Fine Press Books

Lawrence, D.H. Love Among the Haystacks & Other Pieces, With a Reminiscence by David Garnett, Nonesuch Press, 1930. 1st limited edition, No 420 of 1600. 8vo. Yellow cloth on canvas spine, black label, gilt titles in excellent condition, with dustwrapper in very good condition. Top edge specked, others rough-trimmed edges. PP96, colophon. Scattered light spots, otherwise in tight and clean order throughout.

Basel, Switzerland:: Studio for Design,, 2013.. Edition of 110 . 8 x 11.75" chipboard slipcase containing Tausend und eine Aufgabe; an Order Book; and "Pictorial Supplement with Translation in American English." Title label on spine. Concept, design, text, hand composing, printing, and binding by Willi Haldemann and Romano Hänni.  Tausend Und eine Aufgabe: 7.5 x 11.5", 14 pages; letterpress printed on hand proofing press in six colors.  An order book: 7.5 x 11.5", 32 pages; digital printing, saddle stitch binding.  "Pictorial supplement with Translation in English": 7.5 x 11.5", 4 pages; inkjet print. Willi Haldemann, "Pictorial Supplement …": "This order book documents my independent work as an engineer for building engineering since 1984. I am very pleased to have this opportunity to present the 1000 tasks, which Haldemann Basel handled successfully until 2012, in the form of this book. This book was hand… Read More

Munich: Hans von Weber, 1919. Hardcover. Near Fine -. Königer, Auguste. 2 volumes: [6], 209, [1] p.; [4], 212 p.: 112 in-text lithographed illustrations by Gustel Königer; 19 cm. Full red suede with 6 spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title on black leather label in second compartment; gilt-tooled volume number in fifth compartment of each volume. All page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. "Als 12. Dreiangeldruck wurden Hauffs Mitteilungen aus den Memoiren des Satan in zwei Bänden mit Ursteindrucken von G. Königer im Auftrage von Hans von Weber gedruckt bei Dr. C. Wolf & Sohn in München in den Jahren 1919/20. Die Vorzugsausgebe wurde auf Van Gelder Belin abgezogen und mit lateinischen Zahlen numeriert. Davon ist dieses Nummer XXXIV der Vorzugsausgabe." -- colophon. This is number 34 of the special edition printed by Dreiangeldruck and signed by the artist, Gustel Königer, in the colophon. Auguste Königer (b. 1893), known as Gustel Königer, was a German artist… Read More

Vancouver: Phoenix Press, 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed By Author & Designer.. First Edition, Limited, Numbered, Signed. Fine, unblemished copy, in original mylar jacket. Hand coloured, initialled titlepage plate by Jim Rimmer. Signed by Purdy and book designer Alex Widen. #76 of 200 copies planned, though purportedly only half were completed. A pristine copy..

Vancouver, British Columbia:: Heavenly Monkey ,, 2019.. Edition of 50. Printed issue: copies 13-50. Cased with decorated paper over boards. 10 x 15"; 30 pages. Set in Centaur type. Printed on dampened Arches wove paper by Rollin Milroy with the Heavenly Monkey handpress. Martin Jackson's calligraphy reproduced from polymer plates, printed in red. Heavenly Monkey: "Alfred W. Pollard's introduction to the catalogue of William Andres Clark Jr.'s Kelmscott and Doves collections [was] originally printed in 1921 by John Henry Nash and issued in an edition of 150 copies. HM's edition [is] enhanced by the inclusion of leaves from the Kelmscott Press's 'The Golden Legend' (1892) and the Doves Press's English Bible (vol. 1, 1902); and the incorporation of Martin Jackson's beautiful calligraphy through the text. "Pollard's essay provides an overview of each press's aims, with particular emphasis on typography and aesthetics, and specific… Read More

[Covelo]: Yolla Bolly Press, 1983. Second edition. Fine condiyion with a bit if scarring to the slipcase.. Woodcut illustrations by Mark Livingston, Afterword by James D. Houston; Limited edition of 240 numbered copies signed by Livingston and Houston; Leather spine with cloth boards and in a slipcase; 127 pages.

Roy A Squires, 1974. First edition. Fine condition.. One of 85 copies numbered with roman numerals and signed by Bradbury, "reserved for subscriber-patrons of the press"; Sewn wraps with paper jacket in custon box which has a velum spine and spine titles; 10 pages poem with 1 page introduction.

[Sherman Oaks, California:] Ninja Press, [2007] One of a hundred copies signed by the author. Quarter green leather over flax paper-covered boards, hand-coated with a mixture of ochre pigment and fine volcanic pumice. In purple cloth chemise, together with separate chapbook containing a legend for the text-inspired signs and symbols, as well as an original prospectus. 13 x 7 1/2. A fine copy of an out-of-print Ninja Press book. A beautiful production and a real milestone for Carolee Campbell's highly-regarded private press. A bibliography of the press, finely printed by Russell Maret, was published in 2022 and was out of print on publication.

