New York: Center for Book Arts, 1994. 8vo. red cloth, gilt author and title on cover. (2), 75, (3) pages. This play, set in New York City, is a thoughtful look at the last few months of the life of a man whose late wife sends him an angel to help prepare him for his next journey. This volume includes the complete text and a black-and-white reproduction of the Jim Dine frontispiece. Substantially reduced in..... READ MORE about HEART OF A BOY
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 103060
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2006. 8vo. Rives BFK paper wrappers, St. Armand Canal Denim slipcase with thumb cutouts, hand sewn. (22) pages. Limited edition of 100 signed and numbered copies in a paper slipcase. This collection was printed to commemorate the author's contribution as a judge in the Center's 2006 Poetry Chapbook Competition. Poems include "Into Blossom" and "Genesis." Designed, illustrated and letterpress printed from polymer plates on Zerkall Book paper by Amber..... READ MORE about THE BOOK
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 103169
New York: Center for Book Arts, 1998. 8vo. light tan speckled cover stock wrappers, title and author printed in black on tan paper label, hand sewn. (10), 23, (5) pages. Limited to an edition of 100 signed and numbered copies. This collection was the winner of the Center's 1998 Poetry Chapbook Competition judged by Sharon Dolin and Gerald Stern. Selections include "In the Missing Town," "August" and "On the Rail." Letterpress printed on Mohawk paper..... READ MORE about FOX LUCK
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 103163
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2007). large 12mo. light brown cloth, brown paper covered spine, red and black thread decoration on front cover. (32) pages. Limited to an edition of 100 numbered and signed copies. This collection was printed to commemorate the author's contribution as a judge in the Center's 2007 Poetry Chapbook Competition. Poems include "The Present," "The Familiar Stairs" and "Stone and Knife." Designed and letterpress printed on Rives paper by Shanna..... READ MORE about THE PRESENT: TWELVE POEMS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 103170
created by Andrew Atkinson
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2003). small 8vo. black cloth with title illustration in gray on cover. 24 pages. created by Andrew Atkinson. Published in a limited edition of 50 copies, each signed and numbered by "Jaldaboath." An early example of social and documentary photography, Street Life in London, by Adolph Smith and John Thomson, is the basis of this volume. Originally published in 1878, it was a project to photograph the street life..... READ MORE about STREET LIFE IN LONDON REDEEMED
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 103056
New York: Center for Book Arts, 1996. 8vo. hand-bound with Japanese stab style sewing, red Shin-Momi paper cover, title label printed in black on white paper, pages uncut at sides. (30) pages. Limited to an edition of 100 signed and numbered copies. This collection of twenty-three sonnets was the winner of the Center's 1996 Poetry Chapbook Competition judged by Sharon Dolin and William Matthews. Letterpress printed on Masa by the interns of the Center under..... READ MORE about CINNAMON BAY SONNETS
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 103160
(New York): Center for Book Arts, 2006. 8vo. hand sewn with red cord, heavy brown paper wrappers, title and author printed in white on black paper label that wraps across spine. 27, (3) pages. Limited to an edition of 100 signed and numbered copies. This collection was the winner of the Center's 2006 Poetry Chapbook Competition judged by Albert Goldbarth and Sharon Dolin. Selections include "Mosjoukine in Exile" and "The Bicycle Thief." Designed and letterpress..... READ MORE about FILM HISTORY AS TRAIN WRECK
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 103161
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 1995). 8 x 6.5 inches. hardcover. accordion folded into 16 pages. Limited edition of 100 copies signed and numbered by the author. Krause provides an intriguing and amusing glimpse into the everyday operation of a roller skating rink for animals who must check their feet at the door in exchange for wheels. "One wheel per foot checked. Snakes, legless lizards and fish, being footless, will receive up to six..... READ MORE about ANIMALS ON WHEELS
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 103040
