New Haven: Yale University Press, (2006). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. ix, (i), 82 pages. Reprint of revised edition. A fine copy. A record of an experimental way of studying color and of teaching color. Illustrated with black and white and color diagrams. READ MORE about INTERACTION OF COLOR
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 58601
London: Susan Allix, 2006. square 12mo (11 x 12 cm). A fine Art Binding, bound in leather goatskin and mixed media, produced in its entirety by SUSAN ALLIX, housed in a handmade clam shell box. (27) leaves. Privately printed in an edition of 25 numbered copies signed by Susan Allix, of which this is one of a few on Magnani Aqueforti paper. A fine copy in fine publisher's decorated clamshell box. These three stories, from..... READ MORE about BENGAL STORY
Price: $3,500.00 Order nr. 141963
London: Susan Allix, 2004. square 12mo (11 x 12 cm). bordeaux morocco spine with hand made lacquered paper over boards with leather onlays. (27) leaves. Privately printed in an edition of 40 numbered copies signed by Susan Allix. A fine copy in fine publisher's decorated cardstock case. "The Roman poet Martial was born in Spain in about AD 40. He had a successful career in Rome, where he wrote his 1561 short poems. He is..... READ MORE about LIBELLUS; OR ABOUT MY LITTLE BOOKS
Price: $650.00 Order nr. 141939
Stevens Point, WI: The Arcadian Press, 2004. 4to. Three individual books of handmade paper, housed in a clamshell cloth covered box. unpaginated. Privately printed artist book limited to 50 numbered copies. All three volumes are fine in a fine clamshell box. This powerful, exquisitely rendered 3-volume collaboration between Caren Heft of Arcadian Press and Jeffrey Morin of sailorBOYpress is done in the spirit of the ars moriendi (the art of dying), 15th-century Christian texts with..... READ MORE about MARTYR MERCURY ROOSTER
Price: $2,000.00 Order nr. 141957
Vicenza: Museo Civico di Vicenze, Assessorato alla Cultura, 1974. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 86, (2) pages in facsimile; pp.89-121, (3) pages in booklet. Text in Italian. A fine copy. Interesting method of displaying a facsimile of this 16th century writing manual by Arrighi. The booklet folds open and exposes the facsimile of the 1523 edition on the left side and a text volume devoted to this book and its author on the right hand side..... READ MORE about LUDOVICO DEGLI ARRIGHI VICENTINO
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 95102
(Cambridge, MA): Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, The Houghton Library, 1993. oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers, metal spiral bound. unpaginated. Foreword by Anne Anninger, introduction by Joan Lyons. A fine copy. Color illustrations throughout. An exhibition of artists' books. READ MORE about WHY ARTISTS' BOOKS?
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 128368
(Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 2006). 4to. paperback. (vi), 360 pages. First paperback edition. A fine copy. Exhibition, 2006-7, at the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution. Forewords by the Freer Gallery and the Bodleian Library. Introduction and scholarly essays. Chronology, glossary, notes, bibliography, list of contributors, photographic credits, index. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about IN THE BEGINNING BIBLES BEFORE THE YEAR 1000
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 115275
Illustrated by John Tenniel and with an introduction and notes by Martin Gardner.
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, (1960). small 4to. cloth. 352 pages. Illustrated by John Tenniel and with an introduction and notes by Martin Gardner. First edition thus. Lacking the dust jacket. Spine fubbed, else a near fine copy. The first reproduction of the full text of these two classics together with the original Tenniel illustrations inserted in their correct places. Full annotations run concurrently with the text. READ MORE about ANNOTATED ALICE, ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND & THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 27314
London: Faber and Faber, (1971). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 376 pages. First edition. Some lightly spotting to the dust jacket, else a near fine copy. Traces the development of the private press over the last 500 years. 83 figures in the text and 72 plates. Better printed than the second edition and thus still desirable. READ MORE about THE PRIVATE PRESS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 2769
Boston: Nonpareil Books, (1980). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xviii, 244, xv, (v) pages. Reprint of the first edition. Covers lightly rubbed, else a near fine copy. Over 200 illustrations. READ MORE about A SHORT HISTORY OF THE PRINTED WORD
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 21960
(Paris): Flammarion, 2002. small 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 403, (3) pages. First edition in English, translated from the French. Fine in fine jacket. A total of fifty-eight lavishly illustrated chapters that analyze the role of the image in the history of writing, with detailed commentaries from a team of leading specialists. Together they explain the evolution of more than 30 key scripts and alphabets and their numerous derivatives. The scope of the material, along..... READ MORE about A HISTORY OF WRITING FROM HIEROGLYPH TO MULTIMEDIA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 73392
(London, England: The Circle Press, 1990). 8vo. cloth, front cover and spine gilt-stamped, in box. (vi), 65, (5) pages. Limited to 3000 copies. Brochure on book arts exhibition laid in. A fine copy in fine box. Reproduction of original edition of 1969. Screen images designed and printed by Ronald King. Essay by George Szirtes follows text. Biographical sketch of the illustrator on inside of box. READ MORE about THE SONG OF SOLOMON
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 124444
N.P. (Coffee House Press), (1985). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. unpaginated. One of 500 copies. Signed by author/artist. A collection of poems. A fine copy. READ MORE about POEM & DRAWINGS: THE BORDER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 124249
West Branch, IA: (Coffee House Press), 1984. oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. unpaginated. Limited to 500 copies, signed by author and artist on colophon. Frontispiece and drawings in text by Elisabeth Brandfass. Morning Coffee Chapbook Six. READ MORE about JANUARY ZERO
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 123829
Drawings by Rhonda McClun.
