloth with blue leather spine stamped in blind. Printer Walter Hamady has stated that there were in fact "many fewer" than the stated 250 copies; Novik (A32) cites the number "ca. 235." Some unspecified variants in the title... More
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1983. First edition. Half leather. 8vo, 99pp; original half-leather and paste-paper boards. One of 325 numbered copies (25 hors commerce) signed by Duncan. Original prospectus laid in. More
Cummington, Massachusetts: The Cummington Press, (1949). First edition. Wraps. 12mo, 42pp; original unprinted laid-paper wrappers with printed spine label. One of 250 copies, the entire edition, handprinted by Harry Duncan and Wightman Williams, one of the less common of Cummington publications. More
Cummington, Massachusetts: The Cummington Press, 1945. First edition. Wraps. 8vo, unpag.; original wrappers and printed wraparound label. One of 330 copies, the entire edition. More
Wien: Larisch Pflegestätte für Schrift u. Buchgestaltung, 1925. Ramsauer, Hertha. First edition. Wraps. 8vo, unpag.; original handmade paper wrappers, gilt endleaves, saddle-stitched. One of an unspecified but certainly small number of copies reproduced in high-quality facsimile on fine Whatman paper from original calligraphic manuscript by Hertha Ramsauer. Text printed in..... More
Wien/Leipzig: Anstalt "Secession" (A. Berger)/Verlag Karl Fromme, 1925. First edition. Wraps. Squarish 8vo, [18]pp, printed wrappers, saddle-stitched. One of 500 copies (of which fifty were printed on Edelpapier), lithographed from original calligraphy by Hertha Ramsauer, this copy has been briefly inscribed and signed by Larisch near the top of the... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 1982. First edition. Cloth-backed boards. Small 8vo, 41pp; cloth-backed boards. One of 450 copies, the entire edition. This copy belonged to noted small press publisher James Weil, whose bookplate is on the front pastedown. The book contains signed inscriptions by eight of the contributors to... More
Cambridge: [Cambridge] University Press, 1909. First edition thus. Two volumes, 4tos, full vellum gilt, t.e.g. A splendid edition, limited to 350 copies, printed by John Clay on handmade paper, with impressive heavy vellum boards decorated in gilt with an large ornamental device of grapevines. According to the colophon, only 300... More
(Cummington, Massachusetts): The Cummington Press, 1947. First edition. Boards. Small 8vo, 37pp; original pale blue-green boards printed in black on the spine and with yellow design on front board. One of 92 copies on Beauvais Arches with handcolored initials, out of the total edition of 246 copies. Edelstein A12. More
Cummington, Massachusetts: The Cummington Press, 1950. First edition. Wraps. 12mo, pamphlet in plain laid paper wrapper with printed label. One of 300 copies printed of this single poem, with illustration by Wightman Williams. More
Easthampton: Warwick Press, 1982. First edition. Half leather. 8vo, [40]pp; original half-leather and paste-paper over boards. One of 200 copies, signed by Werner and Blinn, the entire edition, illustrated with tipped in color photographs of examples of Werner's fine bindings. With the original prospectus and the binder's change-of-address card laid in. More
N.P. (Aurora, New York & Cummington, Mass.): The Wells College Press/Cummington Press, 1948. First edition. Cloth. 8vo, 64pp; original slate gray cloth, with printed spine label. One of 310 numbered copies printed on English handmade paper, this being one of 250 in the regular, unsigned, issue. A handsome collaboration between... More