Broadsides

Dallas: Northouse & Northouse, 1981. First Edition. broadsides. Fine in case as issued. A collection of 8 folio broadsides and title page ranging in size from 13" x 17" to 13" x 19" and printed on heavy paper of various colors with all but two of the broadsides illustrated and each individually SIGNED by the author. This is Copy "F" of 26 lettered copies of a total edition of 126. Contributors are John Updike ("Two Sonnets"), Allen Ginsberg ("Capitol Air" - - Ginsberg has also made a single word holograph correction to the text), Linda Pastan ("Mother Eve"), Howard Nemerov ("Landscape with Self-Portrait"), Heather McHugh ("From 20,000 Feet"), William Stafford ("Geography Lesson"), William Heyen ("Mother and Son"), and Scott Davison ("Soft Salvation"). The five printers are The Red Ozier Press, The Meadow Press, The Press of A. Colish, The Press of W. Thomas Taylor, and the Wind River Press. Housed in a plexiglass box especially made for this publication and allowing the portfolio to be hung on a… Read More

n. p.: Stern & Faye, 2002. Signed by the author. First edition / First printing. Signed and numbered limited edition broadside printed to commemorate the publication of Alexandria and issued in conjunction with Mr. Bantock's appearance at the Northwest Bookfest. One of 50 copies; this is copy number 29. Letterpressed broadside. Very fine. Beautiful and uncommon Bantock item with the central image being a carte postale from Isabella to Griffin Moss.

Concord: William B. Ewert, 1988. First edition, limited issue of 50 unnumbered copies. Broadside. 9 x 14 inches. Designed by John Kristensen. Privately printed at the Firefly Press. This copy inscribed by Carver. "For _ , from Raymond Carver." Reprinted from Where Water Comes Together With Other Water in honor of Carver's induction into the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in May, 1988. Fine condition.. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Unbound. Broadside.The image is of the broadside described and not a stock photo.

Revere: J. Howard Woolmer, 2005. First edition, limited to 50 numbered copies signed by Heaney of 76 total. This is copy #2. Aprx. 16.5" x 9" broadside. Designed and printed by Robert J. Milevski at the Im Press, Princeton. Unused and in Fine condition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Broadside. Fine/Not Issued. Broadside.

Tempe, Arizona:: Cabbagehead Press,, 2002.. Edition of 24. 15.75" x 14", irregular, single sheet. Woodcut, linoleum cut, polymer relief, and handset letterpress on handmade paper. John Risseeuw: "This print features a map of Cambodia and some of the numerous facts about the mines and victims that I collected. The OK! is in reference to the fact that Cambodia is about the same size as Oklahoma. What would we do if 60 Oklahomans a month were encountering landmine accidents?

CBAA,, 2016.. Edition of 50 (24 available for sale). 25 printed pieces: 9 x 12" each. Flat prints, broadsides, and folios on a variety of papers using any print medium or combination of media, including letterpress, offset, digital printing, and/or other printmaking techniques. Housed in custom enclosure (10 x 13). CBAA: "CBAA's first print portfolio/exchange to benefit the CBAA academic journal, Openings: Studies in Book Art. This peer-reviewed journal aims to energize artistic practice, stimulate study in the field of book art, and encourage profound and multifaceted thinking in this dynamic arena. By providing open online access to Openings, CBAA seeks to support diverse conversations and an ongoing examination of the continually shifting role of the book in contemporary culture.  "Inspired by the potential for Openings to grow as a platform for critical and theoretical investigation, the theme for this portfolio is folium (plural foliums or folia). Folium, in Latin,… Read More

Seattle: Amy E. Redmond, Seattle School of Visual Concepts, 2006. Signed by David Mitchell. First edition / First printing. This is a signed and numbered limited edition broadside printed in an edition of 150 to commemorate the publication of Black Swan Green. Number 24 of 150. Letterpress Broadside. 15.125" x 7 Very fine.

Prov. R. I. [ Providence, Rhode Island ]: Henry L. Tillinghast, 1855. First Edition. Near Fine. First Edition. Broadside. Single leaf, printed on recto only. 9 x 6 1/4 inches. Wove paper with no watermarks. Cleanly trimmed (with minor variation on upper edge). A nice impression noting some ink ghosting (presumably from other copies printed at the same time). Signed in type "J. A. Foster" at base of leaf. Intended for brief use in a town or village, these broadsides had a low survival rate. The photographer would pin them up or circulate in the village they were in, drumming up whatever business they could with this new wonder. Once they left, there was no use for the advertisement anymore. Traveling photographers left fewer traces of their businesses - even semi-permanent establishments could put advertisements on their photographs, in local papers, etc. The itinerant photographer was just that - moving around constantly. It is a wonder any record survived - and most we find were those presumably… Read More

Minneapolis, MN: Shadow Press, 1983. First of this edition. Very Good. In 1983, at the coaxing of the literary elder, Meridel LeSueur, Shadow Press, USA published Timothy Youngâ_x0080__x0099_s Men Don't Dance in America, one of the early anthems of the then-budding men's movement. Quarter-fold landmark broadside. Limited to 250 copies. Very good+ no marks or faults.