Minneapolis, MN: Hot Chocolate Books, Coffee House Press, 1986. oblong 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. unpaginated. Drawings by Rhonda McClun. First edition. A fine copy in fine jacket. With b&w illustrations throughout. READ MORE about THE TALE OF DAN DE LION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 141968
Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press, n.d. oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. Limited to 375 numbered copies, signed by author and artist on colophon. A fine copy.Morning Coffee Chapbook 16. Linoleum block illustrations by John T. Gordon. READ MORE about TO BREAD
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 125054
N.P. (Coffee House Press, 1984). 12mo. paper wrappers. (19) pages. Privately printed and limited to 600 numbered copies, signed by author and artist. This Morning Coffee Chapbook: 4, is a poem by Elizabeth Eddy and illustrated with drawings by Rachel Matteson. READ MORE about LITANY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 57121
West Branch, IA: Coffee House Press, 1984. square 16mo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. unpaginated. One of 450 copies. Loosely inserted is an invitation for a Holiday Open House. A fine copy. Signed by author and artist. A small collection of poems. Morning Coffee Chapbook Series 10. READ MORE about WHY PEOPLE LACK CONFIDENCE IN CHAIRS
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 124243
West Branch, IA: Coffee House Press, 1984. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. unpaginated. One of 480 copies. A fine copy. Signed by author and artist. A small collection of Western-Themed poems. Morning Coffee Chapbook: Nine. READ MORE about ELDRIDGE CLEAVER VISITS CREEDE, COLORADO & OTHER POEMS BY WALTER HALL
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 124242
Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press, (1988). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. unpaginated. One of 400 numbered copies signed by author. A fine copy. Morning Coffee Chapbook No. 20. This is a play, with a chorus of, "Omaha!" throughout. READ MORE about THE CYCLES OF HEAVEN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 124598
West Branch: Morning Coffee Chapbook Seven, (1984). oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied, paper cover label. (16) pages. Privately printed and limited to 575 numbered copies signed by the authors. A short story about modern art. Illustrated. READ MORE about HOW TO BE MODERN ART
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 57352
University City, MO: Contre Coup Press, 1984. tall 12mo. cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine label. (vi), viii, 47, (3) pages. Limited to 100 hand-printed copies. 'Non-errata' sheet loosely inserted. Spine label lightly foxed, else a fine copy. Reproduction of the diary kept by Mrs. Tompkins while living in the wilderness area of Wisconsin. With a number of tipped-in reproductions of early photographs. READ MORE about MRS. IRA GALE TOMPKINS' JOURNAL AND RECORD OF EVENTS, DEC., 1874 - APRIL, 1877
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 38244
New York: Maureen Cummins, 1994. 4to. stiff paper dust jacket printed in colors loosely enclosing the text. Unpaginated. Limited edition of 50 numbered copies, of which this copy is one of 25 copies numbered 1-25 printed for patrons of the Center of the Book Arts. Announcement sheet loosely inserted. Printed in multicolors on thick hand-made papers with woodblocks, printed in Centry Schoolbook with initial caps wood type. Designed, printed & illustrated by Maureen Cummins with..... READ MORE about AUREOLE TO ZINGARESCA, AN EXOTIC ALPHABET BOOK
Price: $550.00 Order nr. 124328
(Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England): The Fleece Press, (1984). square 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper spine label. unpaginated. First edition limited to 300 (although a tip-in notes that it was more like 150 copies) numbered copies bound on Zerkall Ingress (Rogerson 7). A near fine copy.Myfanwy Thomas wrote the foreword. With a wood engraved portrait of Hudson by Michael Renson. The book was bound by Smith Settle, Otley. READ MORE about A MEMORY OF W.H. HUDSON
Price: $135.00 Order nr. 141981
New York: Henry Holt, (1947). 8vo. quarter cloth over paper-covered boards, leather cover and spine labels. 46 pages. First limited edition limited to 751 numbered copies signed by Robert Frost. Lacking the slipcase. Removed exlibrary spine label as well as a evidence of a removed bookplate on the rear pastedown. Two small ex-library ink stamps on front a rear pastedowns. Else a near fine copy. READ MORE about A MASQUE OF MERCY
Price: $275.00 Order nr. 141966
