Verona, Italy: Biblioteca Civica di Verona, 1996. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. First edition. An exhibition catalogue devoted to the history of fine printing with a large number of English and American examples. Annotated descriptions describe 31 items. Lists works by Plain Wrapper Press and Doves Press. Illustrated. READ MORE about STAMPATORI TORCHI LIBRI, 1895-1996
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 55386
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 1997). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (24) pages. A survey of contemporary implementations of the Coptic structure from an historical perspective, the exhibition was curated by Zahra Partovi at the Center for Book Arts from April 12 to June 14, 1997. The illustrations are drawings of Coptic cover designs by Theodore C. Petersen for the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, and were printed onto vellum. Two hundred copies..... READ MORE about COPTIC AND COLLAGE: ANCIENT TECHNIQUE, MODERN APPLICATION
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 103174
New York: Center for Book Arts, 1996. large 12mo. paperback pamphlet, hand sewn. (36) pages. This exhibition, held in New York from September 28 to December 7, 1996, reveals the innovative ways artists utilize paper to express ideas conveyed in books and broadsides. Rather than viewing paper as merely a neutral substrate, many of these works employ unusual or evocative papers that integrate the medium's physical components, fiber, watermark, decorative elements, weight and texture with..... READ MORE about PAPER, ART AND THE BOOK
Price: $10.00 save 50% $5.00 Order nr. 103181
New York: Center for Book Arts, 1987. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 28 pages. An exhibition of 45 works by innovative French bookbinder de Gonet was held in New York from May 16 to June 16, 1987. According to Jan van der Marck in the introduction, innovation is a radical attack on the continuity of thought and action that distinguishes culture and informs tradition. There are two ways in which to detect it: by deduction and..... READ MORE about AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKBINDINGS BY JEAN DE GONET
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 103926
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
Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1991. 8vo. paper wrappers. 72 pages. Lists many books, by press, printed by private presses for the year of issue. Beautifully illustrated with illustrations from some of the entries. READ MORE about PRIVATE PRESS BOOKS 1989
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 33966
Edited and with commentary by Joyce Lancester Wilson.
Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, 1990. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. xii, 198, (2) pages. Edited and with commentary by Joyce Lancester Wilson. Limited to 850 copies and printed from Monotype Ehrhardt at the press of W. Thomas Taylor. Adrian Wilson (1923-1988) was internationally known as a designer and printer of fine books. During his career, he produced over 200 titles, authored a standard text, The Design of Books for his field, wrote two important..... READ MORE about TWO AGAINST THE TIDE A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR IN WORLD WAR II, SELECTED LETTERS, 1941-1948
Price: $7.50 Order nr. 42169
Chicago: The Caxton Club, 2003. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, smythsewn: drawn-on, hinge-scored cover; trimmed flush. 40 pages. Full color catalogue written for the Caxton Club exhibition Inland Printers: The Fine-Press Movement in Chicago, 1920-45, held at Columbia College in Chicago, January 15, 2003. Features writings of 12 Caxtonians including: John P. Chalmers, Robert A. Cotner, Kim Coventry, Celia Hilliard, Thomas J. Joyce, Arthur H. Miller, Frank J. Piehl, Susan F. Rossen, Michael Thompson, and..... READ MORE about INLAND PRINTERS: THE FINE-PRESS MOVEMENT IN CHICAGO, 1920-1945
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 72548
New York: Center for Book Arts, 1986. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (52) pages. An exhibition, curated by Richard Minsky, was held in New York from April 3 to May 16, 1986. This show of Phillips original manuscripts and small editions helped bridge the boundary between book art and artists' books. It included 37 works by the London artist from 1970-1986. Filled with illustrations including many in color. READ MORE about BOOKWORKS BY TOM PHILLIPS, AN EXHIBITION AT THE CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 103173
New York: Center for Book Arts, 1994. square 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. This is a catalogue for an exhibition held in New York from January 14 to March 25, 1994, which contained the work of printers, bookbinders and papermakers who are all instructors of the book arts, as well as artists in their own right. Some of the participating artists were Marcia Ciro, Nadja Press, Peter and Donna Thomas, and Mary Phelan. Contemporary..... READ MORE about MASTERS OF THE CRAFT: WORKS BY INSTRUCTORS OF BOOK ARTS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 103179
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2008). large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Organized by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Independent Curator, and held in New York from July 9 to September 13, 2008, this exhibition examines art publications produced by artists and collaboratives. The publications selected for the exhibitions each embody a spirit of collaboration and experimentation and a DIY ethos. Independent publication allows artists to bypass the gallery system, and to make art cheaply and..... READ MORE about ARTIST AS PUBLISHER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 103172
(Paris): Fondation Maeght, 1970. square small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 191, (3) pages. Exhibition catalogue of books and art created by the friends of Pierre Reverdy. Includes works by Picasso, Braque, Laurens, Gris, Léger, Matisse, Modigliani, Manolo, Gargallo, Derain, Chagall, Giacometti and Miró. Filled with illustrations including many in color. Three-page introduction by Jacques Dupin. Text in French. Good. READ MORE about PIERRE REVERDY, LA RENCONTRE DE
Price: $23.00 Order nr. 62179
Revere, PA: Woolmer - Brotherson Ltd., 1986. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xix, 70 pages. First edition. The Samurai Press was founded in 1906 at Ranworth Hall, near Norwich, by Maurice Browne, Harold Marno, and others, with the object of publishing attractive and moderately-priced works of a transcendental nature, chiefly poetry, by young, aspiring, and little-known authors. The Press published 30 books during its lifetime, some of which were hand-printed on the press that was later..... READ MORE about THE SAMURAI PRESS, 1906-1909, A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 50293
New York: The Typophiles, 1993. small 8vo. paper wrappers. (16) pages. Printed in an edition originally limited to 800 copies printed at the Stinehour Press in Summer 1993, this being one of 100 additional copies printed December 1993. Typophile Monograph, New Series, No. 10. Abe Lerner discuss the making of the Typophile Chap Books Bibliography. Distributed for the Typophiles by Oak Knoll Press. READ MORE about DESIGNING A BOOK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 61089
With Remarks by John Randle, John Dreyfus & Mark Batty.
