The Engraved Work of F.L. Griggs; Etchings and Dry-Points 1912-1928.
Stratford-Uopn-Avon: Shakespeare Head, 1928. A catalogue. 93pp., untrimmed, tall slim 8vo, black cloth. Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1928. Limited to 325 copies. Very Good (+). More
PRESS BOOKS
Daughters of Emily: Eleven Women Poets / Fifteen Poems
Haybarn Press, 2018. Frontispiece on Rives Heavyweight, printed from a painting on a Mylar plate, and hand-colored by the artist. Illustrated in color by Ed Colker. Letterpress printed. Unpaginated, unbound in burgundy cloth portfolio, as issued. Haybarn Press, 2018. A fine copy. Limited edition, number 24 of 125. Signed by the artist on the limitation page. Poems by: Lee Briccetti, Lea Graham, Kathryn Hellerstein, Catherine Kasper, Kadya Molodowsky, Kathleen Norris, Nina Pick, Ronnie Scharfman, Rosmarie Waldrop, Jeanne Murray Walker, and..... More
A Safari into Satire.
California Library Association, 1961. 39 pages. Very slim 8vo, original tan printed wrappers, staple-bound. California Library Association, 1961. First Edition. Near Fine. Limited Edition. One of 750 copies designed by Ward Ritchie and Printed by the Ward Ritchie Press. Keepsake Series No. 2. Inscribed by the author on the half-title. More
Empedocles on Etna.
Portland: Mosher, 1900. Highly decorative title page and with some rubricated initials throughout. 53 pages. Slim 8vo, original pale blue boards with paper labels. Outer hinges are cracked an re-glued but internally fine. Portaland maine: Thomas Mosher, 1900. Limited edition. Overall a very good copy. One of 450 copies. More
The Booksellers of San Serriffe
Newtown: Bird & Bull, 2001. 8vo, handsomely bound in green silk cloth with rust morocco spine and green leather spine label; black cloth slipcase. (Newtown): San Serriffe Publishing (i.e. Bird & Bull), 2001. Limited First Edition - Number 9 of only 200 copies. Contains mounted color photographs, a fold-out broadside & 3 woodcut illustrations by Wesley Bates. Lacking the airmail "letter" from Theodore Bachaus, but otherwise fine. More
Carnal Lent: Poems.
Pennyroyal Press, 1975. Frontispiece portrait of Beekman is an engraving by Barry Moser, printed from the block. Book design by Richard Hendel. Printed throughout in black & red. Unpaginated. Thin oblong 12mo, black cloth with red leather spine label (label is a bit roughed at one edge, otherwise a fine copy). No place: Pennyroyal Press, 1975. Limited edition. Number 150 of 200 copies printed. Signed by Beekman & Moser on the limitation page. More
The Five Scrolls.
New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1984. Hebrew texts, English translations, introduction, and new liturgies. Translations edited by Rabbi Albert H. Friedlander... Liturgies edited by Rabbi Herbert Bronstein... Illustrated and designed by Leonard Baskin. Original frontispiece lithograph, signed & dated. 37 watercolor plates. 323pp. Folio, cloth, d.w. New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1984. A fine copy. New Translations of Ecclesiastes, Esther, Song of Songs, Ruth and Lamentations, with explanatory notes. Text in Hebrew and English. One of..... More
Beyond Dust: Notes on the Remnant of Christianity in the Twentieth Century.
San Francisco: Auerhahn PRess, 1964. Deckle edge, thin 4to, gray boards. (San Francisco: The Auerhahn Press, 1964). Near Fine. One of 175 numbered copies inscribed by the author. More
Songs of Innocence.
London: Trianon, 1954. Full page color illustrations. Slim 8vo, original 1/2 brown calf, tan boards, board slipcase. London: Trianon Press, 1954. Facsimile edition. Near fine. Limited Edition. Number 424 of 800 copies. More
Songs of Innocence.
London: Trianon, 1954. Full page color illustrations. Slim 8vo, original 1/2 brown calf, (light scuff marks on spine) tan boards, board slipcase. London: Trianon Press, 1954. Facsimile edition. Near fine. Limited Edition. Number 168 of 800 copies. More
The Spiral Press Through Four Decades.
New York: Morgan Library, 1966. An Exhibition of Books and Ephemera. With a Commentary by Joseph Blumenthal. Thin 4to. N.Y.: Morgan Library, 1966. First Edition. Presentation copy from Blumenthal. More
Primum Pactum Confoederations Helveticae MCCXCI.
