[Chicago]: Caxton Club, 1953. Edition limited to 350 copies, 8vo, [36] leaves (so numbered) printed in red and black, 20 woodcuts by Fritz Kredel throughout text; light wear to extremities, covers with some abrasions, else very good in original linen-backed blue paste-paper boards, gilt-stamped spine, t.e.g. From the library of..... More
London & New Castle: British Library & Oak Knoll Books, 2002. First edition, large 4to, pp. xii, 258; illustrated throughout including 8 pages in full color; original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. A history of the press and a comprehensive bibliography. The "most authoritative..... More
New York: St. Martin's Griffon, [2006]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 176; text illustrations, 50 crossword puzzles included; pictorial paper covers, fine. Inscribed by Will Shortz on title page to the fellow crossword puzzle maker Jerry Farrell: "To Jerry, a terrific puzzle maker and longtime pal. Will Shortz" Jerry..... More
Iowa City: Windhover Press, [1970]. Edition limited to 250 copies, 8vo, pp. [48]; original black cloth-backed blue paper-covered boards lettered in gilt on the upper cover; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. In most (all?) copies the last paragraph of Murray's Foreword on p. [9] has been excised as..... More
Iowa City: The Windhover Press, University of Iowa, 1959. Edition limited to 190 numbered copies (this, unnumbered, but one of the XL special copies in brown morocco-backed Laga paper-covered boards and gilt-stamped spine); 12mo, pp. [22]; unopened; generally fine. From the library of Kim Merker. This is Pinkerton's first book..... More
Iowa City: Stone Wall Press, 1973. First edition limited to 150 copies, 12mo, pp. [8], 41, [5]; original red cloth, printed paper label on spine; fine copy. From the library of Kim Merker. Berger, Printing and the Mind of Merker, 57: This is the only reprint I ever did at..... More
Buffalo: Prometheus Books, [1982]. 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 342; pictorial paper covers, fine. Signed by Randi on title page. Although not staed this is from the library of Jerry Farrell, a mathematician and collector, and an associate of Martin Gardner, to whom this book is dedicated. James Randi was one..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First edition, 8vo, pp. 246; white boards backed in purple cloth; pictorial dust jacket; small closed tear on title page, near fine. Inscribed by Smullyan to Jerry Farrell, a fellow puzzle maker: "For Jerry, I refuse to sign this book!" More
Rowe, Massachusetts: Cummington Press, 1955. Edition limited to 200 copies, 8vo, pp. 15, [1]; copper engraving on title page by Wightman Williams printed in blue; fine copy in original gray-green wrappers; printed title on upper cover. Fine. From the library of Kim Merker. More
Tokyo: Kappa Books, 1979. Paperback, 6.75" x 4.25"; text in Japanese but largely a collection of creative mazes illustrated by Kenji Morita; 16 pages in color; limp publisher's cloth, pictorial dust jacket, small dent to top edge, upper endpaper folded. Signed with compliments from Yoshigahara on front free endpaper. Yoshigahara..... More
[Aurora, New York & Cummington, Mass.]: Cummington Press / Wells College Press, 1948. Edition limited to 310 copies on hand-made paper, this copy unnumbered but one of LX signed by Williams; 8vo, pp. 64; fine copy in original gray cloth, printed paper label on spine, publisher's slipcase. From the library..... More
[Rowe, Massachusetts]: Cummington Press, 1955. Edition limited to 200 copies, 8vo, pp. 8; woodcut by Wightman Williams on title page; original gray wrappers, printed paper label on front; slight toning else near fine. More
Waldron Island: Brooding Heron Press, 1993. Edition limited to 300 copies, this the issue of 274 on Domestic Etching paper, signed by the author; 8vo, pp. [30]; 9 Haida illustrations by Bill Holm printed in red and black from wood-mounted zinc engravings; fine copy in original Japanese linen, printed pictorial..... More
Rowe, Masstts. The Cummington Press, 1956. Edition limited to 170 copies "printed by HD and WMW" (i.e. Harry Duncan and Wightman M. Williams); 8vo, pp. 53, [3]; title-page illustration by Theodorus Stamos; 9 unbound gatherings (complete); fine. From the library of Kim Merker. More
San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1979. 8vo, pp. xiv, 322; text illustrations; full tan cloth, gilt title on spine and cover; dustjacket with small closed tear on back panel and sunned spine, light spotting to top edge; near fine/very good. Inscribed by Teller, on his bookplate, on free..... More
[Iowa City: Kim Merker, n.d., 1965 or after]. Broadside approx. 21¼" x 7¼", edition limited to 35 copies from Spectrum and Centaur types on handmade U I C B paper. Printed in red and black, and with a woodcut of Thoreau at the top by Antonio Frasconi. This copy, while..... More
[Alameda: Cubes and Things, 2016]. 4to, pp. 223, [1]; color illustrations throughout; pictorial paper covers; a touch of soiling to upper cover, text clean and sound, near fine. With an inscription from the author to a fellow member of the Gathering 4 Gardner, Jerry Farrell (his name not stated). The..... More
San Francisco: Meadow Press, 1990. Edition limited to 100 copies (this, no. 15) signed by McLellan; consisting of 24 broadsides contained in a folding portfolio tied with a cord-and-button fastener, and with a printed paper label on the front; fine copy, from the library of Kim Merker Original prospectus and..... More
Lisbon, Iowa: Penumbra Press, 1975. Edition limited to 200 copies (this, no. 23) signed by the poet and printed by Bonnie P. O'Connell from Palatino types on Nideggen; 8vo, pp. 25, [3]; printed in blue and black; original tan cloth, printed paper label on spine; fine copy. From the library..... More
Cambridge, MA: Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library; Boston: David R. Godine, 1972. First edition limited to 2000 copies, 8vo, pp. [3]-101, [1] (39 pages in facsimile); 2 illustrations; a fine copy in a dust jacket with slight toning of the spine. From the library of Kim..... More
[Los Angeles]: Dawsons, [1989]. First edition (500 copies printed), 8vo, pp. 189, [3]; fine copy in original black cloth over decorative papr-covered boards. From the library of Kim Merker. This copy inscribed by Ritchie to Merker: "For Kim Merker / with the admiration / of a fellow printer / Ward..... More
[México]: Taller Martín Pescador, 1977. Edition limited to 150 copies, 8vo, pp. 15, [1]; original purple paper-covered boards, printed paper label on uppe cover; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. Printed by Juan Pascoe who studied with Kim Merker in Iowa 1970-71. More
Iowa City: Meadow Press, 1976. Edition limited to 200 copies (this, no. 22 and one of 120 casebound) handset and handprinted by Leigh McLellan in three colors; signed by the poet; 8vo, pp. [4], 27, [3]; woodcuts and binding by the printer; fine copy in original pictorial gray cloth stamped..... More
San Francisco: Meadow Press, 1980. Edition limited to 200 copies (this, no. 24) and one of 100 casebound on Ingres Antique Laid paper, signed by the printer, Leigh McLellan and Sandra McPherson; oblong 8vo, pp. [26]; paper decoration, binding and woodcut printed in green on title page by McLellan; fine..... More
Omaha: Abattoir Editions / University of Nebraska, 1977. Edition limited to 253 copies (this, no. 0); large 8vo, pp. 100; printed in red and black; 13 wood engravings by Moser; fine copy in original natural linen with printed red wrap-around label, original plain dust jacket slightly worn at extremities; all..... More
