(Greenbrae, CA): The Allen Press, 1982. small 4to. cloth, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. NOTE: This is for Volume One only. Limited to 140 copies. Volume One, Drama One, Agamemnon. The first drama of The Orestian Trilogy, the author's masterpiece. The first of a two volume set, the second published in 1983. A comprehensive introduction by Mark Livingston. Prospectus laid in. READ MORE about THE ORESTIAN TRILOGY
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 129071
Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1965-70. various sizes. Four A.L.s. from Lewis Allen to collector and librarian Richard Schimmelpfeng. The letters are dated September 13, 1965, March 24, 1968, July 8, 1969, and Octobe 27, 1970. They discuss the availability of Allen Press publications, fulfillment of orders, letters of regret concerning sold-out items, and comments on Schimmelpfeng's works. Also included is a historical sketch and a check list of works published by the Allen Press..... READ MORE about Four letters from Lewis Allen to Richard Schimmelpfeng
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 132834
Greenbrae, CA: The Allen Press, 1982. small 4to. decorated cloth, top edge cut, other edges uncut, paper spine label. 121+(1) pages. Limited to 140 copies. Introductory note. Decorations from C. Contardus, Comentarii, Rome (1573). The travels of Dickens through Genoa, Venice, Naples, Rome, and Florence. Running headings on each page in two colors, varying with the area of Italy considered. Prospectus laid in. READ MORE about PICTURES FROM ITALY
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 129072
(Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1971). 4to. decorated paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 140 copies. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. Introduction by Francis Carmody. Illustrations by Michèle Forgeois. Originally published in 1957 by Les Editions de Minuit, Paris. Designed, hand printed, and bound by Lewis and Dorothy Allen. Prospectus laid in. READ MORE about JEALOUSY
Price: $375.00 Order nr. 131194
(Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press), n.d. 4to. quarter embroidered cloth, illustrated paper-covered boards, slipcase, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 140 copies. Translation from the Latin based on the translation by Laurence Echard in 1698. Illustrations by Albrecht Dürer. A Roman play first produced circa 160 B.C. Prospectus laid in. READ MORE about THE BROTHERS
Price: $450.00 Order nr. 131215
Wylam: Allenholme Press, 1965. large 12mo. paper wrappers. 12 pages. Printed for private circulation to the Printing Historical Society and the Rounce & Coffin Club. A note on William Davison, printer in Alnwick in the first half of the 19th century, illustrated with reproductions of some of Davison's caricatures. READ MORE about SOME ALNWICK CARICATURES, A NOTE AND A HANDLIST
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 49110
(Austin, TX: Amor Fati, 1990). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (12) pages. Limited to 50 copies. Translated from the Polish by Roslyn Hirsch. Excerpted from the author's Auschwitz: True Tales from a Grotesque Land. Prospectus laid in. READ MORE about ESTHER'S FIRST BORN
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 125081
South Brunswick: A.S. Barnes and Co., (1977). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 168 pages. Useful for anyone wanting to know what books or periodicals are available in the area of books on books. Emphasizes amateur printing. READ MORE about PRIVATE PRESS WORK, A BIBLIOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO PRINTING AS AN AVOCATION
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 13665
Florham-Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Library, 1980. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, loosely inserted in later boards with portfolio containing Pickering Press ephemera, all enclosed in a paper slipcase. (ii), 17, (5) pages. John Anderson and the Pickering Press is limited to 90 numbered copies of which this is one of the first 40 copies that was issued in portfolio form and contained the ephemera. Printed by Leonard Seastone at his Tideline Press, this work also contains..... READ MORE about JOHN ANDERSON AND THE PICKERING PRESS. DePOL, FAULKNER LEWIS, WILLIAM LICKFIELD, CLAIRE VAN...
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 44550
Florham-Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Library, 1980. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (ii), 17, (5) pages. John Anderson and the Pickering Press is limited to 90 numbered copies. Printed by Leonard Seastone at his Tideline Press, this work also contains wood-engravings by John DePol. Signed and dated by Roderick Cave on front free endpaper. Covers slightly faded. READ MORE about JOHN ANDERSON AND THE PICKERING PRESS. DePOL, FAULKNER LEWIS, WILLIAM LICKFIELD, CLAIRE VAN...
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 123485
(Brooklyn, NY: The Angelica Press, 1973). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Introduction by Marilyn and Dennis Grastorf. Black and white illustrations. A bibliography of the press's publications. READ MORE about BOOKS AND EPHEMERA OF THE ANGELICA PRESS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 131780
New York: The Angelica Studio, 1979. 8vo. paper wrappers. (iv), 14, (2) pages. A book of holiday recipes contributed by designers, and compiled by Paul Chevannes and Dennis Grastorf. Printed in an edition of 250 copies, illustrated by Paul Chevannes. READ MORE about THE DESIGNER'S GOURMET
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 45629
New York: The Angelica Press, 1979. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (iv), 9+(1) pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Designed by Dennis J. Grastorf with printing by Gary R. Wightman at the Amity Press. READ MORE about FORM & CONTENT, THE BOOKS OF THE AMERICAN PRIVATE PRESSES TODAY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 32655
New York: The Golden Cross Press, 1937. tall 12mo. boards. (8) pages. Limited to 100 copies printed at the Timothy Press of Meriden, Connecticut for Valenti Angelo. With title page decoration and initial hand illuminated by Angelo (Angelo Biblio. p.76). Paper covering cracked along hinges. Bookplate. Endpapers and pastedowns spotted. READ MORE about COME OVER AND STAY TILL DOMESDAY, FROM THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 94373
In Fine Print, Vol. 9, No.1, January 1983. pp.27-29. Illustrated.