Dead River Grand Trunk Railway. Broad Gauge Air Line. Shortest Route! Quickest time! Rum Policy, President. S.U.R.E. Death, SuperintendentOriginal illustrated, folded broadside. 4 pages. 8½ by 10½ inches. N.P., N.D. (Ca. 1870 – 1872). (Archive of Americana, American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series 1, No. 12927). Caption title. "Reader, will you assist in diffusing information about the above road, so that the multitudes who are invited to excursions upon it, may be informed of the country through which it passes, and where it terminates? This advertisement will be sent free to any address, on application to R.H. McDonald & Co., 32 & 34 Commerce St., New York." Followed by 12 reasons why no rational being should use tobacco. Plus articles about the evils of alcohol, "Moderate drinking," "Bitters," "Satan's Agents," "Woman's Virtue," a Testimonial for Dr. Walker's Vinegar Bitters, "Purely Vegetable, Free from Alcohol," etc. R.H. McDonald & Co. is listed in New York City directories for 1870-71 and… Read More

Two hand coloured lithographed broadsides by Lemercier after Victor Adam (1801-1866) and Louis Stanislas Marin-Lavigne (1797-1860) heightened with gum Arabic, each with a large central image showing Napoléon on horseback one dated 1800 the other 1815, each framed by 20 further images which relate important steps in his military and political career giving a full account of his reign closing with a view of his tomb on the island of St. Helena. Large folio (660 x 500 mm). Mounted and framed within modern white cardboard passepartouts. Light foxing, in margins else fine. Two spectacular large size lithographs in beautiful contemporary hand colouring, celebrating Napoleon's life and accomplishments. Many of the small images depict battle scenes others with important political events. Lower margins of each sheet with variant hand coloured allegorical vignette, one showing a heraldic eagle the other the Code Napoléon. Well margined copies.

Large engraved and folded broadsheet (585 x 468 mm) with a beautifull interior view of a billiard hall with a lavishly decorated billiard table with 6 male billiard players, ca 224 x 470 mm, in the upper half of the sheet, designed and engraved by Daniel, graveur du roi. Lower part of the sheet with text in 6 columns, centre fold marked by a billiard cue, adorned with four richly decorated medals in the corners of the text. - Bound with: Chéreau, Charles. Nouvelles règles du jeu de billard, ... Paris, chez l'auteur ca 1844. Large engraved and folded broadsheet ((585 x 468 mm) with an ornate calligraphic drop-title framed by emblematic vignettes, with rules of variant billiard games in six columns, centre fold marked by a billiard cue, and with two oval ornate medals in lower corners of the text. - Bound with: Chéreau, Charles. Nouvelles règles du jeu de billard, ... A Paris, chez l'auteur ca 1844. Large engraved and folded broadsheet ((585 x 468 mm) with an ornate calligraphic drop-title framed by… Read More

Single leaf (270 x 212 mm) with copper-engraved plate (198 x 147 mm); very lightly foxed, 2 small paper flaws (of which the larger 8 mm), but overall a very good copy.
Very rare engraved broadside advertisement for a Venetian chocolatier. An attractive print, the advertisement offers 'chioccolatta d'ogni sorte' for a variety of prices, beneath an internal view of Guado's premises in Calle Larga in San Marco. Set within an ornamental rococo frame with the shop's 'la nave' sign depicted above, the scene shows a wealthy clientele in a spacious chocolate-house, drinking hot chocolate, with beans being ground in the foreground.
OCLC shows no copies of the engraving. The original copper plate survives in the Civica Raccolta delle Stampe Achille Bertarelli, in Milan.

Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania: Emerson, Smith & Co.. Very Good. Broadside. Broadside printed on Japanese paper and dated to the late 19th century. Broadside has rough edges and was folded multiple times. Broadside has many creases likely due to the statement printed in the upper left corner: "This is genuine Japanese paper. Press the sheet up into a ball, then straighten it out, and you will observe that it possesses remarkable properties, and a careful examination will interest you." Broadside has light toning, overall very good. Also included is a 8" x 10 ½" ordering form that has heavy toning and has been folded multiple times. This broadside promotes the double cross-cut narrow blade saw which was patented in 1883 by Emerson, Smith & Co., saw manufacturers. The broadside is likely dated to around 1887 as the proprietors note their 1887 hand book for saw prices. As of April 2022 one copy found at the Hagley Museum & Library in Delaware. ; 19" x… Read More

Foglio volante (mm 385x255), stampato solo al recto. Rarissimo 'contrasto' tra il vino e la birra in dialetto veneziano, non privo di una connotazione risorgimentale.