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Leide, The Netherlands: Hotei Publishing, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A pioneering publication which deals with the most famous series-the Seishu gishi den (1847-48) and its sequel the Seishu gishin den (1848)-of the forty-seven masterless samuri (ronin) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi"-dust jacket. 191 pages. Illustrated in color. 10 by 12 inches. First edition (no indication… Read more about this item

Holguín: Casa Editora Cuadernos Papiro, 2016. 33 leaves. 12-1/2 by 13-3/4 inches. An edition of 100 copies, issued with at least two cover designs and typefaces. Poems, printed letterpress with the text set on a linotype. Bound Japanese-style. The paper is handmade from various plant and fiber sources. Six of the leaves have minimalist serigraphs made jointly by… Read more about this item

Havana (La Habana): Habana Radio, 2015. Ephemera. Fine. Six leaves, three of text and three reproducing collages inspired by anatomical drawings. The prints seem to be a combination of serigraph and digital (ink jet?) printing. The three prints are each numbered out of the original edition of 300 copies. The three text leave print texts by Estrella… Read more about this item

Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Art Museum, 1999. First Edition. Pamphlet. Near fine. This is a brochure / exhibition catalog for a show of screenprints by Kurt Vonnegut and Ralph Steadman, with assistance on a few items by Hunter S. Thompson and William S. Burroughs. Vonnegut and Steadman both contribute essays. Three works illustrated in color plus… Read more about this item

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. The first English translation of a 12th century manuscript entitled Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum. Illustrated with wood engravings by Clifford Webb. Published in an edition of 500 copies, printed letterpress on handmade paper. An attractive work from one of the acclaimed fine presses in mid-20th… Read more about this item

Eugene, OR: Knight Library Press, 2000. First Edition. Fine. A separate printing of a short story about a boy who discovers 17th century love letters between two saints in his father's desk. He becomes fascinated with them and to keep his father from learning his discovery, he copies them out by hand. This edition was published by… Read more about this item

(N.-pl.): Sapristi, 2002. First Edition. Ephemera. Fine. A portfolio of 13 color offset lithograph prints laid in. Each print is signed by the artist. Limited to 248 copies. The artists are (with likely first names): (Philippe) Berthet, (Philippe) Buchet, Cosey (a.k.a. Bernard Cosendai), (Jean-Pierre) Danard, (Philippe) Francq, (Jean-Pierre) Gibrat, Hermann Huppen, (Nicolas) Malfin, (Félix) Meynet, (Frédéric) Peynet,… Read more about this item

Phoenix, AZ: Imperial Litho/Graphics, 1989. First Edition. Ephemera. Fine. This is the second portfolio of Barks offset lithographs with this title. As with the 1986 version, this collection contains 10 previously unpublished preliminary works made by Barks before starting work on full-fledged oil paintings. These images vary in size, from roughly 7 by 9 inches to… Read more about this item

Sint-Eloois-Winkel, Belgium: (the author), 2000. First Edition. Trade paperback. Near fine. Poems and abstracted images of nude women, silkscreened in three colors. With 44 silkscreened images. The title translates to The Female Form: Handprinted Poems and Silkscreens, 1997 to 1999. Published in an edition of 100 signed and numbered copies. Tanghe (1941-2001) was a popular… Read more about this item

(N.-pl. but Great Britain]: Steam Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Ralph Steadman published this collection of poems-written by Kerr, a close friend-under his Steam Press imprint. Steadman illustrates each poem with a line drawing. The total edition was 68 copies. This is one of ten deluxe copies, signed by Kerr and Steadman, with a clamshell case,… Read more about this item

Tucson, AZ and Lexington, KY: Sylph Publications / Petro III Graphics, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A diary of Ralph and Anna Steadman visits with Joe Petro III, a screenprinter, and an account of their seriograph collaborations between 1994 and 2000. The book is illustrated with drawings by Ralph and photographs by Anna. Published in an edition… Read more about this item