N.P. International Typeface Corporation and the Typophiles, 1994. 6 x 9 inches. paperback, dust jacket. 63+(1) pages. With Remarks by John Randle, John Dreyfus & Mark Batty. Limited to 2,500 copies printed by letterpress at the Stinehour Press with design by Jerry Kelly. A well-annotated exhibition catalogue describing over 60 productions of the Whittington Press. Includes black-and-white illustrations and a wood engraving by Miriam Macgregor, tipped in. The wood engraving and dust jacket were printed..... READ MORE about PRINTING AT THE WHITTINGTON PRESS, 1972-1994, AN EXHIBITION
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 61159
New York: The Typophiles, 1999. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (ii), 17, (5) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Typophile Monograph, New Series - Number 15. Printed at the Woodside Press in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Preface by Theo Rehak giving a history of the publishing program, followed by a tribute to Morris Gelfand. With a wood engraving by John DePol on the title page. Distributed for the Typophiles by Oak Knoll Press. READ MORE about THE TYPOPHILES PUBLISHING PROGRAM
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 61926
Number two of the CODE(X) Monograph Series
Berkeley, California: CODEX Foundation, 2008. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. paperback pamphlet. 24 pages. Number two of the CODE(X) Monograph Series. Number two of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Includes several essays and notebook entries by Peter Koch related to the craft of making books. This book was designed and printed in an edition of 500 copies on a Heidelberg cylinder press by Peter Koch assisted by Jonathan Gerken for the CODEX Foundation. The cover was printed..... READ MORE about ART: DEFINITION FIVE (AND OTHER WRITINGS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 102898
Number three of the CODE(X) Monograph Series
Berkeley, California: CODEX Foundation, 2008. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. paperback pamphlet. 24 pages. Number three of the CODE(X) Monograph Series. Number three of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Loney's essay discusses his thoughts on both the physical value as well as the textual value of books and libraries. This book was designed and printed in an edition of 500 copies on a Heidelberg cylinder press by Peter Koch assisted by Jonathan Gerken and Shanna Mahan for..... READ MORE about EACH NEW BOOK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 102903
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2009. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Text and image are two forms of communication that have enormous potential to combine, intermingle, blend, and flow - thus creating new modes of expression. This exhibition, held in New York from April 15 to June 27, 2009, features over thirty artists, whose backgrounds are in different media, including painting, sculpture, video and performance art, printing, and the book arts. These..... READ MORE about FLO: ART, TEXT, NEW MEDIA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 103175
(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
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2005). large square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, hand sewn stab binding. 55, (1) pages. Held simultaneously in Paris in October and in New York from October to December, 2005, and organized by Maddy Rosenberg, independent curator, New York City, and Devorah Boxer, Vice President, Le Trait, Paris, this exhibition brings together works by eighteen American artists and eighteen French artists to highlight the role of the artist printmaker and..... READ MORE about NEW YORK/PARIS DIALOGUE PARIS/NEW YORK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 103180
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2007. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 35 pages. Held in New York from September 28 to December 8, 2007, this group exhibition was organized by Tony White, Head, Fine Arts Library, Indiana University, Bloomington. More than forty artists participated to create a visual experience that charts the rise and fall of offset printed artists' books. Includes a Genealogy In Progress of offset artists' books, an essay by the curator, and..... READ MORE about PRODUCTION, NOT REPRODUCTION: OFFSET PRINTED ARTIST BOOKS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 103182
(New York): Center for Book Arts, 2008. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Held in New York from January 18 to March 28, 2008 and organized by independent curator, Graham Parker, this show featured work that invokes the idea of rhythm in a multitude of forms, including the breakdown, confusion, acceleration, deceleration, and disruption of tempo. Examining both the printed page and multimedia interpretations, Parker provides extensive and insightful commentary on diverse explorations of..... READ MORE about SKIPPING THE PAGE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 103183
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2010. 7.5 x 9.75 inches. paperback. 110 pages. This collection brings together the art and combination of image and language. Poems and Pictures was organized by guest curator Kyle Schlesinger and examines the relationship between seeing and reading, and language and visual art. Featuring 90 artworks from presses in operation between 1945 and 1981, the work is committed to provocative writings with equally inspiring imagery. In order to provide..... READ MORE about POEMS & PICTURES: A RENAISSANCE IN THE ART OF THE BOOK (1946-1981
