From St. Paul...Reading Poetry
[West Branch: Toothpaste Press, 1977]. Letterpress broadside. 7½" x 10", signed by Allan Kornblum on the verso. Not in OCLC. More
[West Branch: Toothpaste Press, 1977]. Letterpress broadside. 7½" x 10", signed by Allan Kornblum on the verso. Not in OCLC. More
Pittsburgh: Press of the Nightowl, May, 1965. First edition limited to 120 copies, oblong 12mo, pp. 9, [3]; printed in blue and black; original blue-green pictorial wrappers, slightly sunned spine, else fine. From the library of Kim Merker. The Press's first publication, also serving as a mission statement. Laid in..... More
Iowa City: Pacific Inland Press, 1975. Edition limited to 210 copies, this one of 150 on Strathmore Text; square 8vo, pp. [26] frenchfold; printed in red and black; 4 illustrations by P. G. Montoya; original plain tan wrappers; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. The poems are in Spanish..... More
Iowa City: Pacific Inland Press, 1975. Edition limited to 210 copies, this one of 60 on Suzuki handmade, square 8vo, pp. [26] frenchfold; printed in red and black; 4 illustrations by P. G. Montoya; original plain maroon wrappers; short tear in the fore-edge, else fine. From the library of Kim..... More
Glasgow: printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1771. Small 12mo in sixes, pp. vii, [1], 103, [1]; contemporary calf; red morocco label on gilt-paneled spine; very good and sound. The first of three Foulis Press editions of this poem. Gaskell 519 showing this to be a variant issue with daggers..... More
Glasgow: printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1775. Small 12mo in sixes, pp. vii, [1], 103, [1]; contemporary calf; red morocco label on gilt-paneled spine; old accession sticker at the lower gutter of the front cover, the whole a bit rubbed, else very good and sound. Bookplate of the Hope..... More
Lawrenceburg, [Indiana]: privately printed [for] Cornelius O'Brien, 1935. Edition limited to 65 numbered copies (this, no. 18); small 8vo, pp. 12, [4]; 3 small illustrations in the text; generally a fine copy in original brown cloth-backed brown paper-covered boards, publisher's slipcase. Originally published in 1909 by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1873-1924)..... More
New York, N.Y. Printing Week Library, 1983. 12mo, pp. 95; wood-engraved title-page vignette, head- and tail-pieces, and illustrations by John de Pol printed in rust brown throughout; as new in original yellow cloth and glassine jacket. This Keepsake is the thirty-first in the Printing Week Library of Benjamin Franklin Keepsakes..... More
Omaha: bradypress, 1994. Limited edition in 250 copies, pp. [8]; original pictorial wrappers; fine. Printed for Harry Duncan on the occasion of his receipt of the Jane Geske Award, 3 November 1994. More
n.p. [France]: 2018. Edition limited to 50 copies each, printed on Arches Johannot velin; accordion foldouts based on Peter Allen's lively and colorful pouchoir illustrations, each approximately 6½" x 65"; loose, as issued in dust jackets. From Peter's website: "Originally from the UK; living in France close to Germany, Luxembourg..... More
[Chicago: Published by J.M.L. (Jacob M. Loeb), 1938]. Edition limited to 500 copies (this, no. 299) on hand-made paper, 12mo, pp. [5], 6-60, [2]; original blue cloth with gilt lettering; t.e.g.; base and fore-edge untrimmed; fine copy. The book was printed by the Lakeside Press of R. R. Donnelley &..... More
N.p. American Printing History Association, 1994. Edition limited to 200 copies, folio, consisting of a bifoliate title with introduction, a list of the 28 contributors, and 28 broadsides, all contained in a natural linen folding box with a red morocco label on the upper cover; fine. From the library of..... More
Venetiis: [Ottaviano Scoto], 1539. Small folio, collating A-E^4, a-r^8, s-t^6, gathering g misbound but all leaves present; vignette title page, three large and many smaller historiated initials throughout; Ottaviano Scotto's printer's mark on final leaf; contemporary full vellum with raised bands on spine neatly restored, leather ties (replaced), and contemporary..... More
Glasguae: excudebat Andreas Foulis, 1777. 8vo, pp. 100; Greek text in large type with Latin footnotes; contemporary paneled calf, gilt-ruled borders, gilt-ruled spine in 6 compartments with blind-stamped details, red speckled edges; spine chipped and label perished, later signature on flyleaf, a good, sound copy. Gaskell 610. More
[Minneapolis]: Ampersand Club, 2005. First edition limited to 626 copies, this one of 26 lettered copies (this, the letter 'Z') signed by Gaylord Schanilec and printed by him on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Ampersand Club; 8vo, pp. [2], 43, [8]; wood-engraved frontispiece portrait of the author..... More
Champaign, Illinois: [The Ceres Press, 1972]. Edition limited to 350 copies, this one of 100 bound in cloth; narrow 8vo, pp. [58]; typographic decoration printed in red, green, blue, and yellow; fine in original decorative red cloth. From the library of Kim Merker. More
Spartenburg: Kitemaug Press; Starkville: Pinch-Penny Press, 1972. First edition, 1000 copies printed; 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 43; original blue cloth, printed paper labels on upper cover and spine; fine. Most of the edition was issued in wrappers. Information on 56 presses in 9 states. More
[Council Bluffs, Ia.]: Yellow Barn Press and Florham-Madison [N.J.] Campus Library, Fairleigh Dickinson University Library, [1995]. Edition limited to 150 copies (this is copy 50), 4to, pp. x, 76, [1]; title printed in red and black, mounted photo portrait frontispiece, 21 color facsimiles; as new in publisher's slipcase. Prospectus and..... More
Maple Shade, NJ: Pickering Press, 1985. Edition limited to 75 copies, 14 unfolded leaves (approx. 8" x 12") printed in red and black, with each with a different type face; 6 wood engravings by John DePol; fine. Most of the edition was bound by Pam & Don Rash. Pickering Press..... More
Champaign, Illinois: [The Ceres Press], 1971. First edition limited to 165 copies, 8vo, pp. [36]; 5 full-page drawings by Thomas Kovacs printed in red; fine copy in original cream cloth stamped in black on upper cover. From the library of Kim Merker. Designed by A. Doyle Moore of the Finial..... More
Iowa City: Windhover Press, 1987. Edition limited to 250 copies, oblong 12mo, pp. [52]; fine in original red Japanese paper over boards with gray paper strips over exposed spine, paper label on the upper cover; title calligraphed in red in each copy by Glen Epstein; fine. From the library of..... More
[Iowa City]: Windhover Press at the University of Iowa, 1987. Edition limited to 250 copies, oblong 12mo, [54]; title page calligraphed in red and black by Glen Epstein; handset in Bembo types and printed on Rives mould-made paper; original Japanese red cloth, exposed binding structure, printed paper label on upper..... More
Kingsport; TN: Kingsport Press, 1958. Edition limited to 1500 copies designed by Joseph Blumenthal, 8vo, pp. [6], 77, [2]; fine copy in quarter brown linen, blue cloth side, and publisher's slipcase. The third keepsake of the press, with a printed presentation slip signed by the printer laid in. More