London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1937. This is a collection of prospectuses for five of the books issued by the famed Golden Cockerel Press in 1937. There are six prospectuses, with two copies for one of the titles. They are held in a green folder with a stylized illustration of a cock in a cocked hat and frock coat in black and the title "The Golden Cockerel Private/ Press Books /Spring List 1937." The inside two pages of the folder are printed with an essay about the private press - what it is and isn't - and an announcement for the upcoming publication of Paradise Lost in May. The back of the folder has a notice to subscribers that most of their editions are oversubscribed upon announcement, and excerpts from positive reviews of some of their earlier publications. The prospectuses are as follows with information from the Cock-a-Hoop bibliography published by the Private Libraries Association in 1976: P118. The Book of Days by Llewlyn Powys. Four pages, printed on Batchelor laid hand-made paper, with a collotype reproduction of an etching by Elizabeth Corsellis and a specimen page. 13 1/8 x 9 3/8 inches. 4,000 copies. P120. Bligh's Voyage in the Resource. Two copies. One sheet, two pages, printed on white laid paper, with a wood engraving by Peter Barker-Mill. 12 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches. 5,000 copies. P121. A Croppe of Kisses by Ben Jonson. Four pages, printed on white laid paper with a Cockerel device on the front, with a specimen page and an appreciation. Inserted is the subscription form. 12 1/8 x 7 3/8 inches. 5,000 copies. P122. Ana the Runner by Patrick Miller. Four pages, printed on white wove paper. with a wood engraving by Clifford Webb on a specimen plate and a specimen page from chapter I. 8 3/4 x 5 5/8 inches. 7,000 copies. P123. The First Fleet with introduction and notes by Owen Rutter. Two pages, printed on white laid paper, with a wood-engraving by Peter Barker-Mill. 12 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. 5,500 copies. The prospectuses are all in near fine condition, the larger ones with horizontal fold lines from mailing. The green folder holding the items is faded lightly worn and creased around the edges. There is a horizontal fold line for mailing. The folder measures 9.5 x 13.5 inches. A very nice representative collection of ephemera from this renowned 20th century private press. Very good condition. PRI/041223. Very Good. More

Mexico: Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo, 2020. Hardcover. Second edition. Number III of V Artists Proofs. Limited to 25 copies of which 20 deluxe copies were issued in a special box with additional items. There are also 10 author / artist copies. In English, Spanish, and P'urhepecha. Includes 10 linocuts and 10 poems printed in three languages. Portrayals of the devil range from members of ICE to sex workers to millionaires. This book was created as part of a university collective project between young artists, poets, and craftspeople. "The characters from the book Chamuco, visually inspired by the polychromatic pottery of the artisans of the Ocumicho community in Michoacán, México, were engraved by 10 artists from the Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo; these are accompanied in this book by the verses expressly written for this project by six poets from the same university" (page 3). The project was coordinated by Ioulia Akhmadeeva. Bound in black cloth covered boards with silkscreened illustration and paper title label to front cover. Letterpress printed with linocut illustrations on De Ponte Tamayo 300 gm paper. 24 pages. ARTB/030923. Fine. More

Moscow: Emil Goozairow, 2022. 8 of 8 copies (in this binding), signed and numbered. Goozairow is a Russian artist who paints and draws, produces movies, and creates exceptional handmade books that are printed on rare types of paper and published in limited editions. His techniques create unique designs that often are made with natural materials alone or in combination with relief decorations made from metal or polymeric clay or 3-D prints. He creates books that he describes as "pop up," “kinetic carousel," “liporello” or “3D origami.” He also writes fairy tales, stories and mystical scenes. A playful alphabet book with something embedded in both covers, causing it to rattle when read. Delightful illustrations with alliterative phrases (many comical) for each letter such as: Angel's Acorns for A, Creeping Cats, Delightful Desire for D, and Ugly Unicorn for U. The book has a special folding design that seems to unravel as you open each page. It must be turned and flipped as you read in order to see all of the letters in order. This sculptural book is 3-D printed in the shape of a tower. It has been hand painted in metallic gold and bronze. The book is held closed with braided brown cord straps that affix to a ball near the base of the tower. In fine condition. A triangular book measuring: 4.5 inches tall x 2.5 x 2.5 2.5 inches. ARTB/052323. Fine. More