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 105200
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2009. 5.75 x 8.25 inches. boards. 28 pages. This exhibition explores the use of thread in 35 works, many multi-part presenting anywhere from 3 to 13 pieces of the entire series, by 38 different artists. It examines how thread is used as a design element to convey content and form. Featured artworks include books, sculptures, mixed-media installation, and videos. Samplers, Stitches, and Swatches are the three general themes of..... READ MORE about THREADS: INTERWEAVING TEXTU(R)AL MEANING
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 105204
Number five of the CODE(X) Monograph Series.
Berkeley, California: CODEX Foundation, 2010. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. paperback pamphlet. 24 pages. Number five of the CODE(X) Monograph Series. Number five of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Russell Maret explores the future of the private press and the division between the private press and the fine press. The fine printer, often a commercial outfit, leaves proportion, legibility, and craftsmanship as secondary principles, where as the private press printer is possessed with an irrepressible need to..... READ MORE about VISIONARIES & FANATICS: TYPE DESIGN & THE PRIVATE PRESS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 107488
Hartford: Watkinson Library, Trinity College, 2014. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 64 pages. This checklist of contemporary artists' books at the Watkinson Library comprises a collection of roughly 300 titles spanning from the 1970s to the present. Entries are arranged by artist within categories relating to production methods, and include a short bibliographic description. With 12 color illustrations. Limited edition of 250 copies designed by Michael Russem at Kat Ran Press. READ MORE about ARTISTS' BOOKS IN THE WATKINSON LIBRARY: A CHECKLIST
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 122544
(Philadelphia, PA): Penn Libraries/Kislak Center, (2016). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 132, (2) pages. First edition. A catalogue issued in conjunction with "Across the Spectrum: Color in American Fine & Private Press Books 1890-2015," at the University of Pennsylvania Library. Table of contents, acknowledgments, essays by the authors and by Russell Maret, listing of fine and private presses in the Vilain-Wieck Collection at the Penn Library. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about COLOR IN AMERICAN FINE AND PRIVATE PRESS BOOKS 1890-2015
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 128335
With a Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell.
Clifton: Bookman Publications, Inc., (1992). 6 x 9.5 inches. hardcover. (viii), 171 pages. With a Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. First edition. The autobiography of this legendary California bookman. He recalls his private press work, his friends Lawrence Clark Powell, Jake Zeitlin, Paul Landacre, Robinson Jeffers, W.A. Dwiggins and many others. Illustrated. READ MORE about YEARS TOUCHED WITH MEMORIES
Price: $38.00 Order nr. 60949
With an Introduction to the Reader by Robert D. Fleck
(New Castle, DE): Oak Knoll Press, 2006. 8vo. cloth, deckle edges, paper cover label. 52 pages. With an Introduction to the Reader by Robert D. Fleck. Limited to 900 numbered copies of which this is one of 700 printed by hand at the Kotinos Press in Athens, Greece. Issued in conjunction with the 30th Anniversary of Oak Knoll and containing a biographical introduction by its proprietor, Robert Fleck. Konstantinos Staikos has become more than an..... READ MORE about THE MIRROR OF THE LIBRARY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 90815
(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
Petersham: Ant Press, 2011. 8 x 9.5 inches. paperback. 190 pages. The Silent Scream: Political and Social Comment in Books by Artists presents not only a companion catalogue to an exhibition held at the Monash University Rare Books Library, but also a journey through some of humanity's most inhumane and hypocritical moments. The catalogue provides insights into 77 influential books and works presented in book form in the past 90 years. Monica Oppen and Peter..... READ MORE about THE SILENT SCREAM: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL COMMENT IN BOOKS BY ARTISTS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 108927
New Castle, Delaware and Oxford: Oak Knoll Press and The Bodleian Library, 2010. 6 x 9 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 160 pages. Set up in 1968, John Fuller's Sycamore Press published some of the most influential and critically acclaimed writers of the past half-century. Operating from a garage, the press published established authors, such as W. H. Auden, Philip Larkin and Peter Porter, as well as promoting young poets, including James Fenton and Alan Hollinghurst..... READ MORE about JOHN FULLER & THE SYCAMORE PRESS: A BIBLIOGRAPHIC HISTORY
Price: $49.95 Order nr. 104085
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 5.5 x 8.75 inches. Cloth, dust jacket. 264 pages. "Meticulously researched ... Those studying the small press scene and late nineteenth-century Oxford will find this book indispensable." - Ada Coghen, TLS "The Daniel Press &The Garland of Rachel is a thoroughly enjoyable book, and if future censuses follow the typographical design of this one, we are in for a treat." - Paul van Capelleveen, Quarendo "William S. and..... READ MORE about THE DANIEL PRESS AND THE GARLAND OF RACHEL
