Fine Press Books

London: Nonesuch Press 1934, a numbered copy from a limited edition of 700. (Hardcover) 147pp. Very good. Printed paper folded and attached over card covers. Enclosed in a rust colored open-ended case with a paper spine label, and the inner boards covered with matching printed paper. Illustrated title page, printed on van Gelder paper. The spine of the case is very lightly faded and is lightly worn along the edges. With illustrative passages. Book about George Chapman. Identified on cover as: Havelock Ellis (George Chapman). (Drama).

Sudbury MA, Water Row Press, 1986, hardcover, 49 pp, Deluxe Limited Edition, #17 of 100 hardcover copies Signed by the Author on the title page, Fine condition in red cloth-covered boards with original illustrated wrappers bound in, spine lettered in gilt, no dustjacket as issued. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. First published in 1958, Micheline's collection of poems is required reading as a major voice of the Beat Generation. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. From the Edwin Blair Collection of Beat Literature sold Mar. 9, 2006 at PBA Galleries, San Francisco to benefit Gypsy Lou Webb, publisher and widow of the late Jon Webb, whose New Orleans home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. ISBN 9780934953054

Handpress printed by Frances Cleverdon at the Trumpet Press in a limited edition of 205 copies. Illustrations by Brown's fellow Orcadian, Charles Shearer. Dove grey card covers with white title and author label to front, short story of eighteen pages. A nice example of fine press printing of a rare title.

London: The King's Printers, 1930. "The King's Printers' edition of The Masque of the Queenes is limited to 350 copies, of which 188 only (numbered 1 to 188) are for sale in the British Empire and 150 only (numbered i to cl) are for sale in the United States of America. The type has been distributed and the plates destroyed. This copy is No. XCIIII." The American copies much the scarcer currently. In the original red vellum with gilt decorations, Near Fine, faint soiling to boards.slight bowing to boards. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Vellum. Near Fine/Poor. Illus. by Inigo Jones . Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Concord N. H.: William B. Ewert. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1986. Limited Signed Edition. Hardcover. THIS IS # 7 OF 15 COPIES SPECIALLY BOUND FOR THE PUBLISHER. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Illustrated with woodcuts by Mary Azarian. Protected in a parchment dust wrapper. Pictorial frontispiece. A fine press poem of the birth of Jesus Christ. Poetry; Woodcuts; Thin 8vo 8" to 9" tall; Unpaginated pages; Signed by Author & Illustrator .

San Francisco: Ransohoffs / Grabhorn Press, 1941. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First Printing In Book Form Of The Prime Minister's Famous War Speeches. One Of 250 Copies Printed By The Grabhorns (For Ransohoffs, San Francisco). White Linen Spine With Gilt Leather Spine Label, And Blue Cloth Boards. Finely Printed By The Grabhorns On Fine Paper With Deckled Edges. 16" X 10 3/4". A Fine Copy, No Wear Or Foxing Or Stains, Spine Label Complete And With Brilliant Gilt. Traces Of Rubbing Right Along Top And Bottom Edges Of Boards. Clear Dj Is 3/16" Taller Than Book, No Wear Or Tears Or Chips.

Mt. Horeb: The Perishable Press, 1973.. Quarto. Buckram over boards with blindstamped vignette. Illustrated. Faint trace of sunning at extremities, otherwise fine. First edition. Illustrated with eighteen drawings by the author. One of 175 copies printed on Japanese handmade Hosho paper and signed by the author/artist. HAMADY 57.

London: Macmillan & Co, 1886. Hardcover. Good +. [6], 25, [43] p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Dark green cloth spine with gilt spine title and decoration. Green paper over boards with white and black title and illustration. All page edges green. Decorated endpapers. Illustrated title page. Small bookseller's label on front fixed endpaper: Williamson & Co., Toronto. Former owner's name on front free endpaper: Edith E. Farnsworth. This is the first of three books of poetry that Crane both wrote and illustrated. The text is printed first with out illustrations and then in a "handwritten" font within the illustrations. In Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; ends of spine just starting to fray; cover lightly soiled; soiling, primarily in the margins; illustrations are clean and bright.

