New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2002. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 272 pages. First edition. This highly-researched work is the most authoritative account of the first and most famous private press of the 20th century - the Doves Press. Starting its operation in the wake of William Morris, the Doves Press became a major influence in the development of modern book design. Marianne Tidcombe reveals the intriguing story of the cutting of the famous..... READ MORE about THE DOVES PRESS

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West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 2001. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 125 copies. Signed by author on colophon. Corrigendum. Romanée type on dampened Johannot paper. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about ANNUNCIATIONS

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Hopewell, NJ: Pied Oxen Printers, 2017. folio. cloth covered boards, silk tie and cloth cover, cloth-over-boards clamshell box. 15 leaves, ff. [3], pp. 9 verse printed recto only, ff. [3]. The text seemed to emanate from a vibrating larynx and dance in the air...The image and insistent repetition of "ink"...came from a dream that inflected the power of ink as a kind of lifeblood for poetry. Anne Waldman One of sixty numbered copies, signed by..... READ MORE about EXTINCTION ARIA

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Blue Ridge Summit: Tab Books, (1981). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 308 pages. A how to book on the fascinating art of hand printing and binding. It has a thorough introduction to the basics of printing including a brief history of the art, and then covers planning, designing, choosing papers and inks, selecting type faces, the actual printing process, and binding your completed work. Illustrated and indexed. READ MORE about GETTING STARTED IN HAND PRINTING & BINDING

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Nantes: Pré Nian Press, (1988). folio (15 1/8 x 11 inches). loose signatures gathered in a paper wrapper, grey linen clamshell box. (28) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 60 copies, on Johannot paper, each copy signed by the poet and the artist. A sequence of five haiku by the Scottish poet Kenneth White who lives in France and has written verses in English and in French. Each page has the English verse, followed..... READ MORE about METHODOS

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3 volumes.
Washington, DC: David Bruce Smith, 2004 (2012). folio. cloth, hand bound and loosely inserted in custom made leather clamshell case. variously paginated. 3 volumes. First edition and one of 750 numbered copies. The original run was for 1,500 numbered copies, however in 2012 the decision was made to only bind 750 copies with the new and improved leather clamshell box as opposed to the previous faux-suede clamshell box and faux-suede cloth chamise. Three-volume collection containing..... READ MORE about TENNESSEE

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New York: Targ Editions, 1982. 4to. two-tone cloth. 47, (3) pages. Limited to 250 copies signed by the author. This first edition in the English language is a collection of Marguerite Yourcenar's poetry translated into English by Edith R. Farrell. Frontispiece is tipped in photograph of the author. Printed on Frankfurt paper using Centaur type set by M. Bixler, designed by Leslie Miller, and bound by A. Horowitz. Fine condition. READ MORE about THE ALMS OF ALCIPPE

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 96915