Moscow: Emil Goozairow, 2022. Number 1 of 6 copies (in this binding), signed and numbered by the artist. A fascinating offering from book artist Emil Goozairow. Goozairow is a Russian artist who paints and draws, produces movies, and creates exceptional handmade books that are printed on rare types of paper and published in limited editions. His techniques create unique designs that often are made with natural materials alone or in combination with relief decorations made from metal or polymeric clay. He creates books that he describes as "pop up," “kinetic carousel," “liporello” or “3D origami.” He also writes fairy tales, stories and mystical scenes. In this complex book the artist has drawn and illustrated the letters of the English alphabet from A to Z. Each letter was originally done in watercolor and ink. There are puzzles and drawings, and illustrations for each letter of the alphabet associated with a theme of the ABCs. The book has a special hexagonal folding design that Goozairow calls a "Bee Book." The binding is 3-D printed in the shape of a tower. It has been handpainted in red, green, and gold. The book is held closed with red braided cord strap. In fine condition. Measures about 2 inches across and stands about 4 inches tall. ARTB/052323. Fine. More

Moscow: Emil Goozairow, (2020). Hardcover. A miniature book. "Everyday - walking along the deserted shore of glimmering sea, Agathon finds strange instruments and apparatus. Then he brings the finds in his room on top of the tower and it adds to its extensive collection." Both boards are covered in padded brown velvet and attached to a brown velvet spine. 3-D printed, hand-painted gears are embedded in both covers. Each spread features illustrated pop-ups and text about Agathon and his devices. [10 pages.] Size: about 3 x 3 inches. Goozairow is a Russian artist who paints and draws, produces movies, and creates exceptional handmade books that are printed on rare types of paper and published in limited editions. His techniques create unique designs that often are made with natural materials alone or in combination with relief decorations made from metal or polymeric clay. He creates books that he describes as "pop up," “kinetic carousel," “liporello,” or “3D origami.” He also writes fairy tales, stories and mystical scenes. ARTB/021921. Fine. More

Moscow: Emil Goozairow, 2023. Hardcover. A miniature book. An impressive sculptural accordion book featuring an elaborate 3-D model of a cone shaped tower on the front cover. Each page features an elaborate letter form depicting the 33 calligraphic characters from the Russian alphabet, which are not necessarily recognizable as so many "branches" and lines are twined around it. The design of both sculptural covers match the aesthetic of the interior. Green braided cord wraps around tower to hold it closed. Sitting alone, this magical object looks more like a mysterious alien artifact or a steampunk object, than a book. Another delightful creation by Russian book artist, Emile. Note: to open book, first slide cord off of feet on base. To close, first loop cord around top cone, then hook it over the feet on the base. Size: 3.75 x 2 x 2 inches. Emil Goozairow is a Russian artist who paints and draws, produces movies, and creates exceptional miniature handmade books that are printed on rare types of paper and published in limited editions. His techniques create unique designs that often are made with natural materials alone or in combination with relief decorations made from metal or polymeric clay. He creates books that he describes as "pop up," “kinetic carousel," “liporello” or “3D origami.” He also writes fairy tales, stories and mystical scenes. ARTB/021921. Fine. More

Moscow: Emil Goozairow, 2022. Hardcover. Not technically a miniature, but still a small book. Both covers are 3-D printed and hand painted to resemble metal. This is an accordion book featuring black and white illustrations of a jagged, rocky landscape - which incorporates letterforms in both the rocks and negative spaces. Double-sided. An imaginative design. [36 pages.] Size: about 4 x 2.5 inches. Emile Goozairow is a Russian artist who paints and draws, produces movies, and creates exceptional miniature handmade books that are printed on rare types of paper and published in limited editions. His techniques create unique designs that often are made with natural materials alone or in combination with relief decorations made from metal or polymeric clay. He creates books that he describes as "pop up," “kinetic carousel," “liporello” or “3D origami.” He also writes fairy tales, stories and mystical scenes. ARTB/052323. Fine. More