Price: $49.95 Order nr. 127575
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, 1990. 4 x 6 inches. brown paper wrappers, die cut pages, hand sewn, black paper envelope. 16 pages. Limited to an edition of 400 numbered pamphlets. This catalogue, for an exhibit held June 7 to August 31, 1990 and curated by Ruth A. Ely, contains multi-colored silkscreen images on die cut pages with an introduction by Jan van der Wateren, Keeper and Chief Librarian of the National Art Library..... READ MORE about SPIN ½, BOOKS, PAINTINGS, AND MEMORABILIA BY JOHN ERIC BROADDUS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 103184
New York: American Printing History Association, 2002. 8vo. cloth. 196 pages. While preparing an exhibition to accompany the 1997 Dartmouth Book Arts Summer Workshop, "Joseph Blumenthal and the Spiral Press," Mr. Cronenwett discovered that there was no standard bibliography of The Spiral Press. Since that time, Mr. Cronenwett has exhaustively researched and examined the holdings of many collections to compile this checklist of more than 600 items. The bibliography lists the press's monographs, pamphlets, exhibition..... READ MORE about THE SPIRAL PRESS (1926-1971), A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 97455
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2010. 7 x 10 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 152 pages. This book is primarily a bibliographical study of all the known works printed and published by John Rodker (1894-1955) at the Ovid Press, London, 1919-1922, and the associated projects connected to his second imprint, the Casanova Society. The Ovid Press's output was not prolific - 17 known items were produced - but the nature of the works and the..... READ MORE about JOHN RODKER'S OVID PRESS: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 104083
Pinner, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 2009. 7.25 x 10.75 in. hardcover. 328 pages. The book consists of a detailed history of the Press and a full bibliography of its publications and ephemera, tracing the venture from its origins in Sydney, Australia, in the early 1920s, to success in London from 1926, and its final dissolution in 1930. The Press was notable for the literary input of its proprietor Jack Lindsay, working initially with John Kirtley..... READ MORE about THE FANFROLICO PRESS: SATYRS, FAUNS AND FINE BOOKS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 101286
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2013. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 208 pages. Founded by Will Carter in 1924, the Rampant Lions Press in Cambridge, England, established itself as one of the leading letterpress workshops in the decades after the Second World War. Will was joined by his son Sebastian in the 1960s, and the business became known worldwide for its craftsmanship and design skills. It was not strictly a private press..... READ MORE about THE RAMPANT LIONS PRESS: A NARRATIVE CATALOGUE
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 114713
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 10.5 x 8 inches. Cloth, dust jacket. 232 pages. "Alastair Johnston's engaging and all-embracing survey of California printing takes us from its early beginnings in the 1870s (San Francisco's first type foundry opened in 1874), and covers all the printers we encountered in California, including himself, and a great many others besides." - John Randle, Matrix "Through the lens of Johnson's expertise, we again see how fine art..... READ MORE about DREAMING ON THE EDGE: POETS AND BOOK ARTISTS IN CALIFORNIA
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 128359
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, 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, 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 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, 2002. 8vo. tan paper wrappers with simple dark tan body silhouette, hand sewn with ivory string. (12) pages. This collection was printed to commemorate the author's contribution as a judge in the Center's 2002 Poetry Chapbook Competition. Letterpress printed by Fameorshame Press. Limited edition of 100 number and signed copies. READ MORE about LYNN EMANUEL: SELF PORTRAIT WITH WORDS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 103168
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, 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, 2010. 9 x 6.5 inches. loose sheets held together with twine. 11 pages. Between Ghosts is a collection of eight poems referencing death and the Bible. Poems include Funeral Dance, To a Hymn Book, Ode to Big Trend, Stick Elegy, The Blue Sylvia, Like Mercy, Prayer, and A. Machine. The poems were printed and designed for the Center for Book Arts 2010 Chapbook Competition. The text is letterpress printed..... READ MORE about BETWEEN GHOSTS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 105205
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2010. 7.25 x 12.25 inches. paperback. 23 pages. Limited to 100 copies. A compilation of eight poems designed and printed by Barbara Henry. Poems include "Still Life without History, Still Life with Abraham Lincoln," "Twenty-Three Years before the Confederacy Shot Him, a Hundred Years before the Nazis Tried to Prove Him Wrong," "Still Life with Frederick Douglas Learning the Alphabet, Stopping for a Moment at O," "Flash Forward with..... READ MORE about STILL LIFE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 105206