In Fine Print, Vol. 9, No.1, January 1983. pp.27-29. Illustrated. With color reproductions of some of his illustrations on the front cover. READ MORE about FINE PRINT, A REVIEW FOR THE ARTS OF THE BOOK. VOLUME 9, NUMBER 1
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 22193
Lexington: The Anvil Press, 1988. 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper label, later cardboard slipcase. (vi), 15+(1) pages. First edition, limited to 50 numbered copies. Set in Unical and printed by Carolyn Hammer and Paul Holbrook on paper from the Magnani Mills, Pescia, Italy. The fourth work on Victor Hammer to be published by this press. This typescript was originally sent by Victor Hammer to the Library of Congress in July 1955. An interesting discussion on the..... READ MORE about THOSE VISIBLE MARKS...THE FORMS OF OUR LETTERS
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 24907
(Chicago, IL: The Caxton Club, ) 1953. large 8vo. quarter cloth with decorated pastepaper-covered boards, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges deckled. (72) pages. Printed by Jacob Hammer in an edition limited to 350 copies for the Caxton Club. (Hammer Press no.23; Piehl XLIX). Printed in Koch's Jensen with the title page in Civilite. Illustrated throughout with twenty woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. This edition of the text is based on old German puppet versions..... READ MORE about DOCTOR FAUST
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 55994
Lexington, KY: The Anvil Press, 1968. small 4to. string-bound cloth, paper front cover label. unpaginated. Limited to 100 numbered copies. Anvil Press Publication VIII. 20 hand painted woodcut illustrations of Kentucky wild flowers by Harriett McDonald Holladay. List of wild flowers included and illustrated precedes text. Pages French fold. READ MORE about KENTUCKY WILD FLOWERS
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 131309
N.P. American Printing History Association, 1994. folio. clam-shell box with paper cover label containing a four-page printed introduction by Michael Peich, a printed broadside listing participants and 29 broadside contributions by different private presses. Limited to 200 sets, A Type Miscellany, Twentieth Anniversary Broadside Portfolio was designed by Jerry Kelly with preliminary pages printed by The Stinehour Press. Contributions made by Dwight Agner, Mark Argetsinger, Lowell Bodger, John DePol, Morris Gelfand, Darrell Hyder, Steve Miller..... READ MORE about A TYPE MISCELLANY, TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY BROADSIDE PORTFOLIO
Price: $650.00 Order nr. 41174
N.P. American Printing History Association, 2006. 8vo. contributions loosely inserted in cloth clamshell box, paper spine label. Limited to 200 copies for sale (of 225 copies). Seventeen typographic arrangements of poems, contributed by 15 presses in a variety of typefaces, colors, formats, papers, some illustrated, all printed letterpress. The designers/printers are: Mindy Beloff, Michael and Winifred Bixler, Carolee Campbell, Ed Colker, Sandy Connors, Ron Gordon, Barbara Henry, Jerry Kelly, Kay Michael Kramer, David Pankow, Michael..... READ MORE about VERSE INTO TYPE, THE APHA POETRY PORTFOLIO
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 92033
New York: American Printing History Association, 2006. 8vo. contributions loosely inserted in cloth clamshell box, paper spine label. Limited to 225 copies.Various typographic arrangements of seventeen poems, both contemporary and classic, using a variety of typefaces, colors, formats, and papers, all printed letterpress. The poems were selected by the printers. Contributors include Mindy Beloff, Robin Price, Sandy Connors, Barbara Henry, Ed Colker, Ron Gordon, David Pankow, Jerry Kelly, Kay Michael Kramer, Michael Peich, Gaylord Schanilec..... READ MORE about VERSE INTO TYPE: THE APHA POETRY PORTFOLIO
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 97456
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 1998. small 8vo. full silk, paper spine label, deckled edges. (32) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 230 copies. A Festschrift in honor of Frederick Morgan's fiftieth anniversary at the Hudson Review. Collection of poetry with contributions by 20 contemporary American poets. Spectrum and Romulus Open Types on Rives Heavy Paper. Spine faded. READ MORE about INTELLIGENCE THERE WITH PASSION. A FESTSCHRIFT IN HONOR OF FREDERICK MORGAN'S FIFTIETH...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 131163
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 1988. 8vo. keepsakes loosely laid in paper portfolio. unpaginated. Limited to 200 copies, signed by the authors and labelled "Printer's Proof." Deluxe edition. A collection of seven Aralia Press keepsakes, with author, title, and descriptive text. Edges uncut. Contributors are: Ken Smith, Bruce Bawer, Tom Disch, Jon Veinberg, Dana Gioia, Len Roberts, and Gary Soto. READ MORE about A MISCELLANY OF ARALIA KEEPSAKES
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 129546
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 1996. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. unpaginated (12) pages. Limited to 200 copies. Spectrum and Romulus Open types on dampened Johannot paper. Biographical sketch of the author. READ MORE about WHAT'S IN A NAME
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 129558
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 2003. 8vo. cloth, paper front cover label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated (16) pages. Limited to 200 copies. Bembo tye on Zerkall paper. Introduction by Dana Gioia. From W.H. Auden: Collected Poems. Engravings by Abigail Rorer. A poem reflecting on the beginning of World War II in Europe. READ MORE about SEPTEMBER 1, 1939
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 129597
