N.P. (West Chester, PA): Aralia Press, 1998. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut, cord-tied. unpaginated (14) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 180 copies, of which this is the second state with the corrected "Shakesperian," as opposed to the first state's "Shakesperean". Collection of 5 poems. Romanée type on dampened Rives Heavy Paper. READ MORE about BEING BORING
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 129609
N.P. (West Chester, PA): Aralia Press, 1998. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut, cord-tied. unpaginated (14) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 180 copies, of which this is the first state with the misprint "Shakesperean." This copy is signed by Cope on the colophon. A collection of 5 poems. Romanée type on dampened Rives Heavy Paper. Fine condition. READ MORE about BEING BORING
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 129610
N.P. (West Chester, PA): Aralia Press, 1998. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut, cord-tied. unpaginated (14) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 180 copies, of which this is the first state with the misprint "Shakesperean." Collection of 5 poems. Romanée type on dampened Rives Heavy Paper. READ MORE about BEING BORING
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 129611
(Stockton, WI): Midnight Paper Sales, 2019. oblong folio. handmade paper Japanese binding, cloth clamshell boards. unpaginated. Limited to forty numbered copies (but 41 copies). Authored by John Coy, with illustrations and printing achieved by Gaylord Schanilec of Midnight Paper Sales. What is considered a Children's Book, My Mighty Journey is a 12,000 year journey of Saint Anthony's Falls from St. Paul to its current home in Minneapolis. Additional illustrations and printing by Paul Nylander and..... READ MORE about MY MIGHTY JOURNEY
Price: $12,000.00 Order nr. 134077
(London, England): Golden Cockerel Press, (n.d. but 1959). narrow 8vo. leather, gilt on cover, paper slipcase. 28 pages, with extra print. Printed in an edition limited to 500 numbered copies, of which this is one of 100 bound in full leather by Hiscox (Cave and Manson, History of The Golden Cockerel Press 210). Designed by Christopher Sandford in Golden Cockerel type on mould-made paper. Composition and presswork by The Chiswick Press . The 210th of..... READ MORE about IN DEFENCE OF WOMAN, A WELSH POEM TRANSLATED BY GWYN WILLIAMS
Price: $550.00 Order nr. 128201
West Chester, PA: Aralia, 2008. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper front cover label, top edge cut, other edges uncut, cord-tied. unpaginated (12) pages. Limited to 100 copies. Bembo type on Frankfurt Cream paper. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about SOLITARY CONVERSATIONS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 129599
With a New Introduction by Irene Tichenor.
New York: Garland Publishing Co., 1980. thick 8vo. cloth. xvi page new material followed by the 468 page facsimile of the 1871 first edition, (4) pages. With a New Introduction by Irene Tichenor. Reprint of the first edition. This book is more than just a price list of costs for various aspects of job printing. It is "a comprehensive and authoritative guide for efficient printing management, listing the cost of paper, type and equipment for..... READ MORE about PRINTERS' PRICE LIST
Price: $24.00 Order nr. 22583
Iowa City, IA: The Prairie Press, (1970). 8vo. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, gilt-stamped spine. 50, (2) pages. Table of contents. Illustrations by Frank Utpatel. Listing of the author's poetry on verso of title page. Designed and printed by Carroll Coleman. Hand set Joanna type on 1848 Traditional paper. Dust jacket very lightly soiled. READ MORE about THE LANDSCAPE OF THE HEART
Price: $1,500.00 Order nr. 130173
(West Chester, PA: Aralia Press), 1998. broadside (13 by 6 1/2 inches). bottom and right edges uncut. Limited to 120 copies, signed by the author. Romanée type on handmade Barcham Green paper. A work of poetry. READ MORE about EVENING PRIMROSE
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 129627
Coffeyville, KS: Zauberberg Press, The, 1961. tall 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label. unpaginated. Limited to 100 copies. 38 love sonnets by American printer and poet Donald von Ruysdael Drenner (b. 1915). Wood engravings by John De Pol throughout text and on front board. Type face is Bulmer hand set, paper is Rives from France. Printed on an Albion hand press. Boards very lightly soiled at edges. READ MORE about THE GRAPHICS OF LOVE
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 116315
Hopewell, NJ: Pied Oxen Printers, 2006. Large 8vo. hanga woodcut, Japanese book cloth-covered boards, printed paste-paper cover and spine labels. 14 leaves, pp. [9] verse printed recto/verso. Hanga woodcut by Bill Paden. First edition of this poem in memory of Eshlemans close friend, the artist Bill Paden (1930-2004), who studied Hanga print technique in Kyoto, Japan, where he lived from 1963 to 1968. The type is Golgonooza-cast Monotype Garamont 248, hand-set by David and Jonathan..... READ MORE about A SHADE OF PADEN
Price: $1,000.00 Order nr. 134523
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2006. 8 x 4 inches. hardcover portfolio. four folded leaves, blue folded Aesthetic Credential. Dumit Estévez's work is a devotional guide taking an artist or "pilgrim" on a journey, undertaken "for art's sake." This witty commentary on the obstacles faced by contemporary artists provides inspirational guidelines and budgetary considerations, as well as suggestions for "blessings," "props," and "penances." This book was printed and bound at the Center in an..... READ MORE about FOR ART'S SAKE
Price: $1,500.00 Order nr. 103050
Wien: A. Hartleben's Verlag, 1882. thick 8vo. original decorated and embossed cloth with gilt. viii, 806 pages with 26 plates (14 in color) and 380 text illustrations. First edition. (St. Bride Cat. p.318). Standard 19th century history of book printing, copiously illustrated with facsimiles, type specimens, illustrations of printing presses, information on bookbinding practices and papermaking. Original binding held together with cloth, with the original spine pasted on top. Front hinge cracked and separating from..... READ MORE about ILLUSTRIRTE GESCHICHTE DER BUCHDRUCKERKUNST
