Bloomfield Hills, MI: Bruccoli-Clard, 1971. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Prospectus for James Dickey, Exchanges. Designed and printed for Bruccoli-Clark by Leonard F. Bahr at his Adagio Press. READ MORE about Publication Announcement by Bruccoli-Clark
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 132844
(Greenbrae, CA): The Allen Press, 1982. small 4to. cloth, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. 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 other currencies 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 other currencies Order nr. 132834
Kentfield, CA: Allen Press, 1969. small 4to. cloth. not paginated. One of 140 copies. (Allen no.33). Printed on an 1846 Columbian handpress in hand-set Goudy Thirty on hand-made rag paper with the Allen Press watermark. Decorative initials are reproductions from late fifteenth century work. Canine and other decorations by Mallette Dean. The hand-printed cloth, in the 'El Prado' design made in Europe, has an arabesque gold background design with orange flowers in the foreground. A.... READ MORE about THE DIALOGUE OF THE DOGS
Price: $400.00 other currencies Order nr. 44380
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 other currencies Order nr. 129072
Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1973. broadside (15 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches). Announcement of the publication of Joseph Conrad, Gusttave Flaubert, Henry James, and Luigi Pirandello, Four Fictions. READ MORE about Publication Announcement by the Allen Press
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 132837
Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, n.d. broadside (15 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches). Prospectus for Terence, The Brothers, a Roman comedy of 160 B.C. Includes illustrations by Albrecht Dürer. An illustration on this prospectus. Folded. READ MORE about Publication Announcement by the Allen Press
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 132843
Greenbrae, CA: The Allen Press, 1982. broadside (10 by 7 inches). Announcement of publication of Æschylus, The Orestian Trilogy, Volume I. Folded. READ MORE about Publication Announcement by The Allen Press
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 132883
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 other currencies Order nr. 133026
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 other currencies 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 other currencies 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 other currencies Order nr. 115665
Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1968. 8vo. paper wrappers. (iv), 44 pages. Contains "The Private Press: Its Essence and Recrudescence" by Archer and "Tradition and the Printers of Southern California" by Ritche. READ MORE about MODERN FINE PRINTING
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 108
Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1968. 8vo. paper wrappers. (iv), 44 pages. Contains "The Private Press: Its Essence and Recrudescence" by Archer and "Tradition and the Printers of Southern California" by Ritche. Covers faded. READ MORE about MODERN FINE PRINTING
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 108091
Berkeley, CA: Archetype Press, 1939. folio. cloth with printed design on front cover. 19+(1) pages. Limited to 105 copies, set up and printed on a handpress by Wilder Bentley ("and his faithful spouse, Ellen") on dampened Strathmore Wayside Text for at The Archetype Press in Euclid Court, Berkeley, Ca and issued for private distribution among members of The Arts Club & their friends. Printed in "a bastard version" of Caslon Oldface italic and Goudy Modern... READ MORE about N'EN PARLONS PLUS!, EXCERPTS FROM DIVERS PAPERS & CHRONICLES OF THE ARTS CLUB, 1937-1938
Price: $250.00 other currencies Order nr. 62298
Berkeley, CA: The Arif Press, 1981. 12mo. cloth, label on spine. 16, (2) pages. Limited to 150 copies. Translated from the French by P.H. Hanson. Frontispiece, facsimile of 1784 engraving. READ MORE about MEMNON OR HUMAN WISDOM
Price: $100.00 other currencies Order nr. 123982
Berkeley, CA: The Arif Press, 1975. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut, paper front cover label. (12) pages. Limited to 125 copies. Presentation by printer Wesley Tanner on front free endpaper. READ MORE about CREDO
Price: $45.00 other currencies Order nr. 128729
Berkeley, CA: Arif Press, 1980. oblong 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. (18) pages. Limited to 125 copies printed by Wesley B. Tanner at the Arif Press on dampened T. Edmonds paper. The 25th book of the press. Reprints part of Johnston's text from FORMAL PENMANSHIP AND OTHER PAPERS. With calligraphy by Barbara Wiley Bash. READ MORE about FORMAL PENMANSHIP DEFINED BY THE THING
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San Francisco, CA: Arion Press, 1989. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. An announcement of three new limited edition publications from the Arion Press. French fold. With order form. READ MORE about Announcement of Limited Edition Books from the Arion Press
Price: $12.00 other currencies Order nr. 129648
San Francisco, CA: The Arion Press, 2008. 4to. cloth, inlaid illustrations on front and back covers, paper spine label, quarter cloth and paper-covered slipcase with paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 95+(1) pages. Limited to 275 numbered copies. With an aquatint by Frank Lobdell, limited to 35 signed, numbered copies. Table of contents, introduction by Michael Palmer. Endnotes follow text. Prints by Frank Lobdell. Robert Duncan (1919-1988) described himself as a "derivative... READ MORE about THE STRUCTURE OF RIME
Price: $900.00 other currencies Order nr. 133765
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1976. oblong 4to. paper wrapper. two sheets folded. Prospectus only. Limited to 200 copies signed by the author. Colored illustrations that are reminiscent of the Nuremburg Chronicle executed by the author with linoleum blocks and in many different colors. Offsetting of engraving. READ MORE about Prospectus for A TRAVEL BOOK
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 129352
San Francisco, CA: Arion Press, n.d., but circa 1997. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Prospectus for printing a lecturn edition of the Bible beginning spring 1998. In addition to technical details, this prospectus includes the preface to the New Revised Standard Version prepared by Bruce Metzger. Specimen of text laid in. READ MORE about PROSPECTUS FOR A LECTURN EDITION OF THE HOLY BIBLE IN THE NEW REVISED STANDARD VERSION
Price: $50.00 other currencies Order nr. 124757
San Francisco, CA: The Arion Press, 1976. square 4to. self paper wrappers. (8) pages. Prospectus for Fred Martin, A Travel Book. the mapping of J. Carlos Jones' journey. Specimens of illustrations, color and black and white. READ MORE about Prospectus for A TRAVEL BOOK
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 129661
San Francisco, CA: Arion Press, n.d. folio. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Prospectus for Captivity Narrative of Hannah Duston, edited by Cotton Mather, John Greenleaf Whittier, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. With 35 woodblock prints by Richard Bosman. With two specimens of the prints. Folded. READ MORE about Prospectus for CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE OF HANNAH DUSTON
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 129679
With a Foreword by Elizabeth Gray Potter.
N.P. The Bibliophile Society, Mills College, 1937. 8vo. boards covered with gilt paper with black paper wrap-around label. Not paginated. With a Foreword by Elizabeth Gray Potter. Limited to 250 numbered copies printed by The Eucalyptus Press. Wear to covers with a small piece of spine chipped away. READ MORE about THIRTY BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE ALBERT M. BENDER COLLECTION OF MILLS COLLEGE
Price: $8.00 other currencies Order nr. 20657