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2010. 7.5 x 10 inches. paperback. 28 pages. 22 poems.The manuscript for this book won the 2009 Poetry Chapbook Competition at The Center for Book Arts. Set in French Round Face with titling in Flash by Ed Rayher at Swamp Press. Designed and printed on a Vandercook Proof Press by Barbara Henry. The edition is 100 signed and numbered copies. READ MORE about LOVE LETTERS TO SONS OF BITCHES
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 105208
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2011. 7.5 x 10 inches. paperback. 28 pages. This book won the 2011 Poetry Chapbook Competition at the Center for Book Arts, judged by Kimiko Hahn and Sharon Dolin. The book contains the poems "Ocean Voyager," "Undressing the River," "When Last-," "One Fine Philadelphia Morning," "Last Surviving Hymn to Hathor," "Undressing the River II," "Album," "Matins," "Night, A Suburb," "Mutter," "Undressing the River III", "Bessie's Hymn," and "My Brother's..... READ MORE about UNDRESSING THE RIVER
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 108489
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2012. 7.75 x 9.75 inches. paperback. 32 pages. The manuscript for this book won the 2012 Poetry Chapbook Competition at the Center for Book Arts, judged by Phillis Levin and Sharon Dolin. The book contains the poems "Human Field," "Seven Psalms," "Self Portrait as Bronze," "Blood Memory," "Songs for the Boisterous Month," "To Certain Students," "Suspect," "Where the Arrows Fell," "Famously Beautiful City," and "Postscript." Letterpress printed and bound..... READ MORE about HUMAN FIELD
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 112252
(Claremont, CA): Scripps College Press, 2016. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 255+(1) pages. The Scripps College Press has been making collaborative student books for thirty years, publishing one edition each semester for a total of sixty editions. This new bibliography includes all the books produced by the students in the Typography and the Book Arts class, devoting four pages to each book and showing several photos of each. The accompanying text by Kitty Maryatt..... READ MORE about SIXTY OVER THIRTY: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS PRINTED SINCE 1986 AT THE SCRIPPS COLLEGE PRESS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 128934
New York: The Typophiles, 1997. small 8vo. cloth. xiii, 95, (3) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Chap Book, New Series, Number One. Short biography of Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), a reprint of the 1965 Master's Thesis by Mansbridge, who was acquainted with Mr. Rogers during the last decade or so of his life. (Facing the title page is a photo of the author and Mr. Rogers.) There is no discussion of books designed by Mr. Rogers..... READ MORE about BRUCE ROGERS: AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHER
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 61160
With an Introduction to the Reader by Robert D. Fleck
(New Castle, DE): Oak Knoll Press, 2006. 8vo. full leather, deckle edges, paper cover label. 52 pages. With an Introduction to the Reader by Robert D. Fleck. Limited to 900 numbered copies of which this is one of 200 printed by hand at the Kotinos Press in Athens, Greece on special paper and bound thus. Issued in conjunction of the 30th Anniversary of Oak Knoll and containing a biographical introduction by its proprietor. Konstantinos Staikos..... READ MORE about THE MIRROR OF THE LIBRARY
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 90816
An Examination of the Origin, Printing, Binding and Distribution of America's First Color Plate Book, With Special Emphasis on the Manner of Making and Printing Its Colored Plates.
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2012. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover. 128 pages. An Examination of the Origin, Printing, Binding and Distribution of America's First Color Plate Book, With Special Emphasis on the Manner of Making and Printing Its Colored Plates. Second edition, limited to 260 copies. Jacob Bigelow's American Medical Botany, published in three volumes between 1817 and 1821 and containing sixty colored plates, occupies a unique place in American book printing and..... READ MORE about JACOB BIGELOW'S AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANY, 1817-1821
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 108936
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2017. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, cloth spine over paper-covered boards. 264 pages. "Several checklists appear, one at the end of each chapter, listing all the books discussed and arranged chronologically... to help a reader understand the content of what was printed. Though the text is an enjoyable read from start to finish, the addition of these checklists, as well as the comprehensive bibliography and footnotes, allow readers to..... READ MORE about THE PRIVATELY PRINTED BIBLE: PRIVATE AND FINE PRESS PRINTINGS OF BIBLICAL TEXTS, 1892-2000
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 129283
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 7.5 x 10.75 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 256 pages. "The texts of the three lectures are given with a plethora of well-reproduced visual aids: almost every manuscript, piece of printed matter or artefact that Walker referred to is illustrated close to the reference, from a wide variety of sources." - Sebastian Carter, Journal of the Printing Historical Society Sir Emery Walker (1851-1933) was a leading figure of the..... READ MORE about PRINTING FOR BOOK PRODUCTION: EMERY WALKER'S THREE LECTURES FOR THE SANDARS READERSHIP IN...
