Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, n.d., broadside (21 by 10 inches). Prospectus for Albert Camus, The Fall. A de luxe folio edition. Distributed by the Chiswick Book Shop of New York, whose stamp is on the bottom of this broadside. READ MORE about Publication Announcement by the Allen Press
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133026
N.P. The Allen Press, n.d. broadside (14 by 8 1/2 inches). Prospectus for The Book of Genesis, published by the Allen Press and distributed by the Chiswick Book Shop of New York. Includes Hebrew calligraphy. READ MORE about Publication Announcement by the Allen Press
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133037
Kentfield, CA: Allen Press, 1976. broadside (15 by 6 1/2 inches). Prospectus for John Dryden, All for Love, based on the story of Antony and Cleopatra. READ MORE about Publication Announcement by the Allen Press
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133092
(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: n.p., 1966. 7 by 10 1/2 inches. single sheet in envelope. Letter from Allen of the Allen Press to Mr. John Michael of the Acorn Press, April 18, 1966. Expresses thanks for receipt of "One Line Specimen Book." Describes current publishing project of Allen Press. READ MORE about Letter from Lewis Allen to John Michael
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 115665
(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
Spartanburg, SC: Kitemaug Press, 1969. miniature book (5.4 x 5.0 cm). cloth, labels on spine and front cover, decorated endpapers, dust jacket. unpaginated. Limited to 100 copies (Bradbury, Kitemaug Press 7). Pages of text cut into three parts. READ MORE about DO NOT DESPAIR
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 117454
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
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
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
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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: Anvil Press, n.d. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. A handlist of books offered by the Anvil Press. Includes an introduction by Lawrence S. Thompson and two black-and-white illustrations. Prospectus for new titles in the Special Publications series laid-in. Wrappers lightly soiled. READ MORE about PUBLICATIONS OF THE ANVIL PRESS
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 92404
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, 1994. folio. clam-shell box with paper cover label containing a four-page printed introduction by Michael Peich, a printed broadside listing participants and 28 (of 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..... READ MORE about A TYPE MISCELLANY, TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY BROADSIDE PORTFOLIO
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 123195
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
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 2003. 8vo. cloth, paper front cover label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (16) pages. Limited to 200 copies. Signed by Dana Gioia, who wrote the foreword, and engraver Abigail Rorer on colophon. Bembo type on Zerkall paper. Previously published in W.H. Auden: Collected Poems. A poetic work recalling the beginning of World War II in Europe. READ MORE about SEPTEMBER 1, 1939
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 129598
West Chester: Aralia Press, 1988. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Printed in an edition limited to 125 copies on Ingres Laid paper. Number one of the Aralia Press Chapbook series. Features eight poems by Bawer. New. READ MORE about INNOCENCE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 46321
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 1988. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Printed in an edition limited to 125 copies on Ingres Laid paper. Number one of the Aralia Press Chapbook series. Features eight poems by Bawer. This copy is signed by Bruce Bawer. New. READ MORE about INNOCENCE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 129624
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 1994. oblong 16mo. decorated stiff paper wrappers, bottom edge uncut, cord-tied. unpaginated (4) pages. Limited to 120 copies. Printed on Johannot paper. Translated from the German by Craig Kinosian. READ MORE about BEAUTIFUL VIEW
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 129556