Risbury: The Whittington Press, 2001 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. xii, 147, [3] pages + 16 pages of plates and 6 facsimiles tipped in. 3 facsimile prospectuses are in a pocket to the rear pastedown. Numbered 214 of 350 printed of which 260 were in this format. Bound in patterned paper boards with cloth spine and fore edges. In the original slipcase. In very good condition..

The King's Printers: London 1930. Limited edition 350 numbered copies, of which 188 only (numbered 1 to 188) are for sale in the British Empire and 150 only (numbered i to cl) are for sale in the United States of America. This is # 167. Folio. xvi, 17-39pp Transcript, 20 plates by Inigo Jones and [40pp] facsimiles of the original manuscript. Boards bowed and soiled. Trace of removed bookplate. Pages uncut. About very good.

Hardcover Condition: Fine. Special edition limited to 350 copies. Copy number 133/350. Signed by Peter Hassrick on limitations page. Full padded leather binding with four raised bands and blind cowboy stamp to the cover. Marble end papers. A beautiful copy.
Oversized book. Additional shipping charges may be required. A beautiful copy.

Charlottesville:: Virginia Center for the Book,, 2022.. Edition of 30. Prints are 7" by 10" with a vertical orientation. The printmaking methods represented in the collection are as eclectic as the patron saints they portray. Each set of prints is housed in a paper retablo, or small Peruvian-style altar-box. A built-in frame compartment holds all 14 prints. When the retablo stands open, the top-most print is displayed. Closed, the retablo measures 7.125" x 13" x .5". Belly band closure with printed title. Each print signed and numbered by the artist. Virginia Center for the Book: "Blending the sacred and the secular, and drawing inspiration from Mexican ex votos, Peruvian retablos, and European and Near Eastern iconography, member artists at the Virginia Center for the Book have produced a collection of storied art venerating whoever/whatever helped them to cope during the pandemic or other recent difficult time.  "Several take refuge in distraction, both… Read More

Santa Lucia ai Monti, Verona:: Alessandro Zanella,, 2010.. Edition of 30. 7.25 x 11" Composed in Californian typeface. Printed letterpress on Hahnemuhle paper. Printing by Alessandro Zanella. Images by Peiera Luisolo. Text in Italian. Illustrated with linoleum prints by Piera Luisolo. In light weight black paper slipcase. Numbered. Signed by Luisolo. Notes from Favole in Versi: "Giacomo Leopardi was born in Recanati on 29 June 1798, the eldest of 10 children of Count Mondaldo and Adelaide of the Antici marquises. In 1908 he wrote his first poem - the sonnet: 'La morte di ettore' - and other compositions in prose and verse. Between 1809 and 1812 he wrote what are defined as childhood poems or puerile critti. The childish writings are practically the preparation for his creative production, the one to which Giacomo Leopardi owes his fame. Among them are, among other things, some fables, which were widely published after his death. The fairy tale was a typically eighteenth-century… Read More

Vence: Pierre Chave, 1972. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Loose sheets in illustrated wrappers. In light blue cloth chemise with dark blue cover illustration and spine lettering. Lacking the slipcase. Illustrated with 34 original lithographs and two vignettes by Max Ernst. HC copy of the regular French edition of 217 copies (there were also 98 copies with an extra suite). Printed on Velin d'Arches. Singed in pencil by Max Erst and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes. 95 (i) pp., 39 x 29 cm. Light stain on frontcover chemise, occasional light offsetting to text pages. Lithographs in very fine condition. .

Paris: Editions Argillet, 1968. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). Loose sheets in wrapper, chemise and clamshell box. Clamshell box with gilt embossed illustration on front cover and gilt titles on spine. Chemise with gilt signature of Dali on front cover. Wrapper repeating the illustration on the box in blindstamp. With 18 original engravings in black and white by Salvador Dali of which 10 full page and 8 smaller etchings (7 out of tekst and 1 in text). The 10 full page engravings with the blindstamped signature of Dali in the margin. All etchings protected by tissue guards. Hand signed in pencil by Dali on the limitation page also containing the publisher's stamp and Dali's blindstamped signature. Limited edition of 299 copies printed by the Presses du Palais Royal. This is number 136 of 165 copies printed on Arches blanc. Sheets measure 38,3 x 28,5 cm. Box 40,5 x 30,5 cm. Very fine, collectible copy..