These ten poems printed for the first time form part of "Cave Birds," a sequence of twenty poems written by Hughes between 1974-75 to Baskin's drawings. The poems are published together with prints from the related drawings and each poem is accompanied by a facsimile of a draft selected from the poet's working papers. The elephant folio sized prints are signed by Baskin, numbered, and dated. The book is quarter white paper, with hand-made chocolate paper sides and light brown label stamped in black. Unpaginated. Portfolio is 20 x 14 1/2 inches. The Baskin prints are printed on Barcham Green paper. The text of the poems is printed on handmade paper by F. Amatruda, Amalfi. The matching burlap covered fitted portfolio with ties contains both the prints and the book. Number 93 of an edition limited to one hundred copies, each copy of the book signed by the poet, Ted Hughes, and the illustrator, Leonard Baskin. Fine condition.

11 3/8 x 15 1/8 inches.Quarter cloth bound with decorated paper covered boards. Title in gold on the front cover and on the spine, double gold line runs along the seam of the cloth on the front and the back covers. Unpaginated. Each poem accompanies one of the engravings. All of the engravings and poems illlustrate scenes Kingsley saw and sketched in London and Bristol after the air raids. Cook has exhibited his work at many distinguished British associations, including the Society of Wood Engravers, the Royal Academy London, the Royal Scottish Academy, and the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers. Cook printed the book on a Hopkinson and Cope 1842 Albion press. Fine, with a slight ding on the spine. This is the first production of his Centaur Press. Number 58 of 96 copies, signed by the artist, author, and printer. Prospectus enclosed.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1987. No.66 of a limited edition of only 550. Hardcover with leather spine in slipcase. Good/Hardcover in slipcase. includes the Monthly Letter illustrations. Limited Editions Club, 1987. No. 66 of a limited edition of only 550; Original Nigerian Oasis Goatskin leather, with hand-marbled paper sides., Good in very good slipcase; some abrasions and darkening to slipcase edges..The book has some foxing on the free endpapers and the text block edges. There is a small inactive bug hole trace on the top edge of the inside title page, the front free endpaper until the title page. Text pages are clean and undamaged.. Ships from Hawaii.

Sherman Oaks, California : NInja press/ in Association with The Friends of the Library, of the University of California, Santa Barbara, 1988. #68 of an edition of 150 copies designed, printed, and bound by Carolee Campbell at Ninja Press. The type is monotype Spectrum printed on Barcham Green Charter Oak. The boards are covered in Irish linen and Barcham Green Renaissance III. The titling is from the original manuscript written in Thoreau's hand. Elizabeth Hall Witherell, Editor-in-Chief of the Thoreau Edition assisted in the publication. Fine in Fine fold-around hand-made paper slipcase. OCLC locates 58 of the a50 copies in institutions. An early production from Ninja Press, which Carolee Campbell founded in 1984. " One of the primary goals set at the inception of the press was to strive toward the highest standards of excellence in craftsmanship and quality while attempting to find new approaches to the union between word, image, and book structure." (Ninja Press website, 2023).… Read More

Paris: L.I. (Louis Icart), 1940. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Pierre Louys adaptation of the Greek myth of Leda and the Swan. One of only 4 copies, on Japon, with extra suites of the 1st state proofs and the 2nd state proofs and the original copper plate used for the etching on page 7. Numbered from II to V. This is copy number IV. From a total edition of 147. With 16 drypoint engravings printed in blue by Louis Icart of which 5 full page and 11 in-text. The etchings were printed by French masterprinter Manuel Robbe. The 32 full page 1st and 2nd state proofs are printed in black. All prints protected by tissue guards. Loose folded sheets in wrappers with silver title. In publishers marbled chemise and slipcase. 23 text pages. Sheets measure 29 x 21,5 cm. Extremely rare copy with the extra suites and the original copper plate. Spine of chemise a bit sun faded, lightest wear to corner tips of slipcase. A very fine copy in collectors condition. .

Genesis Publications, 2017-01-01. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 0x0x0. Signed. SUMPTUOUS LIMITED EDITION published by Genesis AND BOLDLY SIGNED BY MICK FLEETWOOD. This copy numbered 1167. Pristine condition, opened only to photograph. Extremely heavy, international buyers please request shipping quote before purchase. Signed by author.

Paradine Publications. London. 1975. LIMITED EDITION. 8vo. (8.4 x 5.6 inches). This is copy number 78 of only 100 copies for sale (there were another 10 copies for presentation) initialled by the printer, Ridley Burnett. A fine bright copy which is a beautifully produced facsimile of the famous Kelmscott Press edition of 1893. Finely hound bound in full white limp vellum, lettered in gilt. Green silk ties which were specially woven for this edition by H. Caldicott of London. With a short booklet about the 1893 edition, again limited, numbered and this initialled by Harold Smith and Ridley Burnett. Grey paper wraps with silk tie to the hinge. The two volumes are Housed in the publishers original grey paper covered slip case. A beautiful facsimile of a beautiful edition of Shakespeare's Poems in fine condition.