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 131955
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 7.125 x 9.25 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 216 pages. "This new study offers an insight into his work, the personality that drove his long career, and the fascinating, highly-charged social and political backgrounds against which that career was played out." - William Morris Society Magazine, Spring 2020 "Correspondence forms forms the backbone of Loxley's recent book Emery Walker: Arts, crafts and a world in motion, and builds a...... READ MORE about EMERY WALKER: ARTS, CRAFTS, AND A WORLD IN MOTION
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 133470
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, 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
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, 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
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2009. 20.25 x 13.5 inches. masa paper, waxed ururyu cover, vellum wrapper. 2 large sheets. Designed and printed by Delphi Basilicato as the judge's book from the 2009 chapbook competition. The edition is 100 signed and numbered copies. It is printed on masa paper with a waxed Ururyu cover a vellum wrapper, set in Franklin Book and Centaur. A series of four poems, "Storm Catechism," "Half-Blind Elegy," "November 11..... READ MORE about ANOTHER DAY ON EARTH
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 105207
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2006. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover, quarter leather binding w/ slipcase. 104 pages. This book, limited to an edition of 300 copies, tells the story of Edward Seymour and his firm, The Fancy Paper Company. This British company manufactured marbled and other decorated (fancy) papers for the bookbinding and related industries from about 1919 to 1971. With eighteen illustrations showing their methods and copies of correspondence, and twenty tipped-in..... READ MORE about EDWARD SEYMOUR AND THE FANCY PAPER COMPANY: THE STORY OF A BRITISH MARBLED PAPER MANUFACTURER
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 90944
2 volumes.
Berlin: Triton, 2000. 4to. linen-covered boards, both volumes enclosed in a linen slipcase. 391,(3) pages; 20 inserts in portfolio. 2 volumes. Printed in an edition of 2000 copies. Volume I of a series of three installments, not yet completed. Praised as "a masterpiece of book production" and "a product of enthusiasts" by critic Wilfried F. Schoeller, the book traces the early 20th-century history of the Insel publishing house. Insel earned its renown by turning book..... READ MORE about VOM ORNAMENT ZUR LINIE, DER FRÜHE INSEL-VERLAG 1899 BIS 1924
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 63454
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
New York: Center for Book Arts, various. various. variety of pamphlets and broadsides. various. Over the years, the Center for Book Arts has hosted a wide variety of exhibitions. This collection presents twenty-six examples of exhibition catalogues from 1979 to 2005. Included are "An Exhibition of Work by Benjamin D. Rinehart" May 15 - July 2, 1999; "Book Makers: Center for Book Arts First Five Years" October 24 - November 9, 1979; "Celebrating Artist Members..... READ MORE about EXHIBITION CATALOGUES FROM THE CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 103188
New Castle, DE: (Oak Knoll Press), 2018. large 4to. cloth covered boards, silk ties. Limited to 80 numbered copies, of which 53 are available for sale. Of the 37 printers at Oak Knoll Fest XX, those who contributed broadsides to this portfolio celebrating fine printing and the book arts include: Pied Oxen Printers, Elies Plana, Richard Minsky, Wesley Tanner, Ninja Press, Deep Wood Press, Boss Dog Press, Old School Press, Lead Graffiti, Clinker Press, Lark..... READ MORE about OAK KNOLL FEST XX PORTFOLIO
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 133287
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
Berlin and Williamstown, MA: Triton Verlag and the Chapin Library, Williams College, 2005. 4to. cloth, slipcase. 456 pages. First edition in English (from the 2004 German edition). A fine copy. The Cranach Press, though located in Germany, was inspired by and became an integral product of the English private press movement. Following advice from Emery Walker, new typefaces were drawn by Edward Johnston and cut by Edward Prince and George Friend; then Harry Gage-Cole was..... READ MORE about THE BOOK AS A WORK OF ART, THE CRANACH PRESS OF COUNT HARRY KESSLER
Price: $290.00 Order nr. 88729
Boxed edition for fifth anniversary
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2006). 5.75 x 7.5 inches. loose sheets contained in red cloth covered matchbox style container with cloth covered flaps on inner sliding tray to protect contents, black title on ivory label. n.p. Boxed edition for fifth anniversary. Limited to an edition of 75. This boxed set was designed, printed letterpress, and created at the Center for Book Arts to commemorate the reading held in New York on Friday, March..... READ MORE about CENTER BROADSIDES READING SERIES: FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 103156
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2015. 6.5 x 9 inches. paperback, paper dust jacket. unpaginated. Limited to only 40 numbered copies. In honor of the 40th Anniversary of the Center for Book Arts, the past curators of the annual Broadside Reading Series, now in its 15th year, were invited to write a collaborative poem. Sharon Dolin, who co-founded the Broadside Reading Series with former Center for Book Arts Executive Director Rory Golden, served as..... READ MORE about 7 NIGHTS, 28 POETS: A CENTER FOR THE BOOK ARTS 40TH CENTURY ANNIVERSARY PUBLICATION
