(Mount Horeb, WI): The Perishable Press, 1967. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (iii), 14, (2) pages. Limited to 200 copies (Hamady 13). List of acknowledgments. A collection of poetry. Text on recto only. READ MORE about ALIQUID SALIS OR IF YOU PREFER ENGLISH SOME SALT
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 118913
(Mount Horeb, WI): The Perishable Press, 1967. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (iii), 14, (2) pages. Limited to 200 copies (Hamady 13). List of acknowledgments. A collection of poetry. Text on recto only. Variant Binding in grey wrappers. READ MORE about ALIQUID SALIS OR IF YOU PREFER ENGLISH SOME SALT
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 132580
Madison, WI: Perishable Press, 1967. 8vo. Quarter purple calfskin titled in blind with brown cloth-covered boards. (i), 23, (1) pages. One of 200 limited copies on Medway handmade paper. Line-cut of a self-portrait photograph by the author. Palatino type on Barcham Green Medway handmade paper. Bound by Elizabeth Kner. Spine faded, else a fine copy. READ MORE about PLUMFOOT POEMS
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 136223
(Mount Horeb, WI): Perishable Press, 1968. 8vo. paper wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 250 copies. Hamady 19. Fine in wrappers and fine dustwrapper. A beautiful copy of a lovely book. READ MORE about THREE POEMS
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 136225
Mount Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1969. 8vo. marbled paper covered boards. unpaginated. Of 256 copies, this is one of 56 copies printed on Shadwell handmade paper by Walter Hamady at his Perishable Press from Palatino type in browns, red, purples and black. This copy is on grey Shadwell. Bound by Douglas Cockerell & Sons in their marbled paper appropriate to the color of the text paper. One of Hamady's favorites. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE BROWN WASPS A COLLECTION OF THREE ESSAYS IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 136222
Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, Lmtb., The, 1970. 4to. quarter vellum over marbled paper covered boards. unpaginated. One of 136 copies. Fine in fine clear acetate wrapper. Four journal pieces from Blackburn. Printed by Walter Hamady and set in palatino & smaragd, printed on the first ream of shadwell. Hand bound by Douglas Cockerell and son. Scarce. READ MORE about GIN / FOUR JOURNAL PIECES
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 136227
Mt. Horeb, WI: Prshbl Prss Lmtb., The, 1970. 4to. original cloth backed boards. unpaginated. One of 125 copies. Hamady 50. Fine condition. Illustrated and printed by Walter Hamady. Scarce. READ MORE about THE JOURNALS: BLUE MOUNDS ENTRIES
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 136228
Mount Horeb, WI: Perishable Press Limited, The, 1970. 8vo. quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards, title stamped in black on spine. unpaginated. Limited to 200 numbered copies. Spine faded, else a fine copy. Printed by Walter Hamady of the Perishable Press in Palatino, set by Mary Hamady, on Shadwell paper especially made for this book over Thanksgiving at the Hamady's. Bound by Douglas Cockerell from Cambridge, United Kingdom. READ MORE about REMAINS: POEMS
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 136243
(Mt. Horeb, WI): The Perishable Press, (1973). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 120 numbered copies (Hamady 61). Slight sunning to top third of front cover, and along the spine of both the front and rear cover, else a fine copy. First of a series of playful books, perhaps a parody of the structure and parts of a book. Handset type on a variety of Shadwell papers of different sizes. Handsewn into blue..... READ MORE about INTERMINABLE GABBERJABBS
Price: $3,000.00 Order nr. 120398
(Mt. Horeb, WI): Perishable Press, 1976. 8vo. quarter black morocco over marbled paper covered boards. unpaginated. One of 150 numbered copies signed by the author. A fine copy in a fine clear acetate wrapper. Folding frontispiece by Warrington Colescott. READ MORE about CHAPTER SEVEN: FROM THE HOUR OF THE BELL, A NOVEL CONCERNING THE GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 136229
Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1976. square 8vo. stiff marbled paper. unpaginated. Limited to 150 numbered copies signed by the author. Hamady 77. A fine copy. Illustrated by Arthur Thrall and printed by Walter Hamady. Bound in beautifully produced marblized paper, with hand made papers, with the typically fine letterpress design customary to the Perishable Press. Walter Hamady (1940-2019) was an American artist, book designer, papermaker, poet and teacher. He is especially known for his..... READ MORE about TRIUMPH OF THE WILL
Price: $2,500.00 Order nr. 136253
N.P. The Perishable Press, 1978. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (iv), 11, (3) pages. Limited to 190 numbered copies (Hamady 89). Four collage illustrations by John Digby. Excerpted from a much larger work, Alaska. A work based on the cultures of the northwest Pacific coast. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE FOREST
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 129043
(Mt. Horeb, WI): The Perishable Press, 1980. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 140 copies (Hamady 96). A fine copy. Illustrations by John Digby. A collection of poetry. READ MORE about BIRDSONGS
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 128938
(Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin: The Perishable Press, 1984). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages and 32 illustrations. With a preface by Hamady. Illustrated. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about TWO DECADES OF HAMADY AND THE PERISHABLE PRESS LIMITED AN ANECDOTALLY ANNOTATED CHECK LIST FOR AN...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 14122
(Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin: The Perishable Press, 1984). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages and 32 illustrations. With a preface by Hamady. Foxed along edge of back cover. READ MORE about TWO DECADES OF HAMADY AND THE PERISHABLE PRESS LIMITED AN ANECDOTALLY ANNOTATED CHECK LIST FOR AN...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 75024
Mount Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1990. Oblong small folio. wood boards with vellum spine, original green cloth clamshell box with decorations in blind. unpaginated. Limited to 125 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator. Printed by Walter Hamady. Fine in fine clamshell box. This particular copy has a warm inscription to noted collector Hugh McMillan from Salisbury Connecticut on the rear blank, nicknamed 'Huge Hart Hugh' by Hamady. Seven blank leaves of different types..... READ MORE about FLORA
Price: $1,750.00 Order nr. 136219