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Imprenta Ideal, 2008. Hardcover. In a unique design binding by Sol Rébora. This letterpress printed collaboration on handmade paper is limited to 25 copies. The other 24 copies are in a case binding of cloth and paper. Features a frontispiece woodcut illustration by Lucrecia Ofloff. Printed on handmade paper by Viky Sigwald in type designed by Rubén Fontana. The book design and printing was done by Mariana Pariani and Patricio Gatti. The text (in Spanish) is poetry by Luis Gruss (1953 - 2021), an award-winning Argentinian poet, journalist, author, and professor. Gruss has contributed to most of the media publications in Argentina, from Clarín, La Nación and Página to the Latido and Los Inrockuptibles magazines. He has published the books Malos Poetas (1998) and La carne (2004), among others. In 2003 he received the Argentores special prize for his dramatic work Oscura Clarice. He also wrote the essay The Unreachable (Women in the life and work of Kafka, Pessoa and Pavese), first finalist in the essay contest organized by La Nación (Intellectual Capital, 2008). As a journalism teacher at the TEA school (Workshop, School, Agency) he has received a special distinction that rewards his career. Later in his career, Gruss edited books belonging to an academic collection sponsored in Argentina by the IDAES (Institute of Higher Social Studies). Bound in full dark grey leather covered boards printed with an embossed pattern. Both boards are decorated with relief inlays of white Japanese paper. The title is handstamped in grey to the front board. Handsewn white endbands and Japanese endpapers. The interior is clean and bright overall with a few scattered spots of foxing. The construction of the text block uses a reversible stub structure, which allows for easy access to the sewing threads, making any future repairs for a conservator simple. For more details about this reversible stub structure, see this page: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1afzoVW9qSzVaQchryT8gzpL9MRi4iGvC/view Housed in a custom-made clamshell box with white leather spine printed in matching embossed pattern over grey paper covered boards. The title and author's name are hand stamped in black title to spine. The book is hand-paginated in pencil on bottom corners. [48 pages.] Sol Rébora is a designer bookbinder working in Buenos Aires, Argentina, since 1999. She is a well-recognized practitioner, receiving awards both in Argentina and abroad. Her work encompasses innovative and experimental work in designer binding and contemporary conservation methods. She studied with Deborah Evetts, Monique Lallier, Pascale Therond, Edwin Heim, Helene Jolis, Sün Evrard and Kathy Abbott, among other teachers. She currently works and teaches courses out of her studio in addition to giving lectures and workshops in person and online at schools including the SF Center for the Book and Iowa University Center for the Book, American Academy of Bookbinding and Penland School of Crafts. She has participated in group exhibitions such us Epémère, Tomorrow’s Past and Les Pages Bien Gardees. Sol’s work may be found in many privet collections and inside of institution’s collections in USA, Mexico and UK such as Athenæum Library and British Library. PRI/052623. Fine. More

New York: Harper & Brothers, January - August 1906. Hardcover. A folio bound volume of Harper's Weekly issues for January - August 1906, although the spine titling is for January - June, 1906. It is a fascinating compilation of articles, serial novels, news, and numerous photos and illustrations documenting the notable events in the United States and around the world. The most extensive coverage is given to the devastating San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906. It is ranked as one of the most significant earthquakes of all time by the U.S. Geological Survey. There is extensive coverage of the event over several issues with many photographs showing the magnitude of the extreme damage and articles describing the great number of casualties that the city experienced. There are also reports on the relief efforts to aid the lost and homeless. Among the many other interesting articles are those on the pre-Revolution in Russia, the "modern" meatpacking industry, automobiles including automobiles and the law, the activities of President Theodore Roosevelt, H.G. Wells's Future of America series, and the Westminster Dog Show. Bound in black pebbled cloth with gilt titling to the spine. Extensive chipping along the spine edges and tips of the covers. Rubbing and soiling. Decorated endpapers with tape reinforcement to the hinges. Text pages are clean and bright. Library sticker affixed to rear pastedown but no other evidence of library ownership. Overall in very good condition. Pages 4 - 1150. Heavy volume requiring extra postage. PER/053123. Very Good. More

Parisiis [Paris]: Editore Ambrosio Firmin Didot, 1858. Hardcover. Rudolf Hercher ( 1821 – 1878) was a German classical philologist, who worked as a Grammar school teacher in Rudolstadt (1847–1859) and Berlin (1861–1878). He is especially known for his textual criticism of diverse Greek authors. Bound in marbled paper boards with quarter black leather spine with titling in gilt. Covers are lightly abraded and spine and tips have rubbing. Offsetting to pastedowns and free endpapers. Two previous ownership signatures on free front endpaper. The text is printed in two columns with the original Greek and the Latin translation. The text pages are lightly aged but clean and quite legible. Very good condition. Small quarto. 541,115 pages. CLASS/021023. Very Good. More