Montagnola: Bodoni, 1925. 28 pages, untrimmed, light foxing on fly-leaves, tall slim folio, green board, vellum spine (lightly soiled, tiny chip). (Montagnola: Officina Bodoni, 1925). Very Good. Number 82 of only 275 copies. This edition prints the original Latin text of the pact on which the Swiss Confederation is based, as well as translations of the pact into languages recognized in Switzerland: German, French, Italian, Ladin, and Romansh. More
Ingens Sylva
New York: Chroma Press, 1986. A slim volume of poetry with several in-text drawings and an original etching by Gregory Crane. 8vo, green cloth with paper spine label (small faint stain at head, else fine). New York: Chroma Press, 1986. Limited edition - from a total of 100 signed copies, this is number 1 of only 20 copies that include an etching by Gregory Crane, printed by Pelavin Editions, signed and numbered. An uncommon Press Book. Paul Bray was a...... More
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, The Tales of Canterbury, Boece, Troilus and Criseyde, The House of Fame, The Legende of Good Women, The Romaunt of the Rose.
Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1929. 8 volumes in the original bindings -- linen backed aqua boards, spines are sun-darkened and somewhat stained and covers are partially dis-colored by the sun. Numerous hand colored illustrations, original untrimmed edges and paper spine labels (new clean spine labels are tipped into each volume). Pages are crisp and clean. Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1929. Limited Edition. A very good set, internally fine. Number 264 of 375 copies (of which 350 were for sale..... More
Several Have Lived
New York: Gemor, 1942. Including the cover, there are 3 mounted plates by Andre Masson. Unpaginated. Tall slim 8vo, original black wrappers with paper spine label (rubbed; head of spine chipped; partial loss to spine label). New York: Gemor Press, 1942. First A very good copy of this scarce book featuring the prose & poetic work of American surrealist Hugh Chishom . Limited edition of 500 copies, set by Hand. The Gemor Press was founded by Anais Nin, and very..... More
The Constant Mistress.
London: Golden Cockerel, 1934. 6 woodcut engravings by Eric Gill with tissue guards. 41 pages, untrimmed, slim 8vo, cloth backed green boards, paper spine label. (London): Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Limited Edition. Near Fine. Number 102 of 300 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator. More
Youth: Typhoon: The End of the Tether. Three Tales of the Sea
Norwalk: Easton, 1996. Tall 8vo, ornately gilt blue leather, a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1996). Fine. More
Hell For Leather! The Epwell Hunt, The Melton Hunt, Howell Wood.
New York: Derrydale, 1928. Illustrated with 3 colored engravings, protected by tissue. 36pp. Slim 8vo,vellum backed boards with paper label on front cover; uncut edges. New York: Derrydale Press, 1928. First Edition. Near fine. Limited to one of 350 numbered copies. More
Sermon of Valediction at his Going into Germany, preached at Lincoln's Inn April 18, 1619...
London: Nonesuch Press, 1932. Ed. by E. M. Simpson. 80pp., untrimmed, foxing on fly-leaves, 4to, embossed white boards, age toning on top edge. London: Nonesuch Press, 1932. Very good. One of 750 numbered copies. More
The Story of Civilization.
Norwalk: 1950. 11 volumes. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Tall thick 8vo, black cloth, lightly edgeworn and faded d.w. (1967). A very good(+) set in very good dust wrappers. More
Llyfr y Pregeth-Wr (Welsh text of the Book of Ecclesiastes).
Gwasg Gregynog, 1927. Printed throughout in red & black. 1 full-page woodcut and title page vignette by David Jones. 21 pages. Short slim 4to, publisher's full dark blue levant with simple gilt lettering and frame, inner gilt dentelle (front joint slightly worn and with small chip at head; internally fine). Uncut edges, t.e.g. Gwasg Gregynog, 1927. A very good(+) copy of this scarce book. Number 20 of only 25 numbered copies on Batchelor handmade paper in a full binding executed..... More
Erasmus Against War
Boston: Merrymount Press, 1907. Tall slim 8vo, green boards with beige cloth spine, leather label a bit chipped. Rubricated type. Boston: Merrymount Press, 1907. Limited Edition. Near Fine. One of 303 copies printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. More
Rimbaud's Sail.
Roslyn Harbor: The Stone House Press, 1979. Songs by Jim Gelfand. 41 pages. Slim 8vo, blue cloth, paper title labels on spine and front cover. Roslyn Harbor: The Stobe House Press, 1979. Fine. One of 100 numbered copies. More
Faust: eine Tragodie (Vol. I)
Darmstadt: Ernst Ludwig Presse, 1922. 214pp., Small 4to, original light green boards, faded to tan, vellum spine; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; end-leaves slightly toned. Darmstadt: Ernst Ludwig Presse, 1922. The Ernst Ludwig Presse was founded in 1907 as private printing company for the Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig von Hessen, and was one of the first German private presses. The type-face & initials in this book were by Christian Kleukens at his press in Frankfort... More
A Moral Fable-Talk
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1987. Illustrated. 353pp., small 8vo, gilt-decorated brown leather. San Francisco: The Arion press, 1987. A near fine copy. One of 425 copies. More