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2008. large 8vo. dark blue stiff paper wrappers, page bottoms uncut, title and author printed in dull silver, hand sewn with navy string. (12), 26, (6) pages. Limited to an edition of 100 numbered and signed copies. This collection was the winner of the Center's 2008 Poetry Chapbook Competition judged by Tomaz Salamun and Sharon Dolin. Selections include " How Do You Teach a Girl the Things She Should..... READ MORE about TO SHOW THE LIVING
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 103171
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2007. large 8vo. grey blue heavy paper wrappers, hand sewn, title printed in black on lime green label that wraps around spine, some edges uncut. (6), 32, (6) pages. Limited edition of 100 numbered and signed copies. This collection was the winner of the Center's 2007 Poetry Chapbook Competition judged by Jane Hirshfield and Sharon Dolin. Poems include "A Stone to Place on a Cairn,"Restless Ghost" and "The Last..... READ MORE about OBJECTS AND MEMENTOS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 103166
New York: Center for Book Arts, 1999. large 8vo. dark teal blue Bugra Bütten wrappers, hand sewn, two signatures individually attached, author and title printed in black on off-white paper label. (8), 28, (4) pages. Limited to an edition of 100 signed and numbered copies. This collection was the winner of the Center's 1999 Poetry Chapbook Competition judged by Eavan Boland and Sharon Dolin. Selections include "White Iris" and "As Is." Letterpress printed on Arches..... READ MORE about LEAP SECOND TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 103165
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2001. 10.25 x 5.75 inches. portfolio, six woodcut images printed on both sides. six woodcut images printed on both sides. Limited to an edition of 40 signed and numbered by the author. Comprised of six reductive woodcut images, Ticket Licket focuses on the single life of the artist as a gay male. The raffle ticket format reflects the element of chance that is part of any life. Ben Rinehart..... READ MORE about TICKET LICKET
Price: $1,250.00 Order nr. 103059
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2008). small 4to. paper case make of black Plike, folded French butcher paper sheets. n.p. Limited to an edition of 100 signed and numbered copies. This collection was printed to honor the author's contribution as a judge in the Center's 2008 Poetry Chapbook Competition. Presented in the original Slovenian with an English translation, five poems were printed on three broadsides and folded twice to fit inside the folder. There..... READ MORE about FLOWER
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 103162
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 1993). 5.75 x 5.75 x 8.25 inches. card stock covers. accodion folded into 14 pages. Edition is limited to 250 signed and numbered copies. The text is typeset first in the Alphabet of Bones, an original calligraphy based on the hollow bones of birds, then in Malibu italic, on alternating pages. The paper is 100% cotton fiber Clearprint. Paper engineering was done by Allwyn Bookbinder with silhouettes of a...... READ MORE about THREE CAGES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 103058
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2004. 8vo. tan Canford paper cover with image of bear, hand sewn. (12), 22, (10) pages. Limited edition of 100 numbered and signed copies. This collection was the winner of the Center's 2004 Poetry Chapbook Competition judged by C. K. Williams and Sharon Dolin. Letterpress printed on Magnani Velata and hand bound by Nancy Loeber. Poems include "Reading the Bay," "Widow's Walk" and "The Long Marriage." READ MORE about SALT MOTHER, ANIMAL DAD
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 103167
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2004. oblong 8vo. dark grey and teal green Nepali paper cover, various color Nepali paper pages, hand sewn. n.p. Limited to an edition of 150 signed and numbered copies. This collection was printed to commemorate the author's contribution as a judge in the Center's 2004 Poetry Chapbook Competition. Created after the painting Interrogation by Leon Golub, this work seeks to represent "four interrogators; a victim, bound and hooded; red..... READ MORE about INTERROGATION II
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 103164
Summer Garden Editions