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 127060
(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, 2002). 11 ¼" x 16" handmade paste paper covered boards with a blue cloth spine, blue grosgrain ribbon ties, title label on front cover. 12 broadsides of various sizes. Twelve broadsides, each representing the work of an individual poet who gave a reading at the Center for Book Arts in New York, are enclosed in an artistic portfolio that not only provides protection but also appeals to the eye..... READ MORE about CENTER BROADSIDES 2002 READING SERIES
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 103152
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2004). 11 ¼" x 16" handmade paste paper covered boards with an ivory cloth spine, brown cotton ties, title label on front cover. 12 broadsides of various sizes. Twelve broadsides, each representing the work of an individual poet who gave a reading at the Center for Book Arts in New York, are enclosed in an artistic portfolio that not only provides protection but also appeals to the eye. As..... READ MORE about CENTER BROADSIDES 2004 READING SERIES
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 103153
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2005). 11 ¼" x 16" hand-dyed paper printed with a gold cloth spine and gold grosgrain ribbon ties, title label on front cover. 12 broadsides of various sizes. Twelve broadsides, each representing the work of an individual poet who gave a reading at the Center for Book Arts in New York, are enclosed in an artistic portfolio that not only provides protection but also appeals to the eye. As..... READ MORE about CENTER BROADSIDES 2005 READING SERIES
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 103154
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2006). 13" x 15" paper letterpress pressure-printed with a freeform design, front flaps open to form a box shape made from lavender book cloth faced with blue paper, title printed on tan cardstock attached to the sky blue grosgrain ribbon loop that is part of the tie closure. 12 broadsides of various sizes. Twelve broadsides, each representing the work of an individual poet who gave a reading at the..... READ MORE about CENTER BROADSIDES 2006 READING SERIES
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 103155
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2007). 13" x 15" paper letterpress pressure-printed with wood type, front flaps open to form a box shape made from navy book cloth faced with white paper, title printed in red on front and back, gray grosgrain ribbon loop closure. 12 broadsides of various sizes. Twelve broadsides, each representing the work of an individual poet who gave a reading at the Center for Book Arts in New York, are..... READ MORE about CENTER BROADSIDES 2007 READING SERIES
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 103157
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2008). 13" x 15" paper letterpress pressure-printed with a design of random rectangles in shades of lime green, front flaps open to form a box shape made from hunter green book cloth faced with white paper, lime green grosgrain ribbon loop closure. 12 broadsides of various sizes. Twelve broadsides, each representing the work of an individual poet who gave a reading at the Center for Book Arts in New..... READ MORE about CENTER BROADSIDES 2008 READING SERIES
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 103158
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2010. 15.5 x 13 inches. top opening portfolio. 12 broadsides of various sizes. Twelve broadsides, each representing the work of an individual poet who gave a reading at the Center for Book Arts in New York, are enclosed in an artistic portfolio that not only provides protection but also appeals to the eye. As part of the Broadside Reading Series, each author creates a broadside of one of their..... READ MORE about CENTER BROADSIDES 2009 READING SERIES
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 105209
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2011. 13 x 16 inches. side opening portfolio. 12 broadsides of various sizes. Twelve broadsides, each representing the work of an individual poet who gave a reading at the Center for Book Arts in New York, are enclosed in an artistic portfolio that not only provides protection but also appeals to the eye. As part of the Broadside Reading Series, each author creates a broadside of one of their..... READ MORE about CENTER BROADSIDES 2010 READING SERIES
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 108487
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2012. 15.25 x 13 inches. top opening portfolio. 12 broadsides of various sizes. Twelve broadsides, each representing the work of an individual poet who gave a reading at The Center for Book Arts in New York, are enclosed in an artistic portfolio that not only provides protection but also appeals to the eye. As part of the Broadside Reading Series, a letterpress printer (sometimes the poet who gave the..... READ MORE about CENTER BROADSIDES 2011 READING SERIES
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 112251