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 32355
Worcester, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society, 2012. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 544 pages. The first permanent printing office in New Jersey was established in 1754 by James Parker. Laws, proceedings of the assembly, and proclamations of the royal governors all came from Parker's press, as did numerous works for the fledgling College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). Other printers soon saw opportunity in New Jersey, so that by 1800, forty-four individuals had..... READ MORE about PRINTING IN NEW JERSEY 1754-1800: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 108913
Poems
Baton Rouge, LA: Press of Nightowl, (1997). small 8vo. quarter leather, Swedish marbled paper-covered boards. 29, (3) pages. Poems. Limited to an edition of 20 copies bound thusly (Zachert NB9). Text contains a collection of nineteen poems by writer, poet, and artist Charlotte Garrett, who founded the Poetry Workshop at the Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts. Handset in Eric Gill's Joanna type and printed on Maidstone handmade paper. Small scuff at tail of spine..... READ MORE about PRESENCES
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 94696
London: The India Society, 1922. 8vo. cloth. (vi), 48 pages. Printed by Curwen Press, Monotype Caslon type; 500 copies on Haesbeek paper, in cloth with lettering by Percy J. Smith, 7s 6d. (Ransom 2201). The book discusses the writings of Shah Abdul Latif (1689-1752). Latif was a missionary, spiritual poet and scholar. It was not until 114 years after the poet's death, that Ernest Trumpp, a German scholar, compiled "Risalo", a complete collection of Shah..... READ MORE about SHAH ABDUL LATIF
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 87284
An Essay by Eric Gill
N.P. Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. 12mo. orange cloth. (vi), 18, (2) pages, 2 plates. An Essay by Eric Gill. Limited to 500 copies (Cave 61; Chanticleer: 61). The essay was originally a lecture at Manchester University on 7 February 1928. Two engravings on copper by the author accompany the text. Printed on Kelmscott hand-made paper, using Caslon O.F. type. (Wolfe 31). Spine slightly faded. With previous owners stamp on front pastedown. READ MORE about ART & PRUDENCE
Price: $120.00 Order nr. 124160
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 2014. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-bound, paper front cover label, bottom edge uncut. (10) pages. Limited to 120 copies, signed by the author on colophon. Bembo type on Frankfurt Cream paper. Commemorates the 20th anniversary of the West Chester University Poetry Conference. A poem originally appearing in The Virginia Quarterly Review. READ MORE about FILM NOIR
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 129740
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 2014. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied, paper front cover label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (10) pages. Limited to 120 copies. Bembo type on Zerkall paper. A chapbook commemorating the 20th anniversary of the West Chester University Poetry Conference. READ MORE about FILM NOIR
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 129742
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 1999. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper front cover label, top edge cut, other edges uncut, cord-tied. (8) pages. Limited to 30 numbered copies, signed by the author on colophon. Deluxe edition. Romanée type on Tovil paper. READ MORE about THE LITANY
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 129564
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 1999. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut, cord-tied. (8) pages. Limited to 100 copies. Signed by the author on colophon. Romanée type on Johannot paper. READ MORE about THE LITANY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 129565
(West Chester, PA: Aralia Press), n.d. broadside (9 by 12 inches). bottom edge uncut. Limited to 50 copies, signed by the author. Romanée type on handmade Tovil paper. Originally appeared in Radio Silence. READ MORE about MY HANDSOME COUSIN
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 129688
With a new introduction by Donald Farren.
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2001. small 4to. paperback. 576 pages. With a new introduction by Donald Farren. Paperback edition. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1979. The breadth of this work is remarkable. Encyclopedia contains almost 4,000 terms and definitions used in bookbinding, printing, papermaking and the book trade. Biographical details of printers, authors, bookbinders and bibliophiles are included as well as precise notes on machinery and equipment, famous books, printing societies, book-related organizations..... READ MORE about THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BOOK
Price: $49.95 Order nr. 42510
(Fullerton, CA: Lorson's Books and Prints, 1988). folio. book-in-a-box binding: black canvas rear board and spine, blue paper-covered front board, marbled paper box structure and front image. white cords. unpaginated. This is copy number seven. Colophon signed by the designer, printer & binder Joe D'Ambrosio. It was printed using 14pt. Della Robbia type on Rives BFK paper. Ingres marbled paper used for the box structure and endpapers. The front board creates a frame shaped like..... READ MORE about WINDJAMMERS
Price: $3,500.00 Order nr. 93854
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2017. 7.375 x 10.5 inches. Cloth with dust jacket. 208 pages. "This work skillfully demonstrates that the aura of unsurpassed quality around the work of Harold and Meriden was both hard earned and richly deserved.... a handsome book that alludes in choice of type, layout, printing quality, and binding to a Meriden Gravure publication." - Paul M. Wright, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America "Throughout its nearly century-long..... READ MORE about IN THE SERVICE OF SCHOLARSHIP: HAROLD HUGO & THE MERIDEN GRAVURE COMPANY
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 128978
