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
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
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
Price: $300.00 other currencies Order nr. 132834
(Kentfield, CA): The Allen Press, 1970. 4to. embroidered cloth, paper spine label, decorated endpapers, top edge cut, other edges uncut, cloth slipcase. unpaginated. Limited to 140 copies. List of engravings precedes text. Engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. The King James translation of the Book of Genesis. Designed, printed, and bound by Lewis and Dorothy Allen. Decorative page headings in Hebrew calligraphy. Prospectus loosely inserted. READ MORE
Price: $1,500.00 other currencies Order nr. 131216
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
Price: $500.00 other currencies Order nr. 44987
A Christian Legend of the Buddha
[Greenbrae, California]: Allen Press, 1986. small 4to. cloth, clear acetate dust jacket (as issued). (vi), 52, (2) pages. A Christian Legend of the Buddha. Edition limited to 140 copies. A spiritual romance, written in India, based on the life of the Buddha, popular in medieval Europe, and translated into English by William Caxton, who printed it in 1484 as part of The Golden Legend. This deluxe limited edition of the tale was produced entirely by... READ MORE
Price: $195.00 other currencies Order nr. 89631
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
Price: $400.00 other currencies Order nr. 44380
Kentfield, CA: Allen Press, 1967. 4to. cloth with a cloth slipcase. unpaginated. Printed in an edition limited to 130 copies. (Allen Press 31). A marvelous volume of animal fables. The 122 charming woodcuts illustrating the text are from the woodcuts of the 1480 first edition and the ornaments bordering the woodcuts are printed in orange, blue, olive, brown, blue-green and violet. The typefaces are GoudyThirty and Solemnis, hand set, and the paper is Fabriano Book... READ MORE
Price: $1,000.00 other currencies Order nr. 57728
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
Price: $400.00 other currencies Order nr. 129072
Kentfield, CA: Allen Press, 1972. tall 8vo. signatures loosely inserted in wrappers as issued, enclosed in a hinged box. (iv), 79, (v) pages. One of 140 copies with type hand-set and hand-printed on handmade rag paper with the watermark of the Allen Press. (Allen no.37). Decorative letters printed in orange at the beginning of each act are from a late fifteenth century Italian book. Running title is printed in gray, and text at the beginning... READ MORE
Price: $475.00 other currencies Order nr. 44393
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
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
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
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 132883
Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, n.d. broadside (21 by 10 inches). Prospectus for de luxe, limited edition of Dialogues of Creatures Moralised, first published 1480. Includes 122 woodcut illustrations from the first edition. With specimen illustration. Folded. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 133010
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Price: $100.00 other currencies Order nr. 123982
Berkeley, CA: The Arif Press, 1981. small 8vo. boards. 29, (5) pages. Limited to 150 copies printed by Wesley Tanner at his private press. With design work and illustrations in color throughout. READ MORE
Price: $50.00 other currencies Order nr. 29848
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
Price: $45.00 other currencies Order nr. 128729