New York: Center for Book Arts, 1998. 7.25 x 11 inches. hardcover with clamshell box. 56 pages. Summer Garden Editions. Limited to an edition of 100 signed and numbered copies, of which 50 were reserved for the Center's members and associates. Diary of a Madman is considered to be one of Gogol's greatest short stories. The tale centers on the life of a minor civil servant during the repressive era of Nicholas I. Translated from..... READ MORE about THE DIARY OF A MADMAN
Price: $2,000.00 Order nr. 103057
New York: Center for Book Arts, 1993. 4to. stiff paper wrappers with paper structure in center. 8 pages. An exhibition was held in New York from October 1 to November 27, 1993 featuring works by Kyle and twenty contemporary book artists that have been inspired by Ms. Kyle's unique and creative bindings. The essay by Brian Hannon maintains that "All the works in the exhibition in some way challenge established notions about this cultural icon..... READ MORE about HEDI KYLE & HER INFLUENCE: 1977 - 1993
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 103927
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2003. 8vo. blue Aurora covers with embossed design, hand sewn with inner edges of covers folded and caught inside between signatures. (16) pages. Edition of 150 numbered copies signed by the author and the illustrator. Printed from photopolymer plates on Permalin Dove Gray and Vanilla Antique papers with Aurora covers. The text was set in Lucida. Drawings are by Christopher Stackhouse; lithography of images by David Lantow; letterpress printing..... READ MORE about SEISMOSIS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 103159
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2008). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. This exhibition which was held in New York from April 11 to June 28, 2008, invited artists, who in turn invited additional participants, to submit work via the postal service, thus creating a network of communication that reflected the complex and varied meaning of the book, mapping, and social networking in the 21st century. The resulting exhibition was a visual explosion..... READ MORE about MAPPING CORRESPONDENCE: MAIL ART IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 103178
Portland, OR: Chamberlain Press, 1985. 16mo. marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited editon of 150 numbered copies signed by the printer, Sarah Chamberlain. Woodcut illustrations by Sarah Chamberlain. Binding by Barbara Blumenthal and printing assisted by Bill De Armond. Garamond type and Rives paper. READ MORE about STONE SOUP
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 107271
N.P. Cheloniidae Press, 1982. small folio. red quarter leather. Unpaginated. Limited to an edition of 300 copies of which this is 'Artist's Proof 1', the Artist's Copy. Illustrated by Alan Robinson. The large red initials printed in the regular edition are done by calligrapher Betse Curtis. The book is a compilation of travellers' descriptions of real and mythical beasts drawn from five hundred years of travelogues. Each page of text is adorned with a small..... READ MORE about AN ODD BESTIARY
Price: $1,350.00 Order nr. 61561
Williamsburg: Cheloniidae Press, 1984. tall 8vo. quarter vellum by Gray Parrot with a suite of four unicorn woodengravings enclosed and the etching of Browne in a chemise and inserted in a quarter vellum tray-case. 56 pages. Limited to 210 copies of which this is one of 60 copies of the signed and numbered deluxe edition. This deluxe edition is printed on an obsolete Whatman paper and contains a frontispiece etching of Sir Thomas Browne not..... READ MORE about OF UNICORNS HORNES
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 40438
Williamsburg: Cheloniidae Press, 1984. tall 8vo. full vellum non-adhesive limp binding by Gray Parrot, quarter vellum tray-case, quarter vellum over cloth boards clamshell box. 56 pages. Limited to 210 copies of which this is one of 5 artist proof copies signed by the artist. This deluxe edition is printed on an obsolete Whatman paper and contains a frontispiece etching of Sir Thomas Browne not in the regular edition and is inserted in the special tray-case..... READ MORE about OF UNICORNS HORNES
Price: $2,500.00 Order nr. 134578
(Easthampton, MA): Cheloniidae Press & Wonder Book Editions, (2019). small folio. cloth clamshell box, paper label on cover. loose signatures inserted into two chamise. NOTE: due to high demand, this portfolio has a backorder wait period of about three weeks. First edition of 130 copies, of which this is one of 30 copies reserved for portfolios for a complete set of 24 total broadsides. In addition, this is one of the select undetermined amount of..... READ MORE about IF THERE WERE NO BOOKS
Price: $6,000.00 Order nr. 134385