Red Cliff, CO: Helen Hiebert Studio, 2019. Number 20 of 25 copies signed and numbered by the book artist. Helen Hiebert is a noted paper artist who constructs installations, sculptures, artists’ books and works in paper using handmade paper as her primary medium. She teaches, lectures and exhibits her work internationally and online, and is the author of the several how-to books about papermaking and papercrafts. She says of this beautiful and complex work: "I’ve been fascinated with light for as long as I can recall. As a child, I always looked for rainbows, and I enjoyed trying to identify every color, from red to violet. Sir Isaac Newton was the first person to articulate the science of a rainbow. In 1665, he observed that when white light passed through a triangular prism, it dispersed into seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. This book explores the wonder of that interaction between color and light. As you flip through the pages, you will see 24 analogous colors (each new hue sharing some of the color of the page next to it). It’s my attempt, as a paper artist, to capture the essence of a rainbow within the pages of the book. My medium is handmade paper, and for over 25 years, I have been exploring the properties of abaca, a fiber from a non-fruit bearing banana plant. I processed the abaca fiber to create a translucent paper that resembles frosted glass. I spent a long time contemplating how to achieve a rainbow of paper and performed several color-mixing experiments. My process centered around determining how to accurately produce the spectrum by mixing pigments into wet paper pulp. After several trials, I ended up matching 24 colors on a chart that gradually change from red to orange, yellow to green, blue to indigo and finally to violet, with several colors in between each hue. All 54 pages plus the cover are stitched together into a single signature allowing the soft deckled edges of the colors to meet at the fire-edge, blending and transitioning from one to the next as colored light does in the rainbow." The front and back text pages show the abaca paper in its natural hue. The cover is a cotton/abaca blend with a pulp painting in abaca. Text was letterpress printed by Tom Leech at the Press at the Palace of the Governors in Sante Fe from polymer plates made by Boxcar Press. The typefaces are Dante and Futura. Claudia Cohen created the blue cloth covered box with white and colored spine label. In fine condition. Box size: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 1 inches. Book size (closed): 12 x 9 inches. More

New York: Turkey Press, 2016. A unique design binding. The text is 1 of 100 copies, issued in a variable edition, of which 30 were offered for sale. The copies not offered for sale were offered as gifts of the press in celebration of the 70th birthday of Harry Reese and the 42nd anniversary of Turkey Press. Reprinted with permission of the translators and Persea Books. Includes the original red pastepaper wrappers bound in as well as two colorful decorative papers. Nâzim Hikmet (1902 - 1963) was a Turkish-Polish poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director, and novelist that spent much of his adult life in prison or exile due to his political beliefs. A poignant poem about living fully without dwelling too much on the reality of death, written in a conversational tone. Bound in a flexible grey leather binding "Link-in-1" structure with gold hand-made paper linked in. This particular design structure was created by the binder, Sol Rébora. The leather is printed with an embossed pattern, which was designed by the binder. The title and author's name are hand stamped in black and red on the boards. The name of the binder is stamped in black to the inside of the front cover. Grey suede endpapers as well as several fine papers. Housed in a stiff silver paper enclosure with textured grey leather spine titled in red. Unpaginated. [12 pages.] Sol Rébora is a designer bookbinder working in Buenos Aires, Argentina, since 1999. She is a well-recognized practitioner, receiving awards both in Argentina and abroad. Her work encompasses innovative and experimental work in designer binding and contemporary conservation methods. She studied with Deborah Evetts, Monique Lallier, Pascale Therond, Edwin Heim, Helene Jolis, Sün Evrard and Kathy Abbott, among other teachers. She currently works and teaches courses out of her studio in addition to giving lectures and workshops in person and online at schools including the SF Center for the Book and Iowa University Center for the Book, American Academy of Bookbinding and Penland School of Crafts. She has participated in group exhibitions such us Epémère, Tomorrow’s Past and Les Pages Bien Gardees. Sol’s work may be found in many privet collections and inside of institution’s collections in USA, Mexico and UK such as Athenæum Library and British Library. Fine. More

Glasguae (Glasgow): In Aedibus Academicis Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis Academiae Typographi, 1747. Hardcover. Volume I only of a 3 volume set. IN GREEK with title page and one additional page in Latin. Full dark brown leather boards with maroon and gilt title label to spine. Raised bands to spine. Heavy chipping and wear to leather along spine, hinges, corners, and edges of boards. Penned previous ownership information to front pastedown, dated 1761. Spots of foxing to interior; although, it is heaviest to first and last few pages and fairly light througout most of the interior. 251 pages. CLA/032323. Very Good. More