Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Bromer Booksellers

San Francisco & Berkeley: Pacific Editions & Arif Press, 1986. Goldyne, Joseph. Quarto. 36pp. One of 165 copies, signed by the author and artist. "A collaboration among artists," this work contains four essays by Dr. Lewis Thomas, each accompanied by a specially commissioned color etching by Joseph Goldyne, plus one additional etching, laid in, that "[pays] homage to the overall spirit of Dr. Thomas's writings." Introduction by Dr. Carl Djerassi. The volume was designed, handset, and letterpress printed by Wesley B. Tanner of the Arif Press. Unique papers, called Quartet and Berkeley, were commissioned from Twinrocker Paper Mill for this book, and they incorporate calligraphy by John Prestianni in the watermark, as well as in the design for title and initial capitals. Bound by Klaus-Ullrich Rötzscher in quarter leather and paper over boards. Fine. Housed in a drop-back box, bumped at the lower corner. Prospectus laid in.

Poestenkill, NY: Edition Kaldewey, 1986. Lam, Bun-Ching. Triangular small quarto. (28)pp. From an edition of 50 copies, this is one of thirty regular. Signed by Bun-Ching Lam, whose six etchings render into visual art her original set of musical compositions that accompanied Beckett's poems. The etchings are in unusual shapes, and sometimes extend over the edge of the page; the text, which was Beckett's last book during his lifetime, appears in similarly unbounded and ungrounded settings. The project was the beginning of Lam and Kaldewey's personal relationship. The colophon states an edition of 70 total copies, but only thirty of the planned fifty regular copies were realized. Bound in gray paper over boards. A fine copy, housed in dropback box, somewhat rubbed. (von Lucius, pp. 168-171).

(San Francisco: Richard A. Gleeson Library, 1970. Large quarto. French-folded single sheet. Sketch of the poet Robert Graves to the front cover. On the interior, the printed text faces a facsimile of the original, handwritten poem. Printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy and presented to the joint meeting of hte Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs in Los Angeles. Light tanning and wear to edges, and slight trace of adhesive on the back, else near fine.

Skokie: Black Cat Press, 1976. (46)pp. One of 249 copies. The last two pages are a typefounder's variation from an 1882 specimen book which is a delightful ABC. Slightest rubbing to exterior and expected wear along spine, else fine in brown leather with gilt title and decoration. (2 9/16 by 1 3/4; 66x45 mm).

Skokie: Black Cat Press, 1976. (46)pp. One of 249 copies. The last two pages are a typefounder's variation from an 1882 specimen book which is a delightful ABC. Faint staining to lower back cover and mild rubbing to corners, else near fine in brown leather with gilt title and decoration. (2 9/16 by 1 3/4; 66x45mm).

Skokie: Black Cat Press, 1976. (46)pp. One of 249 copies. The last two pages are a typefounder's variation from an 1882 specimen book which is a delightful ABC. Slightest rubbing to exterior and expected wear along spine, else fine in brown leather with gilt title and decoration. (2 9/16 by 1 3/4; 66x45 mm).

Evanston, IL: Press of Ward Schori, 1984. Unpaginated. A handy compedium of dishes for the time-pressed gourmand, with liberal "application of the one-armed kitchen bandit (can opener)." Highlights include Fruit Bowl Corned Beef and Asparagus, Hot. Bond in orange cloth over boards, titled in white, with purple woven ribbon. Fine. (2 7/8 by 2 1/8; 73x53mm).

London: Heinemann, 1955. First edition. A novel written and set at the beginning of the American involvment in Vietnam, Greene explores how the ripples of naive patriotism and neoliberalism impact the global equilibrium. The novel proved a difficult sell in America, where its anti-American undertones were critically disparaged. It saw two film adaptations: one in 1958 that flipped the narrative to present the work as anti-communist; and the most recent in 2002 featuring Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser. Fine in dark blue cloth, and with dust wrapper that shows even toning to spine, and retains publisher's wrap-around band indicating its selection by the Book Society and Daily Mail Book of the Month.

Providence, RI: Ziggurat Press, 1992. Feldman, Walter. Octavo. (32)pp., accordionfold. One of thirty copies, signed by Feldman, who conceived, cut, and printed the color woodcut illustrations, over which he superimposed the text. A family affair and a work of love, Feldman has here published poems by his eight-year-old niece. Bound in boards covered with blue and cream papers, with titling in blind to upper cover and there emphasized by minimal decoration in red and yellow. With corrugated cardboard partial sleeve. Stray soiling to extremities, else fine. From the library of Kim Merker.

Winterport, ME: Borrower's Press, 1981. Bernier, Jane. 53pp. One of 350 copies signed and numbered by Jane Bernier, the proprietor of the Press. With nineteen full-page hand-colored illustrations of sample quilt patterns. Bound in blue cloth with a hand-colored pictorial label. Labels show the slightest amount of wear, else fine. (Bradbury, p. 33). (13/16 by 5/8; 21x16mm).

(Lakewood, Ohio): Miniature Book Studio, 1972. (38)pp., printed rectos only. First printing. Bound in black leather stamped with gilt rules. (7/8 by 3/4; 23x17mm).