William Carlos Williams / read by Allan Kornblum Tues. at The Sancuary
N.p., n.d. [West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1974]. Letterpress broadside approx. 2¾" x 10", on olive paper, signed and dated by Allan Kornblum on the verso in pencil. More
N.p., n.d. [West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1974]. Letterpress broadside approx. 2¾" x 10", on olive paper, signed and dated by Allan Kornblum on the verso in pencil. More
Minneapolis: 1989. Wedding invitation for Michael Tarachow and Mercedes Dostale; 8vo, pp. [8]; printed on rectos only; fine in original printed marbled wrappers. More
Providence: [Merrymount Press], 1917. 8vo, pp. 13, [3]; illustrated title page and 7 full-page photo illustrations; fine in original printed wrappers. Designed by D. B. Updike and printed at The Merrymount Press. Laid in is a tri-fold leaflet on Courses of Instruction at the Women's College for the School Year..... More
Chicago: Calhoun Press, Columbia College, 1994. First edition, limited to an unspecified number of copies, oblong 8vo, pp. 114, [4]; printed in purple and black; text in double column; 12 tipped-in color illustrations by Hollis Sigler, gilt-stamped purple cloth spine, green cloth over gilt-stamped boards; fine. Designed by Marlene Lipinski..... More
[Greeley, Colorado: Caddis Case Press, 1992]. Edition limited to 60 copies (this, no. 9); 8vo, pp. [56]; decorated by Margaret Sunday with abstract, doodle-like wood engravings, and printed on Sakamoto from handset Gill Sans monotype, with Helvetica figures; the illustrations are printed from endgrain blocks cut with burins; the book..... More
San Marino, Ca. The Huntington Library, 1942. 8vo, pp. [2], 32, [2]; 3 illus. on rectos and versos of 2 plates, 2 facsimiles in text; fine in orig. printed orange wrappers. Attractive exhibition catalogue printed at the Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles. More
[Dublin]: The Salvage Press, 2013. Edition limited to 120 copies, this copy is an artist's proof, marked "handling copy." Folio, pp. [35]; title page printed in green and black; wood types printed in a variety of colors; quarter bound in orange cloth over boards; fine in publisher's slipcase. A typographic..... More
La Crosse: 1962. Edition limited to 200 copies, small 8vo, pp. [23]; printed in red and black; fine in orig. blue printed wrappers. Press Preterite, no. 95. "The marks of punctuation are by printers called points. Interestingly, both words come from the Latin root punct..." (Opening line). More
[New York]: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1931. Edition limited to 250 copies, none of which were for sale; 12mo, pp. [8], 155; title page with press device printed in blue; very good in original blue morocco-backed blue cloth-covered boards, gilt title on spine, light wear to spine ends and..... More
[Columbus]: Logan Elm Press, the Ohio State University, 1992. Edition limited to 300 copies (this, no. 62); 8vo, pp. [6], 23, [3]; original quarter cloth over cream paper-covered boards stamped in gilt, paper label on spibne; fine. More
West Branch, [Iowa]: Coffee House Press, 1985. Edition limited to 500 copies signed by the author and illustrator; 11" x 5½", pp. [24]; illustrations by Ann Mikolowski; stitched, as issued, in pictorial tan wrappers; fine. Morning Coffee Chapbook 12. More
[West Branch, Iowa]: Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger Editions, 1983. Letterpress broadside, edition limited to 70 numbered copies (this, marked 'os' - ?), approx. 14½" x 10½", printed in brown and black; printed on the occasion of the author's reading at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, February 2, 1982. This copy..... More
[West Branch, Iowa]: Toothpaste Press, 1983. 5" x 7" announcement for Helen Adam's Fall 1983 book The Bells of Dis. Printed by Allan Kornblum of the Toothpaste Press at the Bookslinger A.B.A. Booth in Dallas, June 1983. More
Crestline, Calif. George Frederick Kolbe, 1999. Edition limited to 500 copies (this, the bookbinder Greg Campbell's copy, Campbell-Logan Bindery, and out of series), this one of 50 copies in the deluxe binding; 8vo, pp. [6], 11-163, [3]; printed in red and black; portrait frontispiece of the author, folding facsimile, double-page..... More
Crestline, Calif. George Frederick Kolbe, 2007. Special edition limited to 60 copies, (this the bookbinder Greg Campbell's copy, Campbell-Logan Bindery and out of series), with an original etching from J. F. Loubat's The Medallic History of the United States tipped in; 8vo, pp. 348, [4]; frontispiece, 57 color and grayscale..... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 2007. Edition limited to 150 copies, this being the bookbinder Greg Campbell's copy, Campbell-Logan Bindery, and out-of-series; 8vo, pp. 59, [7]; 2 original specimen leaves from Loubat's Medallic History, folding facsimile title page, 6 specimen pages from Morris' own Comitia Americana; original red morocco-backed blue..... More
N.p. printed for Léonie Adams, 1947. 12mo, pp. [4]; fine in original blue handmade paper wrappers. "An educator, consultant, editor, and poet, Léonie Adams was best known for her lyric poetry reminiscent of both the Romantic and Metaphysical periods. Her poetry won her several awards, including the Harriet Monroe Poetry..... More
Williamstown, Massachusetts: Chapin Library, 1956. Edition limited to 450 copies (this one of 50 for the Hroswitha Club), small 8vo, pp. 20; in St. Albans decorative wrappers printed in red and green (see below), and with a printed paper label on the front wrapper; wrappers detached, but present, else near..... More
Glasgow: printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1770. 12mo, pp. [2], 199, [1]; contemporary calf, gilt-decorated spine in 5 compartments, red speckled edges; upper joint barely starting, spine label perished with title evident as blind impression, 1850 signature on free endpaper, text clean and sound; good. Gaskell 449. More
Birmingham: John Baskerville for J. & R. Tonson, 1761. 4 volumes, large 4to, engraved portrait, 7 plates of medals (the three engraved plates in volume 1 lacking); full contemporary polished calf, gilt decorated spine, red and green morocco labels; joints split, spine rubbed. Gaskell 17. More
Philadelphia: Taylor & Hessey, 1981. Edition ltd. to 400 copies designed & printed by Henry Morris at Bird & Bull Press (this, no. 222); pp. 28, [4]; 3 facsimiles; original cream-colored wrappers with title printed on front cover in red & black, fine. Based on a talk given at the..... More
Cambridge: Rampant Lion Press, 1969. One of 250 signed copies from an edition limited to 500, 8vo, pp. [2], 141; red cloth with black and gilt title on spine; a fine copy in the original mylar dust jacket and tissue wrapper. More
Parma: Dalla Reale Stamperia, 1774. 4to, pp. vii, [1], 199; typographical ornamental border on title page, typographical ornaments throughout; contemporary and probably original vellum-backed pastepaper-covered boards, some wear at the edges, but very good and sound. An early Bodoni. Brooks 53. More
West Branch, Iowa: The Toothpaste Press, 1981. Limited edition in 900 copies, 50 of which were bound in cloth (not this); oblong 8vo, pp. [20]; title page printed in black, gold and green; 8 illustrations by Ferguson; fine in original pale green printed pictorial wrappers. Agee's second book. Peich 58..... More
West Branch, Iowa: The Toothpaste Press, 1981. Edition limited to 900 copies, this one of 50 bound in cloth, signed and numbered by Agee and Ferguson; oblong 8vo, pp. [20]; title page printed in black, gold and green; 8 illustrations by Ferguson; fine in original pale green cloth, illustrated paper label..... More