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2013. 15 x 13 inches. top opening portfolio. 12 broadsides of various sizes. Twelve broadsides, each representing the work of an individual poet who gave a reading at The Center for Book Arts in New York, are enclosed in an artistic portfolio that not only provides protection but also appeals to the eye. As part of the Broadside Reading Series, a letterpress printer (sometimes the poet who gave the..... READ MORE about CENTER BROADSIDES 2012 READING SERIES
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 117970
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2014. 15.25 x 13.25 inches. top opening portfolio. 12 broadsides of various sizes. Twelve broadsides, each representing the work of an individual poet who gave a reading at The Center for Book Arts in New York, are enclosed in an artistic portfolio that not only provides protection but also appeals to the eye. As part of the Broadside Reading Series, a letterpress printer (sometimes the poet who gave the..... READ MORE about CENTER BROADSIDES 2013 READING SERIES
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 122531
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2001). 11" x 11" Round shaped, case bound concertina, with printed navy Iris cloth on both the book covers and lidded clamshell box. n.p. Limited to an edition of 50 signed and numbered copies. Istoriato is an Italian narrative style of pottery decoration which uses the pottery body solely as support for a purely pictorial effect. Originating about 1500 in Faenza, Italy, paintings comparable in seriousness to Italian Renaissance..... READ MORE about ISTORIATO
Price: $1,250.00 Order nr. 103051
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, 2005). rectangular 4to. lavender Fabriano Tiziano paper covered storage box with deep rose cloth spine, cream color paper title label with rose colored lettering, Velcro closure. not paginated. This special limited edition portfolio features the work of the artist members of The Center for Book Arts. Each participating artist submitted a broadside in an edition of 100. The theme of the project was the celebration of the contributions of..... READ MORE about CELEBRATING ARTIST MEMBERS: 30TH ANNIVERSARY BROADSIDE PORTFOLIO
Price: $1,500.00 Order nr. 103041
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2005). rectangular 4to. binders board storage box covered with black cloth and blue Zerkall paper with black ribbon tie closure, tag with black and red lettering. not paginated. This special limited edition portfolio features the work of the artist members of The Center for Book Arts. Each participating artist submitted a broadside in an edition of 100. The theme of the project was the celebration of the contributions of..... READ MORE about CELEBRATING ARTIST MEMBERS: 30TH ANNIVERSARY BROADSIDE PORTFOLIO
Price: $1,500.00 Order nr. 103042
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2005). rectangular 4to. museum board storage box covered with Moriki paper in a variety of colors, button and tag on flap. not paginated. This limited edition portfolio features the work of the artist members of the Center for Book Arts. Each artist submitted a broadside in an edition of 100, the theme of which is a celebration of the contributions of artist members to the growth of the CBA..... READ MORE about CELEBRATING ARTIST MEMBERS: 30TH ANNIVERSARY BROADSIDE PORTFOLIO
Price: $1,500.00 Order nr. 103043
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2005). oblong 4to. Canford cardstock folding portfolio in multiple colors with overlapping closure, separate pocket for exhibition catalogue. not paginated. This limited edition portfolio features the work of the artist members of the Center for Book Arts. Each artist submitted a broadside in an edition of 100, the theme of which is a celebration of the contributions of artist members to the growth of the CBA and the field..... READ MORE about CELEBRATING ARTIST MEMBERS: 30TH ANNIVERSARY BROADSIDE PORTFOLIO
Price: $1,500.00 Order nr. 103044
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2006. 8 x 4 inches. hardcover portfolio. four folded leaves, blue folded Aesthetic Credential. Dumit Estévez's work is a devotional guide taking an artist or "pilgrim" on a journey, undertaken "for art's sake." This witty commentary on the obstacles faced by contemporary artists provides inspirational guidelines and budgetary considerations, as well as suggestions for "blessings," "props," and "penances." This book was printed and bound at the Center in an..... READ MORE about FOR ART'S SAKE
Price: $1,500.00 Order nr. 103050
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, 2005). 17" x 17", four 8.5 x 11 books. black cloth with paper label. three 28 pages, one at 20 pages. Edition limited to 75 signed and numbered copies, including five artist proofs, with only 25 copies for sale. This innovative interdisciplinary work intersects at the pinnacle of creative writing, graphic design, book art, and performance. This is a poem for three voices, meant to be read by three..... READ MORE about NEW WORLD SUITE NUMBER THREE
Price: $3,500.00 Order nr. 103052
(New York: Center for Book Arts, 1995). 17.625 x 16.875. hardcover. Not paginated. First edition limited to 100 signed and numbered copies. Alfonso A. Ossorio (1916-1990) was an abstract expressionist artist who was born in Manila and produced a body of work that remained consistently international in scope. His early fascination with Surrealism gave way to Abstract Expressionism although he continued to be influenced by his native Philippine Catholic folk art as well as the..... READ MORE about RECOVERY: THE HOSPITAL DRAWINGS OF ALFONSO OSSORIO
Price: $3,500.00 Order nr. 103053
