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, 1966. folio. tri-color paper-covered boards. unpaginated. Printed in an edition limited to 140 copies (Allen Press Bibliography no.29). A finely produced volume, this book has been hand printed and bound by Dorothy and Lewis Allen. Each page is printed in at least two colors: black and gold, blue, orange, terra cotta, or light aqua for the paragraph marks. Lewis Allen did six almost full page abstract illustrations in the same colors... READ MORE about THE FALL.
Price: $500.00 other currencies Order nr. 44987
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
San Francisco: George Fields, 1938. 8vo. decorated cloth. (xiv), 80, (4) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 450 copies by Wilder and Ellen Bentley at the Archetype Press (see Haas, page 24 for more detail about the press), of Berkeley, California. Includes eight illustrations by "Hans" (believed to be Hans Loyd Hoff), and additional illustrations stamped on the front and back covers. Each copy signed by William Saroyan. In addition, this copy is inscribed... READ MORE about A NATIVE AMERICAN.
Price: $300.00 other currencies Order nr. 45006
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
Price: $42.50 other currencies Order nr. 11919
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: 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 1980. photograph (5 by 8 inches). A black and white photograph of fine printer Andrew Hoyem of the Arion Press, San Francisco, announcing the fine press edition of Edwin Abbott's Flatland. The photograph shows Hoyem with an "unfurled"copy of the book. READ MORE about Photograph of Andrew Hoyem.
Price: $100.00 other currencies Order nr. 129642
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
